Princess Diana

By acowen
  • Diana was born.

    Diana Frances Spencer was born July 1, 1961, near Sandringham, England. Diane was born the fourth of five children to her father, John Spencer, Viscount Althorp, and her mother, Frances Shand Kydd.
  • Diana's parents split.

    Diana's parents divorced when she was only seven years old. This split entailed a custody battled which resulted in Diana's father getting custody of the children.
  • Diana's mother remarried.

    Princess Diana's mother lmarried Peter Shand Kydd.
  • Diana's father inherited the title of Earl Spencer.

    Diana became known as Lady Diana Spencer. Her family moved from Althorp to Northamptonshire.
  • Diana's father remarried.

    Diana's father married Raine, Countess of Dartmouth. Diana did not get along with her stepmother.
  • Diana first met Charles, Prince of Wales.

    Diana met Charles when she was sixteen, as he was dating her older sister, Lady Sarah.
  • Diana attends Institut Alpin Videmanette.

    Diana went to a finishing school in Switzerland. She only lasted for a term before she returned to London.
  • Charles, Prince of Wales proposed to Princess Diana.

    The Prince proposed to Diana in London after the Queen gave her approval.