Facts Princess Diana

Diana Frances Spencer was born at Park House, Sandringham in Norfolk, England on 1 July 1961
Before being called Princess Diana, she was known as Lady Diana Spencer.

Parents

John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, and his first wife, Frances Spencer, Viscountess Althorp
Her distant ancestors include: Mary, Queen of Scots, Lady Catherine Grey, Mary Boleyn, and Robert I (The Bruce).

Religion: Church of England

Education

Marriage

Engaged on February 24, 1981, to Prince Charles - next in line to throne.
Engagement ring consisted of 14 diamonds and a sapphire.
Charles and Diana were married on July 29th 1981
Their marriage at St Paul's Cathedral, London was a global event with a combined TV audience of 750 million.

Separation

After much speculation over married life Diana and Charles separated on 9 December 1992. Princess Diana blamed Camilla Parker-Bowles for her relationship breakdown.
Diana called Camilla "the Rottweiler". Camilla called her "that ridiculous creature".
On TV she admitted adultery, but, only after Charles had had an affair.

Diana worked for many charities including:

AIDS awareness - 'chain of hope' organization.
Red Cross organization and was supporting the
International Campaign to Ban Landmines, which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997.
More on Princess Diana's Charity Work

On 31 August 1997, Diana died in car crash in Paris along with Dodi Al-Fayed
She died from her injuries at the Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital.
Her tragic death led to an unprecedented wave of public grief, which eventually caused Royal Family to break old protocol and fly flag at Buckingham Palace at half mast.
Diana's funeral service was conducted in Westminster Abbey on 6 September 1997.
Diana was buried on an island in the middle of a lake at her ancestral home of Althorp House in Northamptonshire.
In 2004, an independent inquiry into her death found the case 'complex' but no evidence of conspiracy. Though Dodi Al-Fayed's father has often claimed a conspiracy to kill Diana and his son.
After her death, Tony Blair, referred to Princess Diana as the 'People's Princess'

She was the people's princess and that's how she will stay, how she will remain, in our hearts and in our memories forever."