PRINCESS DIANA

1961-1997
“Everyone needs to be
valued. Everyone has the
potential to give
something back.”

-Princess Diana

25 Years After Her Passing

This image showed Princess Diana
cuddling a young AIDS patient in
Harlem, NYC. Martha Grate was there
with Princess Diana too saying that she
was a very compassionate human being.
(The picture is Courtesy of Martha
Grate).

The Table of Contents

1. Preface
2. The Beginnings
3. Marriage with Prince Charles
4. Freedom and Socio-Political Causes
5. Her Family
6. The Tragic End
7. The Legacy of Princess Diana
 Prologue
Princess Diana was a human being who was a prominent
person of the 20th century. She has been respected by
people the world over. Back then, many of us didn't
know about the complex, multifaceted aspects of her
longevity. In our time, we
do understand much
more of her mentality
and diverse feelings about
being involved with the
Royal Family of the Princess Diana’s children are in the right side. This
United Kingdom. It is not image on the right shows both of her sons with their
a secret to fathom that wives just recently after the passing of Queen
Princess Diana, at times, Elizabeth II. Princess Diana certainly wanted people
to not only just live on this Earth. She believed that
had a contentious people should take up causes out of a legitimate,
relationship with the sincere motivation. Life has purpose, and it is
British Royals. Princess important for us to make the world better.
Diana was once married
to Prince Charles of Wales, but she divorced him
because of his adultery and feelings of emptiness in the
relationship. She passed away on August 31, 1997, and I
remember that day like yesterday. It was just before I
was freshman at high school. Coverage of her passing
didn't just last for days. It lasted for weeks and
months. She lived a tumultuous childhood during the
past to live an extraordinary adult life.

Princess Diana loved her 2 children unconditionally,

and she was a well-known philanthropist. From
helping people with HIV/AIDS, helping to fight mines, and
to standing up against poverty, she displayed a great
deal of human compassion during the course of her
life. From showing empathy to those with mental
health issues to promoting a wide spectrum of fashion,
Princess Diana was an international icon. It is right to
evaluate her life and legacy as one of the most
prominent people of our generation indeed. WITH THE
RECENT PASSING OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II, WE WITNESS A NEW
ERA OF OUR TIME. In other to get squared away, you
must look at princess diana’s life chronologically.

The Beginnings
Diana Frances Spencer was born on July 1, 1961, at Park House, Sandringham, Norfolk. That is in the
UK. She was the fourth of five children of John Spencer, Viscount Althorp (1924–1992), and Frances
Spencer, Viscountess Althorp (née Roche; 1936–2004). The Spencer family had been closely allied
with the British royal family for several generations; her grandmothers, Cynthia Spencer, Countess
Spencer and Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy, had served as ladies-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth or
the Queen Mother. Her parents 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 of Wales. Within the family, she was
also known informally as "Duch", a reference to her duchess-like attitude in childhood. By August 30,
1961, Diana was baptized at St. Mary Magdalene Church at Sandringham. Shew grew up with 3
siblings named Sarah, Jane, and Charles. Her infant brother named John died shortly a year before
Diana was born. Diana had a relationship with her parents that was dysfunctional. Her parents
divorced. She grew up in Park House on the Sandringham estate. The family leased the house from
its owner, Queen Elizabeth II. They celebrated holidays at the neighboring Sandringham House. Diana
played with the Queen's sons Prince Andrew and Prince Edward. Diana was only 7 when her parents
divorced. Her mother later married Peter Shand Kydd in 1969, and she lived with her mother in
London during their parents' separation in 1967. Lord Althorp refused to let his daughter return to
London with Lady Althorp.

