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Princess
Diana was Princess of Wales while married to Prince Charles. One of the
most adored members of the British royal family, she died in a 1997 car
crash.
Who Was Princess Diana?
Princess Diana became Lady Diana
Spencer after her father inherited the title of Earl Spencer in 1975.
She married the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, on July 29,
1981. They had two sons and later divorced in 1996. Diana died on August
31, 1997, from injuries she sustained in a car crash in Paris. She is
remembered as the "People's Princess" because of her widespread
popularity and global humanitarian efforts.
Early Life and Family
Diana
was born on July 1, 1961, near Sandringham, England. Diana was the
daughter of Edward John Spencer, Viscount Althorp, and Frances Ruth
Burke Roche, Viscountess Althorp (later known as the Honorable Frances
Shand Kydd). Her parents divorced when Diana was young, and her father
won custody of the children.
Diana had two older sisters, Lady
Jane Fellowes and Lady Sarah McCorquodale, and a younger brother,
Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer.
Following her initial
education at home, Diana attended Riddlesworth Hall School and then West
Heath School. Although she was known for her shyness while growing up,
she showed an interest in music and dancing. She became Lady Diana
Spencer after her father inherited the title of Earl Spencer in 1975.
Diana
had a great fondness for children. After attending finishing school at
Institut Alpin Videmanette in Switzerland, she moved to London. She
began working with children, eventually becoming an assistant at Young
England Kindergarten.
Courtship With Prince Charles
Diana
began dating Prince Charles, heir to the British throne who was 13 years
her senior, in 1977. The couple first met when Diana was a child and
reportedly played with Charles’s younger siblings, Prince Andrew and
Prince Edward, while her family rented Park House, an estate owned by
Queen Elizabeth II.
Charles was usually the subject of media
attention, and his courtship of Diana was no exception. The press and
the public were fascinated by this seemingly odd couple — the reserved,
garden-loving prince and the shy young woman with an interest in fashion
and popular culture.
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Engagement Ring
On
February 6, 1981, Prince Charles proposed to Diana with an 18-karat
white gold ring topped with a 12-carat oval Ceylon sapphire surrounded
by 14 solitaire diamonds. It was made by the crown jeweler Garrard and
reportedly inspired by a brooch created in 1840 for Prince Albert as a
wedding present for Queen Victoria. The ring reportedly cost Charles
£28,000 at the time (about $35,000).
After Diana's death, her son Prince William proposed with the ring to Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge.
Wedding to Prince Charles
Diana
Spencer became Diana, Princess of Wales, when she married Charles on
July 29, 1981. Their wedding took place at St. Paul’s Cathedral in the
presence of 2,650 guests. The couple arrived separately and departed
together by a carriage ride through the streets of London.
Diana
wore a taffeta wedding dress made with silk and antique lace and 10,000
pearls, created by husband-and-wife design team David and Elizabeth
Emanuel. She donned an 18th-century Spencer family tiara with a 25-foot
veil. Her ensemble barely fit in the carriage, and it took Diana 3 and a
half minutes to walk down the aisle.
The royal wedding ceremony
was broadcast on television around the world; nearly one billion people
from 74 countries tuned in to see what many considered to be the wedding
of the century.
PHOTOS: Princess Diana's Wedding Gown
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Sons
Diana
and Charles had two sons together: Prince William Arthur Philip Louis,
born on June 21, 1982, and Prince Henry Charles Albert David — known
widely as "Prince Harry" — born on September 15, 1984.
Divorce from Prince Charles
Diana’s
separation from Charles was announced in December 1992 by British Prime
Minister John Major, who read a statement from the royal family to the
House of Commons. Their divorce was finalized in August 1996.
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The
couple became estranged over the years, and Diana struggled with
depression and bulimia. During their union, there were reports of
infidelities from both parties. According to The Diana Chronicles, a
book by Tina Brown, Diana had fallen head over heels for Hasnat Khan, a
Pakistani heart surgeon whom she met in 1995.
