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Diana Frances Spencer is born to Frances and Edward John (Johnnie) Spencer. Her father would later become the 8th Earl Spencer.
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Diana’s parents Divorce. Her mother leaves the family house and the parents enter a bitter custody battle for children. Diana and Charles spend time at both parents house. Their father wins custody of Diana and Charles.
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Diana is sent to her first boarding school, Riddlesworth Hall in Norfolk.
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Prince Charles first met Diana as a 16 year old at Althorpe.
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Princess Diana was engaged To Prince Charles
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Princess Diana married Prince Charles at St. Paul’s Cathedral. Some 600,000 people lined the streets of London, hundreds of millions more watch on TV.
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Princess gave birth to Prince William known as Wills, who is second in line to the throne after his father.
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Princess gave birth to her second child, Prince Henry , known as Harry.
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Buckingham Palace announces the separation of the Prince and Princess of Wales.
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Charles and Diana are divorced. Diana gets a reported $30-million settlement, and the two partners get equal access to the children. Though still able to use the title “Princess”, Diana is no longer “Her Royal Highness”.
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Diana, Al Fayed and their driver, Henri Paul, died in a high-speed car crash in a Paris tunnel.
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Funeral of Princess Diana. The procession and ceremony are watched on television in 60 countries around the world. Her body is taken to an island on the Althorp estate for burial.
