Diana, Princess of Wales
Diana Frances Spencer was born on 1 July 1961 at Park House, Sandringham, Norfolk. She was the youngest daughter of John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, and Frances Shand Kydd. Her parents divorced when she was seven years old when her mother began a relationship with Peter ShandKydd. In 1976, she married Lord Raine Rthorp, Count of Raine, and they had a son, Prince Charles. She later had a daughter, Princess Beatrice, and a son-in-law, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward and Prince Harry. She is remembered for her unconventional approach to charity work.
About Diana, Princess of Wales in brief
Diana Frances Spencer was born on 1 July 1961 at Park House, Sandringham, Norfolk. She was the youngest daughter of John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, and Frances Shand Kydd. She came to prominence in 1981 upon her engagement to Prince Charles, the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II. As Princess of Wales, Diana undertook royal duties on behalf of the Queen and represented her at functions across the Commonwealth realms. Her marriage to Charles, however, suffered due to their incompatibility and extramarital affairs. They separated in 1992, soon after the breakdown of their relationship became public knowledge, and the marriage ended in divorce in 1996. Diana’s activism and glamour made her an international icon and earned her an enduring popularity. She died in a car crash in a Paris tunnel in 1997 and subsequent televised funeral. Her legacy has had a deep impact on the royal family and British society. She is remembered for her unconventional approach to charity work. She became known for her involvement with AIDS patients and campaign for the removal of landmines. Within the family, she was also known informally as ‘Duch’, a reference to her duchess-like attitude in childhood. She had three siblings: Sarah, Jane, and Charles. Her infant brother, John, died shortly after his birth one year before Diana was born. The Spencers were hoping for a boy to carry on the family line, and no name was chosen for a week, until they settled on Diana Frances, after her mother and after Lady Diana Spencer, a many-times-great-aunt who was also a prospective princess.
She grew up with three siblings and played with the Queen’s sons Prince Andrew and Prince Edward. Her parents divorced when she was seven years old when her mother began a relationship with Peter ShandKydd. Diana lived with her mother during her Christmas holidays in 1967, but during that year’s Christmas, Lord Althorp refused to let her return to London with her. In 1976, she married Lord Raine Rthorp, Count of Raine, and they had a son, Prince Charles. In 1978, she moved to London, where she lived with flatmates and took on various low-paying jobs. The couple had two sons, the princes William and Harry, who were then second and third in the line of succession to the British throne. The royal family holidayed at the neighbouring SandringHam House, situated on the Sandring Hamptons estate, and Diana frequently visited the Queen. She later had a daughter, Princess Beatrice, and a son-in-law, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward and Prince Harry. She also had two step-daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Camilla, and Princess Eugenie, and step-son Prince Edward, Prince William and Prince James. Diana was known as ‘the most beautiful woman in the world’ and was considered to be a leader of fashion in the 1980s and 1990s.
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