In an interview on British television a long time a go, Diana said that she wanted to be Queen Of Peoples Hearts. She helped the sick, poor, and people who had any disease such as AIDS. Diana thought that if she could make someone cheerful or bring a smile onto people's faces then she knew that she had made a difference. Thats how Diana became popular in the world. The diary entries below describe her life from birth to death.
Dianas family:
Diana Frances Spencer was born on July 1, 1961. She was the third
daughter of Johnnie and Frances Spencer. Her elder sisters were
Jane and Sarah and two brothers Charles and John. John was born
18 months before, Diana but when he was born he was seriously
ill and died a few hours after birth. Charles was born after
Diana, and was the youngest. The Spencer family had a house called
Althorp House in North Amptonshire. Diana and her siblings had
numerous relations with several famous people. For instance,
on the fathers side of the family, they were related to
King Charles II and the Duke of Marlborough. And on the mothers
side of the family, they were related to seven of the American
presidents including Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Young Life:
Dianas parents started to argue a lot and had a lot of quarrels.
In September 1967, her parents got a divorced. After the divorce,
Diana and her siblings stayed with their father. Their mother
had moved to London. Diana started her schooling at home, and
later continued schooling at Riddlesworth Hall in Norfolk. She
later went to West Health School in Kent. The Spencer children
had several different nannies to look after them. Some nannies
were not friendly, because the Spencer kids would bug or annoy
them a lot. For example, one of the nannies put laxatives in
Sarahs food as a punishment, but Dianas mother had
caught her and fired her right away. Another issue that happened
was that another nanny had hit Diana with a wooden spoon and also
had banged Diana and Charless heads together. Diana and
Charles fought against the nannies. When a nanny didnt
let Diana go outside or play with her dogs, Diana sneaked in to
the nannys room and threw all of her under clothes on the
roof. It took a long time to get all the clothes from the roof,
and Diana got in trouble. After a while, Dianas mother
got remarried to Peter Shand-Kydd.
Teens To College/University Life:
After Diana finished schooling at West Health School, she went
to a college. After a while at the college, Diana wrote a letter
to her father begging him to get her out of the school. He finally
gave in and she came out of the college. That is when she ended
her formal education at the age of 16. Diana had kept a scrapbook
of every one of the dropouts from the school.
Dianas grandmother died in 1972 and her grandfather in 1975.
Dianas father got remarried in 1977 to Raine Lady Dartmouth.
At the age of 16, Dianas mother offered Diana her own place
in London. On weekends Diana would visit her father in Althorp.
In September of 1978, while Diana was at her friends house
she found out that her fathers health was not first-class
condition. When she reached the hospital her father had suffered
from a stroke and was near death. After that, her father was
in coma for three months. Dianas father slowly recovered
from coma.
1979 - 1981:
Diana earned money by becoming a kindergarten teacher in London.
Dianas sister Sarah was invited to a lot of parties because
she was a close friend of Prince Charles. Diana went to all the
parties because she had a crush on Charles. Diana had first meet
her future husband when she was a baby. In February 1979, Diana
had received an unexpected invitation form the royal family, to
attend the shooting weekend.
When Diana went to the shooting contest Prince Charles said that
she was a very jolly and attractive girl, and full
of fun.
At that time Sarah and Charles were dating but their relationship
soon ended and Sarah said about Prince Charles, that he was the
brother I never had. On April of 1979, Dianas eldest
sister Jane was getting married and Diana became a bridesmaid.
The royal family was surprised on how beautiful Diana looked.
Sarah was amazed that she and Diana were invited to the Princes
30th birthday.
Prince Charles and Diana:
Prince Charles and Diana became closer and closer to each other.
One day when Charles was on a skiing trip he called Diana and
told her that he has to meet her for a very special reason. Charles
proposed to Diana on February 6, 1981. Diana accepted the proposal.
February 24 1981 & July 29, 1981:
February 24, 1981 was important because on this day Diana was
engaged to Prince Charles.
