Lady Diana Frances Spencer, (July 1, 1961–August 31, 1997) was the

first wife of Charles,Prince of Wales. From her marriage in 1981 to her

divorce in 1996 she was called “Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales”.
After her divorce from the Prince of Wales in 1996, Diana ceased to be the
Princess of Wales and also lost the resulting Royal Highness style.
After her divorce, officially, she was called Diana, Princess of Wales. 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.
From the time of her engagement to the Prince of Wales in 1981 until her
death in a car accident in 1997, the Princess was arguably the most famous
woman in the world, the pre-eminent female celebrity of her generation: a
fashion icon, an image of feminine beauty, admired and emulated for her
high-profile involvement in AIDS issues, and the international campaign
against landmines. During her lifetime, she was often referred to as the
most photographed person in the world.