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Dianna Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Dianna, based on 13 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.

13 records1961–20066 events2 places

Chronological biography

1961

Birth of Diana1 July 1961
House / House of Windsor · Princess

Birth of Diana, Princess of Wales, youngest daughter of Edward John Spencer, Viscount Althorp, later John Spencer, Eighth Earl Spencer, and his first wife, France's Spencer, Viscountess Althorp

1981

Marriage1 July 1981
House / House of Windsor · Princess

Diannas engagement to Charles becomes official

1987

Chain of Hope1987
House / House of Windsor · Princess

The Princess of Wales is one of the first high-profile celebrities to be photographed touching a person infected with HIV at the chain of hope organisation

1992

Marriage9 December 1992
House / House of Windsor · Princess · London

The Prince and Princess of Wales are separated

1996

Marriage28 August 1996
House / House of Windsor · Princess

Dianna is no longer married to the Prince of Wales, and so has ceased to be a Royal by-marriage, Diana loses the style Her Royal Highness and instead was styled, as Diana, Princess of Wales

Marriage28 August 1996
House / House of Windsor · Princess

Their divorce is finalised, Diana receives a lump sum settlement of around œ17,000,000 along with a legal order preventing her from discussing the details.

Marriage28 August 1996
House / House of Windsor · Princess

Under Elizabeth IIs Letters Patent, a divorced wife of a Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland "shall not be entitled to hold and enjoy the style, title or attribute of Royal Highness.".

1997

Death of Dianna31 August 1997
House / House of Windsor · Princess

Diana dies after a high speed car accident in the Pont dAlma road tunnel in Paris along with Dodi Al-Fayed and the Acting Security Manager of the H“tel Ritz Paris, Henri Paul, who was instructed to drive the hired Mercedes-Benz through Paris secretl

Burial6 September 1997
House / House of Windsor · Princess

Diannas funeral is broadcast and watched by an estimated 2.5 billion people worldwide

Burial6 September 1997
House / House of Windsor · Princess · Althorp Park

Diana is buried, The Prince of Wales, her sons, her mother, siblings, a close friend, and a clergyman are present, in an ornamental lake known as The Round Oval within Althorp Parks Pleasure Garden

Death of Dianna6 September 1997
House / House of Windsor · Princess

Diannas funeral is broadcast and watched by an estimated 2.5 billion people worldwide

2006

Death of Dianna14 December 2006
House / House of Windsor · Princess

Lord Stevens report, Operation Paget, was published and dismisses all allegations of conspiracy as without foundation

Operation Paget14 December 2006
House / House of Windsor · Princess

Lord Stevens report, Operation Paget, was published and dismisses all allegations of conspiracy as without foundation

Titles and roles

Princess

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.