Lady Diana was educated first at a preparatory school, 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 for music (as an accomplished pianist), dancing and domestic science, and gained the school's award for the girl giving maximum help to the school and her schoolfellows. Romo, Vanessa (20 May 2021). "Princes William And Harry Say BBC Interview Led To Princess Diana's Divorce And Death". NPR . Retrieved 31 March 2023. In 2008, Ken Wharfe, a former bodyguard of Diana, claimed that her scandalous conversations with James Gilbey (commonly referred to as the Squidgygate) were in fact recorded by the GCHQ, which intentionally released them on a "loop". [317] People close to Diana believed the action was intended to defame her. [317] Wharfe said Diana herself believed that members of the royal family were all being monitored, though he also stated that the main reason for it could be the potential threats of the IRA. [317] Anniversaries, commemorations, and auctions The couple had residences at Kensington Palace and Highgrove House, near Tetbury. On 5 November 1981, Diana's pregnancy was announced. [52] In January 1982—12 weeks into the pregnancy—Diana fell down a staircase at Sandringham, suffering some bruising, and the royal gynaecologist George Pinker was summoned from London; the foetus was uninjured. [53] Diana later confessed that she had intentionally thrown herself down the stairs because she was feeling "so inadequate". [54] On 21 June 1982, she gave birth to the couple's first son, Prince William. [55] She subsequently suffered from postpartum depression after her first pregnancy. [56] Amidst some media criticism, she decided to take William—who was still a baby—on her first major tours of Australia and New Zealand, and the decision was popularly applauded. By her own admission, Diana had not initially intended to take William until Malcolm Fraser, the Australian prime minister, made the suggestion. [57]

Sally Bedell Smith characterised Diana as unpredictable, egocentric, and possessive. [119] Smith also argued that in her desire to do charity works, Diana was "motivated by personal considerations, rather than by an ambitious urge to take on a societal problem". [119] Eugene Robinson, however, said that "[Diana] was serious about the causes she espoused". [21] According to Sarah Bradford, Diana looked down on the House of Windsor, whom she reportedly viewed "as jumped-up foreign princelings" and called them "the Germans". [365] Tony Blair characterised Diana as a manipulative person and "extraordinarily captivating". [342] [356] [368] In November 1995 The Princess gave a television interview during which she spoke of her unhappiness in her personal life and the pressures of her public role. The Prince and Princess were divorced on 28 August 1996. The day after her divorce, she announced her resignation from over 100 charities and retained patronages of only six: Centrepoint, English National Ballet, Great Ormond Street Hospital, The Leprosy Mission, National AIDS Trust, and the Royal Marsden Hospital. [230] She continued her work with the British Red Cross Anti-Personnel Land Mines Campaign, but was no longer listed as patron. [231] [232] Holden, Anthony; Lamanna, Permanent memorials to Diana include the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park, London; [401] the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Playground in Kensington Gardens; [402] the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Walk, a circular path between Kensington Gardens, Green Park, Hyde Park, and St. James's Park; [403] the Diana Memorial Award, established in 1999 and later relaunched in 2007 by Gordon Brown; [404] the Statue of Diana, Princess of Wales, in the Sunken Garden of Kensington Palace; [405] and the Princess Diana Memorial in the garden of Schloss Cobenzl in Vienna, making it the first memorial dedicated to Diana in a German-speaking country. [406] The Flame of Liberty was erected in 1989 on the Place de l'Alma in Paris above the entrance to the tunnel in which the fatal crash later occurred. It became an unofficial memorial to Diana. [407] [408] The Place de l'Alma was renamed Place Diana princesse de Galles in 2019. [409] Following her death, several countries issued postage stamps commemorating Diana, including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Somalia, and Congo. [410] [411] [412] A bronze plaque was unveiled by Earl Spencer at Northampton Guildhall in 2002 as a memorial to his sister. [413]

Diana tapes filmed by voice coach to air on Channel 4 documentary". The Guardian. 24 July 2017. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017 . Retrieved 30 July 2017. The 1981 Charles and Diana crown is quite a common coin to come across, but how much is it worth today? Diana tapes reveal Camilla confrontation". The Telegraph. 12 March 2004. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022 . Retrieved 3 August 2018. The tragic death of Diana, Princess of Wales occurred on Sunday 31 August 1997 following a car accident in Paris, France.

Royal engagement photos through the years as Harry and Meghan's glamorous pictures prove they are Hollywood through and through". The Telegraph. 21 December 2017. Archived from the original on 9 January 2018 . Retrieved 8 March 2018. In 2017, William and Harry commissioned two documentaries to mark the 20th anniversary of her death. The first of the two, Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy, was broadcast on ITV and HBO on 24 July 2017. [434] [435] This film focuses on Diana's legacy and humanitarian efforts for causes such as AIDS, landmines, homelessness and cancer. The second documentary, Diana, 7 Days, aired on 27 August on BBC and focused on Diana's death and the subsequent outpouring of grief. [436] Titles, styles, honours and arms Titles and styles Royal monogram Childs, Martin (26 November 2011). "Teddy Forstmann: Pioneer of the leveraged buy-out". The Independent . Retrieved 14 March 2018. The marriage took place in St Paul’s Cathedral and was watched by an estimated 750 million people worldwide on television, and was commemorated by a special crown coin. Hallemann, Caroline (22 January 2018). "Here's what Gianni Versace's funeral was really like". Town & Country . Retrieved 28 August 2020.Reverse: A portrait of the Queen Mother surrounded by a radiating pattern of bows and lions, a pun on her maiden name Bowes-Lyon. The inscription reads: QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER AUGUST 4th 1980. The reverse was designed by Professor Richard Guyatt. Further information: Althorp §Diana grave, memorial, and exhibition Flowers outside Kensington Palace

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Obituary: Sir George Pinker". The Telegraph. London. 1 May 2007. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012 . Retrieved 22 December 2012. Anglo-Norman: God defends the right) Symbolism The Spencers were granted a coat of arms in 1504 (Azure a fess Ermine between 6 sea-mews' heads erased Argent), which bears no resemblance to that used by the family after c. 1595, which was derived from the Despencer arms. Writer J. H. Round argued that the Despencer descent was fabricated by Richard Lee, a corrupt Clarenceux King of Arms. [464] Previous versions Diana's coat of arms before her marriage was the Spencer coat of arms depicted on a lozenge. It included three escallops argent of the Spencer coat of arms. This version was used only before her marriage and was also applied by her sisters. Other versions After her divorce, Diana had resumed her paternal arms with the addition of a royal coronet and two griffin supporters, each gorged with a royal coronet. [463] Boggan, Steve (26 November 1995). "Schoolboy with a grudge was Oliver Hoare telephone pest". The Independent. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017 . Retrieved 13 March 2018.Dark side of Diana described by ex-aide". The Guardian. 24 September 2000. Archived from the original on 8 January 2017 . Retrieved 7 January 2017. To celebrate the Silver wedding anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.