Shortly afterwards, Diana's father won custody of Diana with support from his former mother-in-law,
Lady Fermoy. In 1976, Lord Althorp married Raine, Countess of Dartmouth. Diana's relationship with
her stepmother was particularly bad. She resented Raine, whom she called a "bully." On one occasion,
Diana "pushed her down the stairs." She later described her childhood as "very unhappy" and "very
unstable, the whole thing." She became known as Lady Diana after her father later inherited the title
of Earl Spencer in 1975, at which point her father moved the entire family from Park House to Althorp,
the Spencer seat in Northamptonshire. At first, Diana was homeschooled under the supervision of
her governess, Gerthrude Allen. Later, her formal education started at Silfield Private School in King's
Lynn, Norfolk. She was moved to Riddlesworth Hall School or an all-girls boarding school near
Theford, when she was 9.
She joined her sisters at West Heath Girls' School in Sevenoaks, Kent, in 1973. She did not perform
well academically, failing her O-levels twice. Her outstanding community spirit was recognized with
an award from West Heath. She left West Heath when she was sixteen. Her brother Charles recalls
her as being quite shy up until that time. She showed a talent for music as an accomplished pianist.
She also excelled in swimming and diving. Also, she studied ballet and tap dance.

After attending Institut Alpin Videmanette (a finishing school in Rougemont, Switzerland) for one
term, and leaving after the Easter term of 1978, Diana returned to London, where she shared her
mother's flat with two school friends. In London, she took an advanced cooking course, but seldom
cooked for her roommates. She took a series of low-paying jobs; she worked as a dance instructor
for youth until a skiing accident caused her to miss three months of work. She then found
employment as a playgroup pre-school assistant, did some cleaning work for her sister Sarah and
several of her friends, and acted as a hostess at parties. She spent time working as a nanny for the
Robertsons, an American family living in London, and worked as a nursery teacher's assistant at the
Young England School in Pimlico. In July 1979, her mother bought her a flat at Coleherne Court in
Earl's Court as an 18th birthday present. She lived there with three flatmates until February 25, 1981.
 Marriage with Prince Charles
Diana met Charles, Prince of Wales (or the Queen's eldest son and heir apparent), when she was 16
years old in November 1977. He was then 29 and dating her older sister, Sarah. Charles and Diana
were guests at a country weekend during the summer of 1980 when she watched him play polo.
Then, he took a serious interest in seeing her as a potential bride. Prince Charles had a reputation as
a playboy. The relationship progressed when he invited her abroad the royal yacht Britannia for a
sailing weekend to Cowes. This was followed by an invitation to Blamoral Castle (the royal family's
Scottish residence) to meet his family one weekend in November 1980. She was well received by the
Queen, the Queen Mother, and the Duke of Edinburgh. Charles later courted Diana in London.
Charles proposed on February 6, 1981, at Windsor Castle, and Diana accepted. Yet, their engagement
was kept secret for two and a half weeks. The engagement was official on February 24, 1981. Diana
selected her own engagement ring. After that time, she left her occupation as a nursery teacher's
assistant and lived for a short time at Clarence House or the home of the Queen Mother. She then
lived at Buckingham Palace until the wedding. According to biographer Ingrid Seward, her life was
incredibly lonely. Diana was the first Englishwoman to marry the first in line to the throne since Anne
