Diana Frances Spencer Age, Net Worth, Relationships, & More

The late Diana, named Princess of Wales, was born the Honourable Diana Spencer on 1 July 1961 in  Norfolk. She also received the style Lady Diana Spencer in 1975. Lady Diana Spencer married The Prince of Wales at St Paul’s Cathedral in London on 29 July 1981. During her marriage, the princess assumed an inclusive range of imperial duties. The family was very important to the princess, who had two sons named Prince William and Prince Henry. After Lady Diana’s divorce from the Prince of Wales, the princess continued to be regarded as a member of the Royal family. Diana, Princess of Wales, died on Sunday, 31 August 1997 because of a car crash in Paris. This accident took place in the Place de l’Alma underpass in central Paris shortly before midnight on Saturday, 30th August, where the princess was travelling at high speed, which resulted in an accident.  The Princess was taken to the La Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, where she was on a ventilator for two hours of emergency surgery before being declared dead at 03-00 BST. Mr Dodi Fayed, the companion of the princess and the driver of the vehicle, died in the accident, but the bodyguard was seriously injured. 

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Childhood and teenage years

Diana, Princess of Wales, formally known as Lady Diana Frances Spencer, was the youngest daughter of the then Viscount and Viscountess Althorp. Viscount Althorp was Equerry to George VI from 1950 to 1952, and to The Queen from 1952 to 1954. However, Lady Diana's parents, who had married in 1954, separated in 1967, and the marriage was dissolved in 1969. Earl Spencer later married Raine, Countess of Dartmouth, in 1976. After the separation of her family, Lady Diana started living with her father, her two elder sisters, Sarah, born in 1955 and Jane who born in 1957, and her brother, named Charles, who was born in 1964 at Park House, Sandringham. Until the death of her grandfather (7th Earl Spencer). In 1975, the family moved to the Spencer seat at Althorp in the English Midlands.

Early education 

Lady Diana got her first education at an introductory school named Riddlesworth Hall at Diss, Norfolk and then in 1974 went as a boarder to West Heath, near Sevenoaks, Kent. At School, she showed a particular talent in different fields, particularly in music, dancing, and domestic science. She left West Health in 1977 and went to finishing school at the Institut Alpin Videmanette in Rougemont, Switzerland, for further study, but later left after the Eastern term of 1978. In between these years, she moved to a flat in Coleherne Court, London, and saw an American couple with a child, which she decided to invest her energy as a kindergarten teacher at the Young England School in Pimlico. 

Marriage and family

It was officially announced that Lady Diana was to marry on 24 February 1981 with the Prince of Wales. They both knew each other at Sandringham until 1975, as well as their families had known each other for many years. Moreover, Lady Diana and the Prince had met all again when they both were invited to a weekend at Althrop in November 1977. The marriage ceremony occurred at St Paul’s Cathedral in London on 29 July 1981, which caught the attention of so many people with a record of approximately 1,000 million and the rest of the thousands of people lining the route from Buckingham Palace to the Cathedral for attending their reception. The marriage was observed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Runcie, together with the Dean of St Paul's, and clergy from other denominations read prayers. Music included the hymns' Christ is made the sure foundation', 'I vow to thee my country', and the anthem 'I was glad' composed by Sir Hubert Parry. However, the lesson was read by the Speaker of the House of Commons, Mr George Thomas (the late Lord Tonypandy).

The Princess was the first English woman to marry a successor to the throne for 300 years. This particularly happened when Anne Hyde married the future James II, from whom the princesses were descended. The bride wore a silk taffeta dress with a 25-foot train designed by the Emanuels. Her veil was held in place by the Spencer family diamond tiara,  along with that she carried a bouquet of gardenias, lilies-of-the-valley, white freesia, golden roses, white orchids, and stephanotis. She was attended by five bridesmaids, including Princess Margaret's daughter Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones (now Lady Sarah Chatto). Prince Andrew (now The Duke of York) and Prince Edward (now The Earl of Wessex) were The Prince of Wales's Supporters.

The Prince and Princess of Wales spent part of their honeymoon at the Mountbatten family home at Broadlands, Hampshire, before flying to Gibraltar to join the Royal Yacht for a 12-day cruise through the Mediterranean to Egypt. They finished their honeymoon with a stay at Balmoral. The Prince and Princess made their principal home at Highgrove House near Tetbury, Gloucestershire, with an apartment in Kensington Palace as their London home.

They had two sons. Prince William Arthur Philip Louis and Prince Henry (Harry) Charles Albert David. The first son was born on 21 June 1982 while the second one was born on 15 September 1984, both at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, in London.. In December 1992, it was announced that the Prince and Princess of Wales had agreed to part ways. The Princess based her household and her office at Kensington Palace, while The Prince was based at St James's Palace and continued to live at Highgrove.