Diana Princess
Diana, Princess of Wales, was born on July 1, 1961, in Sandringham, Norfolk, England, under the name Diana Frances Spencer. She was born at Park House, a rented property on Queen Elizabeth II's Sandringham estate where she spent her childhood playing with the queen's younger boys, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward. Diana, along with her brother and two sisters, lived with her father after her parents.
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When
her father succeeded the earldom in 1975, she became Lady Diana Spencer. Diana
received her education at Riddles worth Hall (near Thetford, Norfolk) and West
Heath School (Sevenoaks, Kent). Diana returned to England after attending the
Chateau d'Oex finishing school in Montreux, Switzerland, and worked as a
kindergarten assistant at the famous Young England school in Pamlico.
In
1980, she reestablished touch with the royal family, and her connection with
Prince Charles developed. Their engagement was announced on February 24, 1981,
and her beauty and modest demeanor which gave her the nickname "Shy
Di" made her an instant media and popular sensation. On July 29, 1981, the
pair married in St. Paul's Cathedral in front of hundreds of millions of people
in a worldwide televised event. Prince William Arthur Philip Louis of Wales,
their first child, was born on June 21, 1982, and Prince Henry
("Harry") Charles Albert David, was born on September 15, 1984.
However,
the princess and prince's marital problems were getting worse. Diana suffered
from severe depressive symptoms, low self-esteem, eating disorders, and the
stress of being followed by both the official media and the tabloid press,
particularly the paparazzi. The pair formally separated in 1992 after mutual
recriminations on both sides revealed the marital breakdown.
Diana
continued her successful public image after the divorce and continued many of
the activities she had previously undertaken on behalf of charities, including
the arts, children's issues, and AIDS victims. She was also involved in the
campaign to ban land mines. Diana took her sons to hospitals, homeless
shelters, and orphanages so that they might "understand people's feelings,
insecurities, misery, and hopes and dreams." She took them to fast-food
restaurants and public transportation to familiarize them with life outside of
royal luxury. She was dubbed "the People's Princess" for her
compassion, personal warmth, humility, and accessibility.
The
media were often invasive, despite the fact that she used her popularity to
great purpose in promoting her philanthropic efforts. It was while attempting
to evade pursuing journalists that Diana was killed, along with her companion,
Dodi Fayed, and their driver, Henri Paul, in an automobile accident in a tunnel
under the streets of Paris in 1997.
1. “Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.”
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2. “Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society. It is a goal and an essential part of my life – a kind of destiny.”
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3. “The greatest problem in the world today is intolerance. Everyone is so intolerant of each other.”
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4. “I like to be a free spirit. Some don’t like that, but that’s the way I am.”
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5. “Helping people in need is a good and essential part of my life, a kind of destiny.”
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6. “I’d like to be a queen in people’s hearts but I don’t see myself being queen of this country.”
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7. “I want to walk into a room, be it a hospital for the dying or a hospital for the sick children, and feel that I am needed.”
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8. “HIV does not make people dangerous to know, so you can shake their hands and give them a hug: Heaven knows they need it.”
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9. “Everyone needs to be valued. Everyone has the potential to give something back.”
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10. “I touch people. I think everyone needs that. Placing a hand on a friend’s face means making contact.”
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11. “I don’t want expensive gifts; I don’t want to be bought. I have everything I want. I just want someone to be there for me, to make me feel safe and secure.”
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12. “It’s vital that the monarchy keeps in touch with the people. It’s what I try and do.”
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13. “I know that I can give love for a minute, for half an hour, for a day, for a month, but I can give. I am very happy to do that, I want to do that.”
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14. “I think like any marriage, especially when you’ve had divorced parents like myself; you want to try even harder to make it work.”
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15. “Only do what your heart tells you.”
16. “I’m aware that people I have loved and have died and are in the spirit world looking after me.”
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17. “I am not a political figure, I am a humanitarian figure, always was, always will be.”
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18. “A mother's arms are more comforting than anyone else's.”
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19. “Don’t call me an icon. I’m just a mother trying to help.”
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20. “I should never have played with fire and I did. And I got very burned.”
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21. “Hugs can do great amounts of good — especially for children.”
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