Princess Diana. Biography, facts and other

Presentation about Princess Diana

1. PRINCESS DIANA

2. Diana , princess of Wales , commonly called   Princess Diana , original name   Diana Frances Spencer , was   born July 1, 1961  at Park House . She was the third child and youngest daughter of   Edward John Spencer ,  and his first wife ,  Frances Ruth Burke Roche . Her parents ’ troubled marriage ended in divorce when Diana was a child , and she , along with her brother and two sisters , remained with her father . She became Lady Diana Spencer when her father succeeded to the earldom in 1975.

3. Her friendship with   Charles   grew in 1980. On February 24, 1981, their engagement was announced .  The couple married in   St . Paul’s Cathedral   on July 29, 1981, in a globally televised ceremony watched by an audience numbering in the hundreds of millions . Their first child ,  Prince William Arthur Philip Louis of Wales , was born on June 21, 1982, and their second ,  Prince Henry (“ Harry ”) Charles Albert David , on September 15, 1984.

4. “ Princess Di ” rapidly evolved into an icon of grace , elegance , and glamour . Exuding natural charm and   charisma , she used her celebrity status to aid numerous charitable causes , and her changing hairstyles and wardrobe made her a fashion trendsetter . Behind the scenes , however , marital difficulties between the princess and prince were growing . The couple’s divorce became final on August 28, 1996. After the   divorce , Diana maintained her high public profile and continued many of the activities she had earlier undertaken on behalf of charities , supporting causes as   diverse   as   the arts , children’s issues , and  AIDS  patients . She also was involved in efforts to ban   land mines . To ensure that William and Harry had “ an understanding of   people’s   emotions , their insecurities , people’s distress , and their hopes and dreams ,” Diana brought her sons with her to hospitals , homeless shelters , and orphanages . To acquaint them with the world outside royal privilege , she took them to   fast food   restaurants and on   public transportation .

5. Diana worked tirelessly on behalf of charities around the world , using her fame to raise awareness of a number of important humanitarian issues . She is remembered as   the " People's Princess ." In April 1987, when speculation around the virus was rife , Diana was invited to open Britain’s first AIDS ward at Middlesex hospital .  This publicly challenged the notion that HIV/AIDS was passed from person to person by touch and highlighted Diana's affection and compassion for people living with the disease . In the following years , she went on to make several bedside visits to patients at a number of hospitals , including a hostel for abandoned children in Rio de Janeiro and a hospice in Toronto . Like her AIDS efforts , Diana traveled to countries with a high leprosy rate in order to remove the stigma surrounding the disease . As patron of   The Leprosy Mission , she visited hospitals in India ,  Nepal   and Zimbabwe and by spending time with patients , she dispelled one of the myths surrounding the illness — that it can be passed on by touch . “ It has always been my concern to touch people with leprosy , trying to show in a simple action that they are not reviled , nor are we repulsed ," she said of the disease .

6. Long one of the most-photographed women in the world , Diana’s unprecedented popularity both in   Britain   and abroad continued after her divorce . Although she used that celebrity to great effect in promoting her charitable work , the media ( in particular the   paparazzi ) were often intrusive . 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.  Her death produced unprecedented expressions of public mourning , testifying to her enormous hold on the British national psyche . The royal family , apparently caught off guard by the extraordinary outpouring of grief and by   criticism   of their emotional reticence , broke with tradition in arranging the internationally televised royal funeral .

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