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{{Short description|Member of the British royal family (1961–1997)}}
{{hatnote|Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see [[Diana Spencer (disambiguation)|Diana Spencer]], [[Lady Di (disambiguation)|Lady Di]], [[People's Princess (disambiguation)|People's Princess]], and [[Princess Diana (disambiguation)|Princess Diana]].}}
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| alt          = Diana wears a pink skirt suit and a pearl necklace.
| title        = [[Princess of Wales]] ([[#Titles and styles|more]])<!-- Full titles not needed here. -->
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| caption      = Diana in June 1997
| birth_name   = Diana Frances Spencer
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|df=yes|1961|7|1}}
| birth_place  = [[Park House, Sandringham]], England
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1997|8|31|1961|7|1}}
| death_place  = [[Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital]], Paris, France
| death_cause  = [[Death of Diana, Princess of Wales|Car crash]]
| burial_date  = 6 September 1997
| burial_place = [[Althorp#Diana grave, memorial, and exhibition|Althorp]], Northamptonshire, England<!-- Do not remove country or link it as per MOS:IBX. -->
| spouse       = {{marriage|[[Charles, Prince of Wales]]<!--He was not Charles III at any point in her lifetime or marriage.--><br>(later Charles III)<!--Do NOT remove his regnal name per [[Talk:Diana, Princess of Wales#Charles' name in the infobox]].-->|29 July 1981|28 August 1996|end=divorced}}
| issue        = {{plainlist|
* [[William, Prince of Wales]]
* [[Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex]]
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* [[Spencer family|Spencer]] (by birth)
* [[House of Windsor|Windsor]] (during marriage)<!-- See [[Talk:House of Windsor#SHSG Part II]]. -->
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| father       = [[John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer]]
| mother       = [[Frances Shand Kydd|Frances Roche]]
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* [[Riddlesworth Hall School]]
* [[West Heath Girls' School]]
* [[Institut Alpin Videmanette]]
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'''Diana, Princess of Wales''' (born '''Diana Frances Spencer'''; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997) was a member of the [[British royal family]]. She was the first wife of [[Charles&nbsp;III]] (then [[Prince of Wales]]) and mother of Princes [[William, Prince of Wales|William]] and [[Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex|Harry]]. Her activism and glamour made her an international icon and earned her enduring popularity.

Diana was born into the [[British nobility]] and grew up close to the royal family, living at [[Park House, Sandringham|Park House]] on their [[Sandringham estate]]. In 1981, while working as a nursery teacher's assistant, she became engaged to Charles, the eldest son of [[Queen Elizabeth II]]. [[Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer|Their wedding]] took place at [[St&nbsp;Paul's Cathedral]] in July 1981 and made her [[Princess of Wales]], a role in which she was enthusiastically received by the public. The couple had two sons, William and Harry, who were then respectively second and third in the [[line of succession to the British throne]]. Diana's marriage to Charles suffered due to their incompatibility and extramarital affairs. They separated in 1992, soon after the breakdown of their relationship became public knowledge. Their marital difficulties were widely publicised, and the couple divorced in 1996.

As Princess of Wales, Diana undertook royal duties on behalf of the Queen and represented her at functions across the [[Commonwealth realm]]s. She was celebrated in the media for her beauty, style, charm, and later, her unconventional approach to charity work. Her [[patronage]]s were initially centred on children and the elderly, but she later became known for her involvement in two particular campaigns: one involved the social attitudes towards and the acceptance of [[AIDS patients]], and the other for the [[removal of landmines]], promoted through the [[International Red Cross]]. She also raised awareness and advocated for ways to help people affected by cancer and mental illness. Diana was initially noted for her shyness, but her charisma and friendliness endeared her to the public and helped her reputation survive the public collapse of her marriage. Considered photogenic, she was regarded as a fashion icon.

In August 1997, [[Death of Diana, Princess of Wales|Diana died]] after a car crash in Paris; the incident led to extensive public mourning and global media attention. An [[Inquests in England and Wales|inquest]] returned a verdict of [[unlawful killing]] due to gross negligence by a driver and the [[paparazzi]] pursuing her as found in [[Operation Paget]], an investigation by the [[Metropolitan Police]]. Her legacy has had a significant effect on the royal family and [[Social history of the United Kingdom (1979–present)#Diana, Princess of Wales|British society]].

