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Diana Spencer is born into an English aristocratic family in 1961 and works as a young woman as, among other things, a nursery assistant, when life catapults her into a fairy tale that soon becomes a drama. In 1981, aged just 20, she marries the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles. The wedding is watched on television by hundreds of millions of people worldwide: Diana becomes the most famous woman in the world overnight. As Princess of Wales she gives birth to two sons, William and Harry, and becomes a public favourite. But behind the glamorous facade the marriage breaks down. Diana struggles under the pressure of the royal household and the press, and later speaks openly about her difficult years. In 1996 her marriage to Charles ends in divorce. Diana uses her enormous fame for humanitarian causes and becomes known as the "Queen of Hearts". She champions people with AIDS (her public, ungloved handshake with an HIV patient helps break down prejudice) and campaigns against landmines; famous are the images of her walking through a minefield in Angola. Her warm, approachable manner sets her apart from the aloof etiquette of the court. In 1997 Diana dies at just 36 in a car crash in Paris. Her sudden death triggers an unprecedented wave of worldwide grief; millions mourn. To this day she is regarded as one of the most influential and beloved figures of the modern monarchy and as a woman who made the British royal family more human.
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Princess of Wales
In 1981 she married the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles.
💡 Did you know? As „Princess of Wales,“ Diana became the most photographed woman in the world of her time.
Prince Charles
In 1981 Diana married the British heir Prince Charles: some 750 million people watched the „fairy-tale wedding“ on television.
💡 Did you know? The wedding was watched on television by hundreds of millions of people worldwide.
William and Harry
William is today the heir to the throne of the United Kingdom.
💡 Did you know? Her elder son William is now heir to the British throne; Diana was keen to let her sons grow up as normally as possible.
Queen of Hearts
Her warm, approachable manner set her apart from the aloof court etiquette.
💡 Did you know? „I want to be a queen of people's hearts,“ Diana herself said: her closeness to ordinary people made her uniquely beloved.
public contact with AIDS patients
In 1987 Diana pointedly shook hands with an AIDS patient without gloves: a gesture that helped break down fear and prejudice worldwide.
💡 Did you know? In the 1980s this was a powerful signal against the fear of touch.
landmines
Famous are the images of her walking through a minefield in Angola.
💡 Did you know? Shortly before her death Diana walked through a minefield in Angola: her campaign helped bring about an international ban on landmines.
car crash in Paris (aged 36)
Her sudden death triggered an unprecedented wave of worldwide grief.
💡 Did you know? In 1997 Diana died at 36 in a car crash in Paris while fleeing photographers: millions mourned worldwide.
divorce in 1996
Diana later spoke openly about the pressure of the royal household and the press.
💡 Did you know? After years of publicly aired marital troubles, the marriage to Charles ended in divorce in 1996: a year before Diana's death.
Foto: John Mathew Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Princess Diana
Lady Diana (1961 to 1997) was Princess of Wales, revered worldwide as the „Queen of Hearts“ for her charitable work.
💡 Did you know? At her funeral in 1997 over two billion people worldwide watched as Elton John performed a rewritten „Candle in the Wind“ for her.
1961
Born: 1 July 1961 in Sandringham, England
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