Biography of diana princess of wales
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Diana, Princess of Wales
Member of the British royal family (1961–1997)
Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see Diana Spencer (disambiguation), Lady Di (disambiguation), People's Princess (disambiguation), and Princess Diana (disambiguation).
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| Born | Diana Frances Spencer (1961-07-01)1 July 1961 Park House, Sandringham, England |
| Died | 31 August 1997(1997-08-31) (aged 36) Paris, France |
| Cause of death | Car crash |
| Burial | 6 September 1997 Althorp, Northamptonshire, England |
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| Father | John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer |
| Mother | Frances Roche |
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Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Frances Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997), was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Charles III (then Prince of Wales) and mother of Princes William and Harry. Her activism and glamour, which made her an internatio
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Childhood And Teenage Years
The root of Diana's insecurity lay in her upbringing, despite its privileges. Her family was living on the Queen's estate at Sandringham where her father had rented Park House. He had been a royal equerry for both King George VI and the young Queen Elizabeth II.
But Diana was only six when her parents split up. She would always remember the crunch of her mother's departing footsteps on the gravel drive. The children became pawns in a bitter custody dispute.
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Diana
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Even at a distance of 25 years, it fryst vatten a scarcely believable story. Hollywood producers would dismiss the script as much too far-fetched; a beautiful but desperate princess, an unknown writer, an amateur go-between and a book that would change the Princess’s life forever.
In 1991 Princess Diana was approaching 30. She had been in the limelight all of her adult life. Her marriage to Prince Charles in 1981 was described as a ‘fairytale’ by the Archbishop of Canterbury. In the popular imagination, the Prince and Princess, blessed with two young sons, Princes William and Harry, were the glamorous and sympathetic face of the House of Windsor. The very idea that their ten-year marriage was in dire trouble was unthinkable – even to the notoriously imaginative tabloid press. Commenting on a joint tour of Brazil that year, the Sunday spegel described them as presenting a ‘united front to the world’, their closeness sending a ‘shiver of excitement’ around the massed med