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Diana Frances Spencer is born into an aristocratic family
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Lady Diana’s engagement to Prince Charles, 32, is announced.
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Diana, 20, marries Prince Charles at St Paul’s Cathedral in London. The wedding was broadcast around the world, watched by hundreds of millions on television.
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Princess Diana’s first son, William Arthur Philip Louis, is born. He is known as Prince William.
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The royal couple’s second son, Henry Charles Albert David, is born. He is known as Prince Harry.
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Charles and Diana’s formal separation is announced to Parliament by Prime Minister John Major.
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Diana speaks about her marital problems, affairs, postnatal depression, and tensions with the royal family in a widely-watched interview on the BBC.
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Buckingham Palace says the Queen wrote to the couple earlier that week calling on them to divorce.
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Diana and Charles divorce.
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Diana and her companion Dodi Fayed die in a high-speed car crash in Paris.
