Sunday, July 19, 2009

Diana, Princess of Wales, 1961-1997

Diana was born Diana Frances Spencer in Sandringham, Norfolk, England. She was educated at Riddlesworth Hall in Norfolk, and West Heath School in Kent. From 1979 until 1981 Diana worked as a kindergarten teacher in London. She married Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne in a world televised wedding at Saint Paul's Cathedral in 1981. The couple had two sons: Prince William Arthur Philip Louis, born in 1982 and Prince Henry Charles Albert David, born in 1984. By the late 1980s arrived their marital problems were widely known and in December 1992 they separated. Diana had, by then, already adopted charity work as her royal duty. She withdrew from public activities for a few months in 1993 to avoid the negative publicity focused on her divorce from Prince Charles. Despite this, Diana continued to volunteer her time to many charities related to homeless and deprived children, drug abuse, and victims of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Diana shocked many people when she shook the hand of an AIDS patient, showing that she was not afraid of those suffering from the illness. She was the vice president of the British Red Cross and had served as a member of the International Red Cross advisory board since 1994. Diana died in a car crash in a Paris tunnel while being chased by paparazzi, but her work for various causes and charities and her own personal strength in adversity made her an idol for many. �I adore him. I have never been so happy. I have real love.� (prior to the revelation Prince Charles� infidelity with Camilla Parker-Bowles) �I think like any marriage, especially when you've had divorced parents like myself; you want to try even harder to make it work.� �People think that at the end of the day a man is the only answer. Actually, a fulfilling job is better for me.� - Princess Diana

Article by Alexander S

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