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Diana, Princess of Wales

(1961-1997)

Lady Diana Frances Spencer, (July 1, 1961–


August 31, 1997) was the first wife of Charles, From the time of her engagement to the
Prince of Wales. From her marriage in 1981 to Prince of Wales in 1981 until her death in a car
her divorce in 1996 she was called “Her Royal accident in 1997, the Princess was arguably the
Highness The Princess of Wales”. After her most famous woman in the world, the pre-
divorce from the Prince of Wales in 1996, Diana eminent female celebrity of her generation: a
ceased to be the Princess of Wales and also lost fashion icon, an image of feminine beauty,
the resulting Royal Highness style. admired and emulated for her high-profile
involvement in AIDS issues, and the
After her divorce, officially, she was called international campaign against landmines.
Diana, Princess of Wales. During her lifetime, she was often referred to as
the most photographed person in the world.
Diana was often called Princess Diana by the
media and the public, but she did not possess
such a title and was not personally a princess, a
point Diana herself made to people who referred
to her as such. Contrary to belief, being Princess
of Wales does not make one a princess in one’s
own right. It merely indicates that one was
married to a Prince of Wales.

An iconic presence on the world stage, Diana,


Princess of Wales was noted for her pioneering
charity work. Yet her philanthropic endeavours
were sometimes overshadowed by her difficult
marriage to Prince Charles. In the 1990s she
made many public revelations about

the difficult marriage – her affairs and Prince


Charles’ affair with Camilla Parker-Bowles.
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