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Bio...
Diana Frances Spencer was born on July 1, 1961 at Park House, the
home her parents rented on the royal family's estate at
Sandringham. As a child she occasionally played with Prince
Andrew and Prince Edward, who were near her in age. She had
two older sisters, Sarah and Jane, and a younger brother,
Charles.
When she was six, her mother left her father. The Spencers divorced
in 1969, and her father received custody of the children. In
1975 she father became the eighth Earl Spencer, making her a
Lady. Dian and her siblings moved to Althorp, the Spencer
family estate in Northampton.
She attended private boarding schools. Although she wasn't an especially
good student, she was excelled at sports, and won trophies for
her swimming. She dreamed of being a ballerina, but grew too
tall (as an adult she was 5'10"). After leaving school in
1978 she worked as a nanny, waitress, and cleaning woman
before becoming a teacher at the Young England kindergarten in
Pimlico, London.
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The
Romance
Her romance with the Prince
of Wales began in 1980. The oldest child of British
monarch Queen
Elizabeth II, he was 12 years older than Diana, and
had previously dated her sister Sarah. Almost from the
start, the press took a special interest in "Lady Di."
They staked out her apartment and followed her everwhere.
Diana later said that she found the constant attention
unbearable.
Diana and Charles were married July 29, 1981 at St Paul's
Cathedral. The wedding was broadcast in 74 countries and
watched by 750 million people worldwide. Diana was the
first English woman to marry an heir to the throne in over
300 years.
At the ceremony the Archbishop of Canterbury said, "Here is
the stuff of which fairy tales are made." But the
fairy tale was an illusion, as Diana had already
discovered. Prince Charles was still in love with an old
girlfriend, Camilla Parker-Bowles. "There were three
of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded,"
Princess Diana remarked years later. Distraught, Diana
developed bulimia and attempted suicide. Despite her
problems, she was a devoted mother to her two sons, Prince
William and Prince Harry. She worked tirelessly for
charity, and was beloved by the public for her warmth and
humanity.
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The Story
Behind the Royalty
In 1992 Princess Di decided to expose the truth about her
relationship with Prince Charles to the public. She secretly
collaborated with author Andrew Morton on his book Diana,
Her True Story. The princess's direct involvement in the
writing of the book was not revealed to the public until after
her death.
The separation of the Prince and Princess of Wales was announced on
December 9, 1992. The divorce became official August 28, 1996.
Princess Dian kept the title Princess of Wales and continued
to work for her favorite charities. She and Prince Charles had
joint custody of their sons.
In 1997 She began a love affair with Emad "Dodi" Fayed,
the son of billionaire businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed. Their
romance ended abruptly on August 31, 1997 when both were
killed in a car accident in Paris while fleeing from
paparazzi. Princess Diana's sudden death led to an
unprecedented worldwide outpouring of grief and love. As her
brother said at her funeral, she was"the unique, the
complex, the extraordinary and irreplacable Diana, whose
beauty, both internal and external, will never be extinguished
from our minds."
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