The burial certificate of Diana, Princess of Wales, has been made public to prove she is buried on an island at Althorp.
It was released on the authority of the Bishop of Peterborough, the Right Rev Ian Cundy, to scotch "conspiracy theories" that she was laid to rest in the Spencer family crypt in the churchyard at Great Brington, Northants.
The Rev David MacPherson vicar of St Mary the Virgin, Great Brington, said: "We are aware of and are disappointed at these totally unfounded rumours.
"After the burial the normal official procedures were followed, and I have a burial certificate which confirms the Princess is buried on the island at Althorp."
The certificate is dated September 12, 1997, and signed by the Rev Victor Christian de Roubaix Malan, described as the person in charge of the burial.
It certifies "on the 6th day of September 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, aged 36, was buried in an extra-parochial place, namely at Althorp Park in the County of Northamptonshire in the grave previously consecrated by the Bishop of Peterborough on the island in the Oval Lake".
Mr Paul Needle, a spokesman for the Bishop of Peterborough, said rumours have been circulating in Northamptonshire pubs and at dinner parties for several months.
He said they appeared to have been sparked by work done on the Spencer family vault in the weeks surrounding the funeral.
He explained: "In the week before the funeral, people from the estate went into the church and opened up the family vault in preparation.
"Charles Spencer realised that if they put her in the church, the church and the village would be put under siege from people wanting to see the grave, so the decision was taken to bury her on the Althorp estate.
"A few days after the funeral, the vault was resealed. What I think happened is that people came into the church, saw the fresh cement, put two and two together and made about 840."
Mr Chris Murray, landlord of the Fox and Hounds pub in Great Brington, said: "There is a natural suspicion among people."
Officials at Althorp believe it will take just a few days before the remaining 30,000 tickets to see Dianas grave are sold.