Hyde married the future James II over 300 years earlier, and she was also the first royal bride to have
a paying job before her engagement. She made her first public appearance with Prince Charles in a
charity ball in March 1981 at Goldsmiths' Hall, where she met Grace, Princess of Monaco. Diana
married Charles when she was 20 years old. The wedding took place on July 29, 1981, at St. Paul's
Cathedral. It had more seating than Westminster Abbey, a church used for royal nuptials. It was a
wedding like a fairytale watched by 750 million on global television. 600,000 people were in the
streets to see the couple en route to the ceremony.
At the altar, Diana inadvertently reversed the order of his first two names, saying "Philip Charles"
Arthur George instead. She did not say she would "obey" him; that traditional vow was left out at the
couple's request, which caused some comment at the time. Diana wore a dress valued at £9,000
(equivalent to £34,750 in 2019) with a 25-foot (7.62-metre) train. After she was the Princess of Wales,
Diana was the third highest woman in the British order of precedence (after the Queen and the Queen
Mother). She was the 5th or 6th in the order of precedence of her other realms, following the Queen,
the relevant viceroy, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Queen Mother, and the Prince of Wales. Within a
few years of the wedding, the Queen extended Diana visible tokens of membership in the royal
family; she lent her the Queen Mary's Lover's Knot Tiara and granted her the badge of the Royal
Family Order of Elizabeth II.
 Freedom and Socio-Political Causes
After the marriage among Prince Charles and Princess Diana, they had 2 children. Prince William was
born on June 21, 1982, and their 2nd son was Harry, born on September 15, 1984. She admitted that
she suffered postpartum depression. Diana wanted her children to have a normal childhood. So, she
selected their schools, clothing, and planned their outings. She organized her public duties around
their timetables. Later, the marriage of Prince Charles and Princess Diana broke down by the late
1980's. People already knew that Charles had an affair with Camilla Parker Bowles, and Diana later
had an affair with Major James Hewitt. Hewitt was the family's former riding instructor. The reporters
in the press reported on the cracks in the marriage. In 1989, Diana was at a birthday party for Camilla's
sister, Annabel Elliot, when she confronted Camilla about her and Charles's extramarital affair. These
affairs were later exposed in May 1992 with the publication of Andrew Morton's book, Diana: Her
True Story. The book, which also revealed Diana's allegedly suicidal unhappiness, caused a media
storm. In 1991, James Colthurst had conducted secret interviews with Diana in which she had talked
about her marital issues and difficulties. These recordings were later used as a source for Morton's
book. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh hosted a meeting between Charles and Diana to cause
a reconciliation. It failed. Prince Philip wrote a letter desiring to show his disappointment with Diana
and Charles having extramarital affairs. During 1992 and 1993, leaked tapes of telephone
conversations reflected negatively on both Charles and Diana. Tape recordings of Diana and James
Gilbey were made public in August 1992, and transcripts were published the same month. The article,
"Squidgygate", was followed in November 1992 by the leaked "Camillagate" tapes, intimate
exchanges between Charles and Camilla, published in the tabloids. In December 1992, Prime Minister
John Major announced the couple's "amicable separation" to the House of Commons.

