PEOPLE Diana: Her Life and Legacy
Diana: Her Life & Legacy
Losing Diana • WHAT WE SAID ON THE AUGUST NIGHT THAT LEFT EVERYONE SPEECHLESS
Her Life in Pictures • IN HER TRAGICALLY BRIEF 36 YEARS, DIANA FRANCES SPENCER WENT FROM A SHY COUNTRY GIRL TO ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS WOMEN—USING THE SPOTLIGHT’S GLARE TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE NEEDY
Growing Up in the Shadow of the Crown • SHARING HER POOL WITH YOUNG PRINCES WAS PART OF HER GILDED CHILDHOOD, WHICH TURNED PAINFUL WHEN HER PARENTS SEPARATED
A Shy Teacher Steps Onto the World Stage • ENGAGED AT AGE 19, DIANA LEFT BEHIND A JOB AT A NURSERY SCHOOL AND HER LONDON ROOMMATES TO FACE A CURIOUS PUBLIC
The Wedding of the Century • WITH LOVED ONES AND AN AUDIENCE OF 750 MILLION, DIANA BECAME PRINCESS OF WALES
A Young Mum Finds a Place in Public Life • THE NEXT HEIR ARRIVES LESS THAN A YEAR AFTER THE WEDDING. BUILDING HER FAMILY, DIANA ALSO BUILDS HER CONFIDENCE
Happy in Public, Miserable in Private • INFIDELITIES AND TABLOID SCANDALS PUSHED THE MISMATCHED COUPLE TO THE BRINK, BUT IT WAS THE QUEEN WHO TOLD THEM TO CALL IT QUITS
A Single Princess • THE WOMAN WHO WANTED TO BE ‘QUEEN IN PEOPLE’S HEARTS’ COULD NOW ENJOY A NEW FREEDOM AND NEW ROMANCES
Saying Goodbye to the People’s Princess • HER NEW ROMANCE BECAME A FIXATION FOR SOME PAPARAZZI, WHO PURSUED HER IN A CAR CHASE THAT LED TO DIANA’S DEATH AT 36
Her Legacy • DIANA LEFT BEHIND A CHANGED MONARCHY, AND EVEN TODAY HER INFLUENCE IS EVIDENT, FROM HOW HER SONS AND THEIR WIVES NAVIGATE LIFE IN THE PUBLIC EYE TO THEIR DEDICATION TO BETTERING SOCIETY
Their Lives Without Diana • FORCED TO PAVE THEIR OWN PATHS, PRINCES WILLIAM AND HARRY STRIVE TO HONOR THEIR MOTHER’S MEMORY
How Diana’s Good Work Continues Today • AS KIDS, WILLIAM AND HARRY JOINED THEIR MOTHER IN HER CHARITABLE EFFORTS. NOW, ALONG WITH KATE AND MEGHAN, THEY LEAD THE WAY
Three Fateful Days • TO THE PUBLIC, THE WINDSORS’ 1991 HOLIDAYS LOOKED JOYFUL. BUT A NEW FILM, STARRING KRISTEN STEWART AS DIANA, DEPICTS A PRINCESS’S PRIVATE TORMENT
How You Can Help • IF YOU WISH TO HELP CARRY ON DIANA’S WORK, HERE ARE THREE ORGANIZATIONS HER FAMILY HAS SUPPORTED
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