Birth of Diana
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
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Dianna Biography and Timeline
Follow Dianna through 13 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Dianna, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
13Distinct records
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1961–2006Years on this page
1961
1981
Marriage
Diannas engagement to Charles becomes official
1987
Chain of Hope
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
Marriage
The Prince and Princess of Wales are separated
1996
Marriage
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
Marriage
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.
Marriage
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 Dianna
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
Burial
Diannas funeral is broadcast and watched by an estimated 2.5 billion people worldwide
Burial
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 Dianna
Diannas funeral is broadcast and watched by an estimated 2.5 billion people worldwide
2006
Death of Dianna
Lord Stevens report, Operation Paget, was published and dismisses all allegations of conspiracy as without foundation
Operation Paget
Lord Stevens report, Operation Paget, was published and dismisses all allegations of conspiracy as without foundation
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.