Princess Diana said that Charles made her feel inadequate in every way possible. Charles's aunt,
Princess Margaret, burned "highly personal" letters that Diana had written to the Queen Mother in
1993. Biographer William Shawcross considered Margaret's action to be "understandable" as she was
"protecting her mother and other members of the family", but "regrettable from a historical
viewpoint." Diana blamed Camilla and Charles for the affair, but she believed that Charles had other
affairs too. She accused Charles of having an affair with Tiggy Lee Bourke, or his personal assistant.

The divorce among Princess Diana and Prince Charles existed in stages. By the famous December 20,
1995 interview with journalist Martin Bashir of BBC on the show Panorama, everything hit the fan.
Princess Diana talked about her own affairs and Charles's affairs. She also expressed doubt about
Charles' suitability for kingship. Authors Tina Brown, Sally Bedell Smith, and Sarah Bradford
supported Diana's admission in the interview that she had suffered from depression, "rampant
bulimia" and had engaged numerous times in the act of self-mutilation; the show's transcript records
Diana confirming many of her mental health problems, including that she had "hurt [her] arms and
legs." The combination of illnesses from which Diana herself said she suffered resulted in some of
her biographers opining that she had borderline personality disorder. After Diana's interview, the
marriage was practically over. By December 20, 1995, the Buckingham Palace said that the Queen
sent letters to Charles and Diana to advise them to divorce. Princess Diana and Prince Charles
negotiated for the divorce by 1996. The decree nisi was granted on July 15, 1996, and the divorce
was finalized on August 28, 1996. Anthony Julius represented her in the case. She received a lump
sum settlement of £17 million (equivalent to £32,623,216 in 2020) as well as £400,000 per year. The
couple signed a confidentiality agreement that prohibited them from discussing the details of the
divorce or of their married life. Princess Diana grew to be a very public person. Charles and Diana
visited Wales in October 1981. She traveled the world by the early 1980's. The Princess made her
inaugural overseas tour in September 1982, to attend the state funeral of Grace, Princess of Monaco.
She visited Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1983. Princess Diana traveled into Rome, and she saw President
Reagan and First Lady Nancy Regan in the White House in November 1985. Princess Diana toured
Japan, Spain, and Indonesia.
In 1988, Charles and Diana visited Thailand and toured Australia for the bicentenary celebrations. In
February 1989, she spent a few days in New York as a solo visit, mainly to promote the works of the
Welsh National Opera, of which she was a patron. During a tour of Harlem Hospital Center, she made
a profound impact on the public by spontaneously hugging a seven-year-old child with AIDS. Back
in the day, many people had numerous misconceptions and bigoted attitudes about people with
AIDS. Princess Diana made physical contact with AIDS patients. Diana noted: "HIV does not make
people dangerous to know. You can shake their hands and give them a hug. Heaven knows
they need it. What's more, you can share their homes, their workplaces, and their playgrounds
and toys." To Diana's disappointment, the Queen did not support this type of charity work,
suggesting she get involved in "something more pleasant." The Queen was wrong in that thinking.
In 1989, she opened Landmark Aids Centre in South London. In October 1990, Diana opened
Grandma's House, a home for young AIDS patients in Washington, D.C. She was also a patron of the
National AIDS Trust. In 1991, she hugged one patient during a visit to the AIDS ward of the Middlesex
Hospital, which she had opened in 1987 as the first hospital unit dedicated to this cause in the UK.
As the patron of Turning Point, a health and social care organization, Diana visited its project in
London for people with HIV/AIDS in 1992. She later established and led fundraising campaigns for
AIDS research. In March 1997, Diana visited South Africa, where she met with President Nelson
Mandela. On November 2, 2002, Mandela announced that the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund
would be teaming up with the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund to help people with AIDS.
They had planned the combination of the two charities a few months before her death. Mandela
later praised Diana for her efforts surrounding the issue of HIV/AIDS: "When she stroked the
limbs of someone with leprosy or sat on the bed of a man with HIV/AIDS and held his hand,
she transformed public attitudes and improved the life chances of such people." Diana had
used her celebrity status to "fight stigma attached to people living with HIV/AIDS", Mandela said. In
October 2017, the Attitude magazine honored Diana with its Legacy Award for her HIV/AIDS work.
Prince Harry accepted the award on behalf of his mother.
Images of Princess Diana over the
Years
Back in the 1970’s, Princess Diana was a skiing
athlete.
Princess Diana was talking with people and
shaking hands in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in
1983.
US First Lady Hillary Clinton and Diana talk in the
Map Room following a landmines campaign fund-
raiser, in June 1997
In March 1989, she had her second trip to the
Arab Gulf States, in which she visited Kuwait and
the UAE. Prince Charles and Diana visited Nigeria
and Cameroon in March 1990. Princess Diana was
political desiring women's development, foreign
aid, and an end to land mines. Princess Diana
visited Germany in December 1990 to meet with
the families of soldiers during the Gulf War. She
subsequently travelled to Germany in January
1991 to visit RAF Bruggen, and later wrote an
encouraging letter which was published in Soldier,
Navy News and RAF News. She was friends with
Mother Teresa after they met in Kolkata, India in
1992. She visited the Taj Mahal. Princess Diana
visited the National Children's Hospital in Tokyo
in 1995. Princess Diana has a long history of being
involved in charity. She made tons of appearances
to hospitals, schools, and other locations. She
made 191 official engagements in 1988 and 397
in 1991. The Princess Diana developed an intense
interest in serious illnesses and health-related
matters outside the purview of traditional royal
involvement, including AIDS and leprosy. In
recognition of her effect as a philanthropist,
Stephen Lee, director of the UK Institute of Charity
Fundraising Managers, said "Her overall effect on
charity is probably more significant than any other
person's in the 20th century."

