Princess Diana (1961-1997)

1. Princess Diana

(1961-1997)

2. Diana was born in 1961, in a very wealthy and aristocratic family. Her ancestors acquired the title of earl from king Charles I

in the 17th century. For the
next three centuries they felt comfortable at the
royal court, holding various positions and bearing
various titles.

3. In 1980 Diana appeared on the world stage as the future bride of Charles, the next king of England. They married on July 29,

1981 in St. Paul’s
Cathedral in London.

4. Even though they had two children, William and Harry, Diana and Charles soon became unhappy together.

5.

Diana was a very modern
woman who enjoyed
pop music, romantic
novels and charity
work. Charles had
many different
interests, but their age
difference and
mentality did not
coincide. After a public
separation in 1989, a
divorce followed in
1996.

6.

As a single woman
Diana put all of her
energy into her two
sons and her charity
work.

7.

On August 31, 1997, Diana died as a
result of a car accident in a tunnel
near the Alma Bridge, when the
driver of the car was driving away
from being pursued by
paparazzi[178]. Along with her,
Dodi Al-Fayed, her lover, and her
driver, Henry Paul, died. Trevor
Rhys-Jones, the princess's
bodyguard, survived but suffered a
serious head injury and therefore
does not remember the details of
the accident. The funeral took place
on September 6 in London, with her
sons, William and Harry, following
the coffin. The broadcast on
television was watched by over 32
million people in the UK alone;
worldwide the number of viewers
was several times higher.

8.

As her brother said at her
funeral, she was "the
unique, the
extraordinary and
irreplaceable Diana,
whose beauty, both
internal and external,
will never be
extinguished from our
minds."