A dazed Britain received the shocking news at 4:41 a.m. on the Sunday of 31st August 1997, their beloved princess, Diana, Princess of Wales, had tragically died in a ghastly car crash in Paris.  Not just in Britain , but all over the orb, people were joined in a vast sense of sadness.  As homage to this distinctive and inimitable Queen of Hearts, teddy bears and warm notes were placed at improvised memorials throughout the world.

Childhood Days

Lady Diana Frances Spencer’s birth took place on July 1st 1961, at Park House, Sandringham .  She was the third daughter of Viscount Althorp – who afterwards became known as Earl Spencer) and his wife Frances.  At eight years old, Diana entered Riddlesworth Hall prep school and later on went with her two elder sisters to West Heath school in Sevenoaks.  After a short spell at a finishing school in Switzerland , she came back in Britain and got a job as a kindergarten teacher: one which conferred her all-time love for children.

The Engagement

As a child, Diana knew Princes Andrew and Edward though she only actually got to be acquainted with Charles when he came to a shooting party at her family home when she was sixteen.

For the subsequent few years, Diana and Prince Charles were seen spending much time together and their feelings for one another began to grow deeper.  On February 24 1981, the couple declared their engagement to an eager nation.

The Royal Wedding in St Paul’s Cathedral

On the 29th of July 1981, above 700 million individuals all over the world viewed the wedding of the decade on television.  They looked in joy as the glowing bride walked down the passageway of St Paul ’s Cathedral to tie the knot to her prince.

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Wearing a dress of ivory silk taffeta with a 25ft train embellished with beads and with diamonds glistening in her hair, Diana was every inch the fairytale princess.  This attractive young lady has not just captured the heart of Prince Charles, but the hearts of a whole population.  Diana was the first English woman to marry a successor to the throne in more than 300 years and the inhabitants of Britain rejoiced by giving street parties in admiration of the pair who should one day be the King and Queen of their nation state.

Motherhood Experience

On 21st June 1982, some days before her 21st birthday, Princess Diana had her first baby boy, Prince William, in St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington.  The entire state shared the couple’s clear happiness and satisfaction.  Two years afterward the family unit was complete upon the arrival of their second child, Prince Henry, lovingly called Harry.

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The Ideal Family

Nothing gave Princess Diana added contentment than spending time with her offspring and she was firm in her resolve that her two sons should have as usual an upbringing as was feasible.  Diana took pleasure in taking them to burger bars and the cinema but William and Harry in addition went together with her when she visited old people’s homes, AIDs patients and the homeless as the princess believed that it was essential that they realized the troubles and fears of real people.

Diana was the first royal ever to bring her kids to a theme park and she persisted that they queue for the rides with the other children.

As Fashion Idol

The world observed, as over the years, the bashful young nursery teacher bloomed into a self-assured and stylish princess.  She made a look for herself that was chic and majestic, yet simultaneously very contemporary.  Princess Diana became popular for her stunning sense of fashion and millions of women throughout the globe attempted to imitate her look.

The Public’s Princess

Perhaps Diana’s best endowment was the profound love she felt for normal persons.  She altered people’s existence by offering them optimism and nerve and worked untiringly for the unwell and deprived.  She conveyed a twinkle of hope into the hearts of those who had nothing, she comforted the souls of the disadvantaged and her unlimited kindness encouraged and soothed people from all walks of life.  Princess Diana broke through fences of class, race, colour and religion to turn out to be a Queen of people’s hearts.

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Meeting Well-Known Faces

Due to her elevated public profile, Princess Diana met many famous persons; world leaders, politicians, pop stars, fashion designers, princesses and TV personalities, and she struck out deep friendship with several of them.  Besides, she made friends with many of the children who she met in hospitals as well and kept contact with them via birthday and Christmas cards, personal letters and telephone calls.

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Amending the Earth

Princess Diana embraced the sick, the underprivileged, the famished and the injured and with this simple gesture she did more to rise above public discrimination than numerous government movements.  When Diana spoke out about sensitive issues such as AIDs, leprosy, and landmines, the community paid attention.

A Playful Princess

Diana was a contemporary princess in-out who loved pop music, watching ballet, eating comfortable meals with her friends, shopping and sunny holidays overseas.  She teased journalists, played sensible jokes, loved throwing parties and had fun mimicking.  Princess Diana inhaled new life into the Royal Family and her sense of enjoyment enchanted and appealed  to every one who met her.

Official Events

In all places she went, be it a charity ball, a fund-raising occasion for one of the charities she sustained, a ballet or a pop concert, Diana at all times looked gorgeous and well-dressed.  She sold several of her ball gowns and cocktail dresses and raised almost two million pound sterling for her preferred charities such as the Royal Marsden Hospital Cancer Fund and AIDs Crisis Trust.

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The Diana We Will Never-Ever Forget

Princess Diana touched the lives of so many individuals all through the planet.  With a smile, a handshake or a nice word, she put people comfortable and her kindness and sympathy lit up the lives of everyone she met.  She will stay in our hearts forever.

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