Queen Elizabeth II
urged Diana and Charles to officially end their marriage. Diana retained
her title of “Princess of Wales” and her apartments at Kensington
Palace, but she agreed gave up the title “Her Royal Highness” and any
claim to the British throne.
After the couple’s fairy tale
wedding, Diana felt overwhelmed by her royal duties and the intense
media coverage of nearly every aspect of her life. She began to develop
and pursue her own interests. She served as a strong supporter of many
charities and worked to help the homeless, people living with HIV and
AIDS and children in need.
Following her divorce, Diana devoted
herself to her sons and charitable efforts, including raising awareness
about the dangers of leftover landmines in war-torn Angola. She
maintained a high level of popularity with the public.
PHOTOS: Princess Diana's Most Fashionable Looks
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Princess Diana (1961 - 1997) trying on a kimono that she received as a
gift at Nijo Castle, Kyoto, during an official visit to Japan on May
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Relationship With Dodi Fayed
Diana
whipped the British tabloids into a frenzy when she began dating
Egyptian film producer and playboy Dodi Fayed in 1997. Fayed invited
Diana and her family on his yacht in the south of France.
The
couple reportedly met at a 1986 polo match when Fayed and Charles played
on opposing teams. They reconnected and openly dated over the summer of
1997, spending time together in Sardinia, the south of France and
Paris.
Their courtship was widely covered in the tabloids. It was
reported that some members of the royal family and former Prime
Minister Tony Blair did not approve of their relationship. Diana’s
butler and confidant Paul Burrell told the BBC that Fayed was “a
rebound” from her relationship with Hasnat Khan.
Death
While
visiting Paris, Diana and Dodi Fayed were involved in a car crash after
trying to escape from the paparazzi early in the morning of August 31,
1997. Fayed and the driver were pronounced dead at the scene. Diana
initially survived the crash but succumbed to her injuries at a Paris
hospital a few hours later. She was 36 years old.
News of her
sudden, senseless death shocked the world. Queen Elizabeth II, who was
criticized for not immediately responding publicly to Diana’s death,
made a televised address from Buckingham Palace on September 5, in which
she said: “No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of
others who never met her, but felt they knew her, will remember her. I,
for one, believe there are lessons to be drawn from her life and from
the extraordinary and moving reaction to her death. I share in your
determination to cherish her memory.”
Conspiracy Theories
Following
an investigation into Diana’s fatal car accident, a report released in
1999 determined that the driver was at fault for driving at a high speed
while under the influence of alcohol and antidepressant drugs. Charges
were dropped against several photographers who were initially blamed for
causing the crash.
Despite the report, rumors persisted for
years about alternative reasons for the accident. One conspiracy theory
held that it was part of an assassination arranged by the royal family,
although no additional evidence emerged to support that theory.
Funeral and Gravesite
On
the morning of September 6, Diana's funeral procession commenced from
Kensington Palace, her coffin resting on a gun carriage drawn by six
black horses. Thousands of mourners packed the street to watch, with
15-year-old William and 12-year-old Harry joining the final stretch of
the four-mile procession for their mother.
An estimated 2.5
billion people tuned in on television to watch the ceremony at
Westminster Abbey, which featured a powerful eulogy from Diana's
brother, Earl Charles Spencer, and a performance from Elton John.
Diana’s body was laid to rest at a gravesite on a small island at her family's estate, Althorp.
Memorials and Charities
In
2007, just before the 10th anniversary of her death, William and Harry
honored their beloved mother with a special concert that took place on
what would have been her 46th birthday. The proceeds of the event went
to charities supported by Diana and her sons.
William and his
wife Kate Middleton also remembered Diana when naming their second
child, Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, who was born on May 2, 2015.
Continuing
her charitable efforts, the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund was
founded after her death to provide resources for palliative care, penal
reform, asylum and other issues. In 2013, the fund was incorporated into
The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince
Harry.
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Citation Information
Article Title
Princess Diana Biography
Author
Biography.com Editors
Website Name
The Biography.com website
URL
https://www.biography.com/royalty/princess-diana
Access Date
31 July 2022
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Last Updated
June 3, 2021
Original Published Date
April 2, 2014
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