TripAdvisorCafe Diana, London[/caption]A CAFE once loved by Princess Diana and named in her honour could lose its license after employing illegal migrants. The café also sometimes paid employees with food and was being unlawfully used to smoke shisha in a shocking find by police.The Café Diana was loved by the princess after it was named in her honourKensington and Chelsea CouncilTubs containing suspected illegal shisha were confiscated from Café Diana in May[/caption]The Café Diana first opened its doors close to Kensington Palace, west London, in 1989.
It became a favourite of the princess after it was named in her honour. Shortly before her death in 1997 she had sent a touching letter to the café’s owner which said: “I wanted to write personally, to thank you so very much for the beautiful flowers you sent for my birthday.”Abdul-Basit Daoud, the owner, fondly recalled how Diana first visited the café days after it opened.
He said: “She started coming more often, bringing the kids here sometimes for breakfast.“The kids used to take breakfast, like English breakfast.“Herself, she used to have cappuccino, cake, some croissants, something like this but she sometimes had English breakfast too.
”Dozens of photographs of the princess adorn the walls, including one she herself had presented as a gift, as the cafe is now a popular tourist destination. But the Home Office has now applied for the establishment’s license to be revoked. During four inspections .