Queen Elizabeth II has passed away at
the age of 96 years old. Crowds of
tons of people in Buckingham Palace
and other places of the world mourn
her passing. She died peacefully at
Balmoral in Scotland. I am still
shocked at the news because she
experienced health scares before. I
thought that she would overcome it
this time around. Now, she is
remembered as a long, complicated
legacy. Now, Charles becomes King
Charles III. Queen Elizabeth II was a
monarch for 70 years in the world
with children, grandchildren, and
great-grandchildren. She will have a
publicly funded state funeral. Many
people have sent condolences to her
and her family. President Joe Biden
and First Lady Jill Biden visited the
British embassy in Washington, D.C.
to pay their respects and address
embassy staff after Queen Elizabeth's
passing. Biden said that he mourned
her death. We should respond to her
passing by calling for change in
freeing still British colonies, oppose
neo-colonialism, and fight for justice.
Decolonization against the myth of
white superiority is very important to
advance.
1926-2022
She lived during the end of the
British Empire. For centuries, the
British Empire including the Royals
have been complicit in racism,
imperialism, economic exploitation,
and colonialism. These evils have no
justification, and we want the world
to exist in a better fashion in the
future than in the past. Queen
Elizabeth II was a stateswoman who
met with 14 American Presidents.
She also witnessed the massive
decolonization of areas from the
Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia,
and Oceania. She saw massive
political and social changes in the
world atmosphere. Biden signed
the condolence book for Queen
Elizabeth II just after 6 pm. Many
British people gave their
condolences like Helen Mirren,
Elton John, Patrick Stewart, etc.
Flowers were laid to the gates of
Balmoral Castle. Queen Elizabeth II
owned lands and was part of the
Church of England. For us in the
States, Queen Elizabeth
represented a long-lasting person
who changed the cultural
iconography of the 20th and 21st
centuries in a great deal.
 Queen Elizabeth II’s Funeral

Large crowds form at Buckingham Palace after the The procession leaves Westminster Abbey after
passing of Queen Elizabeth. the state funeral.

Elizabeth II’s coffin was laying in state at Queen Elizabeth’s coffin was taken to Wellington
Westminster Hall. Arch, near the InterContinental London Park Lane.

DECOLONIZE THE HUMAN MIND

One lesson out of life is to decolonize your mind. When we were kids back in the day, many of us were taught lies like Christopher
Columbus discovered America, every Pilgrim was just a peaceful traveler, and the British Empire never committed atrocities. Today,
we live in a time of more of the Internet, books, and other sources of information that shows us the truth about the world. That is
why the system of racism and imperialism must be defeated once and for all. It is easy to see that the system of monarchy and
Empire for centuries brutalized our black ancestors and other persons of color for centuries. The British Empire used concentration
camps and torture in Kenya decades ago when Kenya fought for its own independence from the UK. The Windrush scandal harmed
the human rights of Caribbean immigrants. Many of the monarchs of the UK, Germany, and Russia were related to each other. King
Leopold, I was involved in the murder of 15 million black Congolese over 100 years ago. Therefore, decolonizing the mind is not
about hating people. It's about showing historical truth to cause the transformation of the human mind in desiring justice for
everybody.
 Her Family
She visited the homeless, the youth, drug addicted people, and the elderly. From 1984 to 1996, she
was president of Barnardo's, a charity founded by Dr. Thomas John Barnardo in 1866 to care for
vulnerable children and young people. In 1988, she became patron of the British Red Cross and
supported its organizations in other countries such as Australia and Canada. She made several
lengthy visits each week to Royal Brompton Hospital, where she worked to comfort seriously ill or
dying patients. From 1991 to 1996, she was a patron of Headway, a brain injury association. In 1992,
she became the first patron of Chester Childbirth Appeal, a charity she had supported since 1984.
The charity, which is named after one of Diana's royal titles, could raise over £1 million with her help.
In 1994, she helped her friend Julia Samuel launch the charity Child Bereavement UK which supports
children "of military families, those of suicide victims, [and] terminally-ill parents", and became its
patron. Prince William later replaced his mother as the charity's royal patron. Princess Diana invested
her resources to help the cancer victims, people who are blind, people who are deaf, and a wide
spectrum of charities. Princess Diana was one of the greatest philanthropists of the 20th century. In
December 1995, Diana received the United Cerebral Palsy Humanitarian of the Year Award in New
York City for her philanthropic efforts. In October 1996, for her works on the elderly, she was awarded
a gold medal at a health care conference organized by the Pio Manzù Centre in Rimini, Italy. In May
1997, Diana opened the Richard Attenborough Centre for Disability and the Arts in Leicester, after
being asked by her friend Richard Attenborough. In June 1997, some of her dresses and suits were
sold at Christie's auction houses in London and New York, and the proceeds that were earned from
these events were donated to charities. Her final official engagement was a visit to Northwick Park
Hospital, London, on July 21, 1997. She was scheduled to attend a fundraiser at the Osteopathic
Centre for Children on September 4, 1997, upon her return from Paris. She fought to have mines
gone in Angola by January 1997. She visited First Lady Hillary Clinton by June 1997 to promote a
fundraiser to get rid of landmines. By August 7 to 10, 1997, Princess Diana visited Bosnia and
Herzegovina with Jerry White and Ken Rutherford of the Landmine Survivors Network. Princess Diana
invested her time to fight breast cancer, leprosy, and other illnesses. She visited hospitals in India,
Nepal, Zimbabwe, and Nigeria. With all of her hard work done by her, Princess Diana certainly was a
towering person of humanitarianism.

