LONDON (Reuter) - Princess Diana's family appealed to Britons on Tuesday to stop bringing flowers to her home in the hope they would join a carpet of blooms that now covers her grave. Thousands of people flocked to the rural Althorp estate after seeing the first pictures of Diana's last resting place on a flower-strewn island where she used to play as a child. Diana, 36, was buried away from the prying eyes of the media which, in the words of her brother Earl Spencer, made her "the most hunted person of the modern age". In his first comments since the death of Diana in a high-speed car crash on August 31, the head of Britain's press watchdog said he wanted swift progress on reviewing the role of paparazzi photographers. Lord Wakeham, chairman of the Press Complaints Commission, also urged newspapers to respect the privacy of Diana's young sons Princes William and Harry. Spencer's Althorp estate was deluged with bouquets after workers took flowers from the gates at the weekend and scattered them on the tranquil island where Diana is buried. "It is turning into a problem and it is getting worse. People seem desperate to get their flowers to the gates of the estate because they believe they will be taken to the island," a spokeswoman for the estate told reporters. "We are now concerned for public safety, both near the gates and in the surrounding lanes," she added. The family asked people instead to make contributions to the memorial fund set up to funnel money to the charities associated with the princess. At the princess's London home, Kensington Palace, thousands more flocked to add their flowers to an ocean of bouquets. Trees in the park surrounding the palace were adorned with flowers and many mourners had built makeshift shrines to the princess, decorated with candles, messages and pictures cut from magazines. Officials from the royal household were getting to grips with the logistics of removing the estimated one million bouquets left at various London palaces. Work is expected to start on Thursday when the freshest blooms will be gathered up and sent to hospitals. The remainder will be used as compost in the palace gardens but the tens of thousands of notes, poems and messages will be collected and passed on to Diana's family. The clean-up operation, by a huge team of volunteers and staff from the royal parks, is expected to take about three weeks. Buckingham Palace and Earl Spencer moved quickly on Monday to quash reports of a row within the royal family over Diana's funeral arrangements. The palace said a report that Queen Elizabeth had originally wanted Diana's funeral to be private was "nonsensical speculation". An opinion poll on Tuesday provided some comfort for the royal family, which has been criticised for appearing aloof and indifferent to the nation's overwhelming outpouring of grief.