On July 29, 1981, Diana and Prince Charles, who was heir to the
throne, got married. Diana was about 20 years old and Charles
was 30 years old when they got married. Dianas father was
still weak from the stroke, but he managed to walk Diana down
the aisle. Diana got married at Saint Pauls Cathedral.
Dianas veil was 25-feet long, which was the longest in
history.
Honeymoon:
After marriage, Diana and Charles boarded a royal yacht called
Britannica. They visited a lot of places.
June 21, 1982:
Dianas first child Prince William Arthur Philip Louis was
born.
The Queen came to see the child and said, Thank goodness
he doesnt have ears like his father. Diana was very
excited. William was next in line for the throne.
Williams Life:
He was a naughty boy. All his mischiefs were published in the
newspapers and magazines.
September 15, 1984:
Prince Charles and Princess Diana had a second child and they
named him Prince Harry Charles Albert David. Charles wanted a
girl, but Diana had got tests done and Diana knew that it would
be a boy. Diana did not want Charles to get furious so she hid
the results of the tests.
1984 - 1992:
When Prince Charles broke his arm during polo, Diana accompanied
him to the hospital. While she was there she comforted a family,
whose head of the family was in coma after a car crash.
In 1991, Diana and the First Lady Barbara Bush visited a lot of
AIDS shelters. In 1991, an accident nearly claimed the life of
Prince William. While Diana was eating lunch with one of her
friends, her bodyguard told her that Prince William had suffered
a severe head injury. Diana left her friend and rushed to the
hospital. Prince William experienced a depressed fracture of
his skull. He needed surgery done to save his life.
While Diana, Charles and their sons were in Austria, Diana was
informed about Dianas fathers death. Diana did not
want Charles to go to the funeral. So they argued about it.
When they asked for the Queens opinion, she said that it
was okay for Charles to go to the funeral.
1992:
For the next several years, Charles and Diana slowly drifted apart.
Their relationship got worse and they didnt talk to each
other.
1992 - 1996 (Unbelievable Things):
Mother Teresa had become sick in Rome. Charles wanted to send
flowers, but Diana didnt think that flowers were enough.
So Diana leaped on a plane and flew to see Mother Teresa.
At another occasion, in England a man wrote to Diana and told
her that his son was dying of AIDS, and dearly wanted to meet
the Princess, which was his final wish. She thought that her
good work was greeting her with some doubts by the British press.
1996:
In August of 1996, Diana divorced Prince Charles. The divorce
lifted a great weight off Dianas shoulders. The divorce
did not stop her from helping AIDS patients, cancer patients,
and the poor.
1997:
In 1997, Diana started to date a man named Dodi Al Fayed, the
son of an Egyptian-born millionaire. Dodis father owned
a high-class department store, Harrods, and was a close friend
of Dianas father.
When Diana returned to Kensington Place she found out that her
friend who was a fashion designer was murdered, so she rushed
to the funeral. There she was sitting next to Elton John, and
had comforted him. He was cried hysterically.
August of 1997:
Diana died of a car crash in Paris, France.
An English nurse said, she was a Queen for all of us, rich
or poor. She was a special star who lit the sky. Another
depressing event was that Mother Teresa, one of Dianas closest
friends, had died soon before Dianas funeral.
From the day the world heard about Dianas death until the
funeral day, there were millions of flowers around the Buckingham
Palace and the Kensington Palace. Only some people gave speeches
on Dianas funeral day. Charles, Dianas brother, couldnt
express his anger at Dianas death, and blamed the papaarrazis
for killing her. Dianas brother gave the most outstanding
speech. When he stepped off the podium, you could hear spontaneous
applauds from the crowd that was outside of the church and within
no time applauds were in the church. When Elton John sang a song
specially dedicated to Diana, all the people in the crowd outside
lit candles and cradled back and forth.
This is a diary of the Queen of Peoples Hearts,
who still lives in the hearts of the people, but had a tragic
end.