It is no question that some in the media harassed and stalked Princess Diana constantly and in
inappropriate ways constantly. Some of them showed a pregnant Diana in a bikini. The Mirror Group
Newspapers (MGN) published photographs of Diana taken by gym owner Bryce Taylor. They showed
personal images of her. Diana sued, and MGN gave her an apology. After the divorce, Princess Diana
lived in Kensington Palace. For a time, she dated the British Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan,
who she called the "love of her life." Their relationship ended, because Khan was private and couldn't
handle the press's scrutiny. Their relationship ended during the summer of 1997. Later, Princess Diana
dated Dodi Fayed. Fayed was the son of her summer host Mohamed Al-Fayed. Diana considered
taking her sons on a holiday to the Hamptons on Long Island, New York, but security officials had
prevented it. After deciding against a trip to Thailand, she accepted Fayed's invitation to join his
family in the south of France, where his compound and large security detail would not cause concern
to the Royal Protection squad. Mohamed Al-Fayed bought the Jonikal, a 60-metre multimillion-
pound yacht on which to entertain Diana and her sons.

The Tragic End

The end of Princess Diana was hugely tragic. By August 31, 1997, Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed left
a hotel in Paris. The car that both human beings were in crashed in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris.
The car was trying to flee the paparazzi. Henri Paul was also killed in the crash. He was the acting
security manager of the Hotel Ritz, Paris. Diana's bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones, survived the crash.
Princess Diana lost a lot of blood. The sudden death of Princess Diana was shocking. It happened
when I was about to be a freshman at high school. I remember the time just like yesterday. The
televised funeral took place on September 6, 1997, and it was watched by 32.10 million British TV
audience. It was one of the United Kingdom's highest viewing figures ever, and millions more people
watched the funeral worldwide. At Kensington palace, people left flowers, candles, cards, and
personal messages. There were mourning, sadness, anger, and just a sense of remembrance of
Princess Diana's contributions to the world. The coffin was taken to a private mortuary and placed in
the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace. People put pressure on the British Royals to give a response
 about the passing of Princess Diana. By September 6, 1997, Queen Elizabeth paid tribute to her in a
live television broadcast.

