![]() ![]() 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. 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. In 1975, the family moved to the Spencer seat at Althorp (a stately house dating from 1508) in Northamptonshire, in the English Midlands. Together with her two elder sisters Sarah (born 1955), Jane (born 1957) and her brother Charles (born 1964), Diana continued to live with her father at Park House, Sandringham, until the death of her grandfather, the 7th Earl Spencer. ![]() Earl Spencer later married Raine, Countess of Dartmouth in 1976. Lady Diana's parents, who had married in 1954, separated in 1967 and the marriage was dissolved in 1969. Viscount Althorp was Equerry to George VI from 1950 to 1952, and to The Queen from 1952 to 1954. Until her father inherited the Earldom, she was styled The Honourable Diana Spencer. Mrs Shand-Kydd, daughter of the 4th Baron Fermoy. She was the youngest daughter of the then Viscount and Viscountess Althorp, now the late (8th) Earl Spencer and the late Hon. Childhood and teenage yearsĭiana, Princess of Wales, formerly Lady Diana Frances Spencer, was born on 1 July 1961 at Park House near Sandringham, Norfolk. There was widespread public mourning at the death of this popular figure, culminating with her funeral at Westminster Abbey on Saturday, 6 September 1997.Įven after her death, the Princess's work lives on in the form of commemorative charities and projects set up to help those in need. After her divorce from The Prince of Wales, the Princess continued to be regarded as a member of the Royal Family.ĭiana, Princess of Wales, died on Sunday, 31 August 1997, following a car crash in Paris. Family was very important to the Princess, who had two sons: Prince William and Prince Henry (Harry). Lady Diana Spencer married The Prince of Wales at St Paul's Cathedral in London on 29 July 1981.ĭuring her marriage the Princess undertook a wide range of royal duties. She received the style Lady Diana Spencer in 1975, when her father inherited his Earldom. The late Diana, Princess of Wales was born The Honourable Diana Frances Spencer on 1 July 1961 in Norfolk. ![]()
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