Diana's funeral took place in Westminster Abbey on September 6, 1997. Her sons walked in the
funeral procession behind her coffin, along with her ex-husband the Prince of Wales, the Duke of
Edinburgh, Diana's brother Lord Spencer, and representatives of some of her charities. Lord Spencer
said of his sister, "She proved in the last year that she needed no royal title to continue to generate
her particular brand of magic." Re-written in tribute to Diana, "Candle in the Wind 1997" was
performed by Elton John at the funeral service (the only occasion the song has been performed live).
Released as a single in 1997, the global proceeds from the song have gone to Diana's charities. The
burial took place privately later the same day. Diana's former husband, sons, mother, siblings, a close
friend, and a clergyman were present. Diana's body was clothed in a black long-sleeved dress
designed by Catherine Walker, which she had chosen some weeks before. A set of rosary beads that
she had received from Mother Teresa was placed in her hands. Diana's grave is on an island
(52.283082°N 1.000278°W) within the grounds of Althorp Park, the Spencer family home for
centuries. The burial party was provided by the 2nd Battalion, the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment,
who carried Diana's coffin across to the island and laid her to rest. Diana was the Regiment's Colonel-
in-Chief from 1992 to 1996. We know that Paul was intoxicated. The father of Dodi Fayed, Mohamed
Al-Fayed, accused MI6 and the Duke of Edinburgh to have planned to kill Princess Diana and Dodi
Fayed. An investigation found that at the bare minimum negligent by Paul and the pursing paparazzi
contributed to the crash. On April 7, 2008, the jury returned a verdict of "unlawful killing.” On the day
after the final verdict of the inquest, Al-Fayed announced that he would end his 10-year campaign
to establish that the tragedy was murder; he said he did so for the sake of Diana's children. Now, we
know that the Freedom of Information Act revealed that the National Security Agency (NSA)
surveilled Princess Diana until her death. Her NSA file wasn't revealed because of "national security
concerns." Prince Harry and William, to this day, mourn her passing as she was their mother.

“Carry out a random act of “Nothing brings me more

kindness, with no expectation
of reward, safe in the
knowledge that one day
someone might do the same for
you.”
happiness than trying to help the
most vulnerable people in
“Every one of us needs to
society. It is a goal and an show how much we care
essential part of my life – a kind
for each other and, in the
of destiny.” process, care for ourselves.”
 The images above show actress Kristen Stewart in her movie role of Spencer
portraying Princess Diana.

Actresses who have portrayed Diana include Serena Scott Thomas (in Diana: Her True Story, 1993),
Julie Cox (in Princess in Love, 1996), Amy Seccombe (in Diana: A Tribute to the People's Princess,
1998), Michelle Duncan (in Whatever Love Means, 2005), Genevieve O'Reilly (in Diana: Last Days of a
Princess, 2007), Nathalie Brocker (in The Murder of Princess Diana, 2007), Naomi Watts (in Diana,
2013), Jeanna de Waal (in Diana: The Musical, 2019 & 2021), Emma Corrin and Elizabeth Debicki (in
The Crown, 2020 & 2022), and Kristen Stewart (in Spencer, 2021). In 2021, Corrin won a Golden
Globe Award for her portrayal of the younger Diana Spencer.
 The Legacy of Princess Diana

One major part of Princess Diana's legacy is that she used the trauma of her past to motivate her to
show compassion and humanity to the people of the world. She had a sincerity in her mindset, and
she desired to be a different type of Royal human being. She wasn't stuck up or had an arrogant
personality. Princess Diana had humor, humbleness, and a seriousness to confront injustices. That is
why she is one of the most popular members of the royal family in history. The press monitored her
constantly in photographs. Sometimes, some media individuals crossed the line in monitoring and
harassing her. Also, Princess Diana loved to show style, charisma, and charity work. She also wore
ensembles by fashion companies such as Versace, Armani, Chanel, Dior, Gucci and Clarks. She is
easily one of the greatest philanthropists of the 20th century. In private and in public, Princess Diana
stood up for herself. Paul Burrell said that Diana was a deep thinker who used "introspective analysis."
She loved her 2 children unconditionally being active in their lives. Author Tina Brown said that
Princess Diana can use a glance to charm people, and she had a power to make positive energy a
reality. Princess Diana worked to show love and concern to the sick and dying patients, the poor, and
the oppressed. She inspired the Royal family in general to have charity work as shown by both of her
sons, Prince Charles and Prince Harry. Princess Diana was in discussion with Tony Blair to make a
government platform for her campaigns and charities to make her capable of endorsing Britain's
interests overseas. Now, we realize fully that Princess Diana made her incredible mark in history
indeed.
By Timothy

“I want to do, not just to be.”

-Princess Diana