==Early life==
Diana Frances Spencer was born on 1 July 1961 at [[Park House, Sandringham]], Norfolk,{{sfn|Morton|1997|p=70}} the fourth of five children of [[John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer|John Spencer, Viscount Althorp]] (1924–1992), and [[Frances Spencer, Viscountess Althorp]] (née [[Baron Fermoy|Roche]]; 1936–2004).{{sfn|Morton|1997|pp=70–71}} The [[Spencer family]] had been closely connected with the [[British royal family]] for several generations;{{sfn|Brown|2007|pp=32–33}} her grandmothers, [[Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer]], and [[Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy]], had served as [[ladies-in-waiting]] to [[Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother]].{{sfn|Bradford|2006|p=2}} Her parents were hoping for a boy to carry on the family line, and no name was chosen for a week until they settled on Diana Frances after her mother and [[Diana Russell, Duchess of Bedford|Lady Diana Spencer]], a many-times-great-aunt who was also a prospective [[Princess of Wales]] as a potential bride for [[Frederick, Prince of Wales]].{{sfn|Morton |1997|p=71}} Within the family, she was also known informally as "Duch", a reference to her duchess-like attitude in childhood.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2018090361835/princess-diana-sweet-childhood-nickname/|title=Princess Diana's sweet childhood nickname revealed in resurfaced letter – see photo|magazine=Hello!|first=Ainhoa|last=Barcelona|date=3 September 2018|access-date=17 November 2020|archive-date=3 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503015850/https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2018090361835/princess-diana-sweet-childhood-nickname/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Diana was baptised on 30 August at [[St. Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham]].<ref name="Time-Christening">{{cite magazine|url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1650830_1650872_1653713-1,00.html |title=The Saddest Fairy Tale |magazine=Time |date=16 August 2007 |access-date=3 February 2017 |first=Howard |last=Chua-Eoan |quote=she died, suddenly, the day after the 36th anniversary of her christening |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203163156/http://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0%2C28804%2C1650830_1650872_1653713-1%2C00.html |archive-date=3 February 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{sfn|Morton |1997|p=71}} She grew up with three siblings: [[Lady Sarah McCorquodale|Sarah]], [[Jane Fellowes, Baroness Fellowes|Jane]], and [[Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer|Charles]].{{sfn|Brown|2007|pp=37–38}} Her infant brother, John, died shortly after his birth one year before Diana was born.{{sfn|Brown|2007|p=37}} The desire for an heir added strain to her parents' marriage, and Lady Althorp was sent to [[Harley Street]] clinics in London to determine the cause of the "problem".{{sfn|Morton |1997|p=71}} The experience was described as "humiliating" by Diana's younger brother, Charles: "It was a dreadful time for my parents and probably the root of their divorce because I don't think they ever got over it".{{sfn|Morton |1997|p=71}} Diana grew up at Park House, situated on the [[Sandringham estate]].{{sfn|Brown|2007|p=41}} The family leased the house from its owner, [[Queen Elizabeth II]], whom Diana called "Aunt Lilibet" since childhood.<ref>{{cite news|date=30 July 1981|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/30/world/the-royal-newlyweds-she-charms-with-an-easy-grace.html|work=The New York Times|title=The Royal Newlyweds; She Charms with an Easy Grace|url-access=subscription|access-date=3 December 2023|archive-date=15 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715124608/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/30/world/the-royal-newlyweds-she-charms-with-an-easy-grace.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The royal family frequently holidayed at the neighbouring Sandringham House, and Diana played with Princes [[Andrew Mountbatten Windsor|Andrew]] and [[Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh|Edward]].{{sfn|Bradford|2006|pp=2, 20}}

[[File:Althorp House.jpg|thumb|Althorp (pictured in 2006), the Spencer family seat]]
Diana was seven years old when her parents divorced.{{sfn|Brown|2007|p=42}} Her mother later began a relationship with [[Peter Shand Kydd]] and married him in 1969.{{sfn|Bradford|2006|pp=40, 42}} Diana lived with her mother in London during her parents' separation in 1967, but during that year's Christmas holidays, Lord Althorp refused to let his daughter return to London with Lady Althorp. Shortly afterwards, he won custody of Diana with support from his former mother-in-law, Lady Fermoy.{{sfn|Brown|2007|pp=40–41}} In 1976, Lord Althorp married [[Raine, Countess of Dartmouth]].{{sfn|Bradford|2006|p=34}} Diana's relationship with her stepmother was particularly bad.<ref name="Morton-Raine">{{cite news|title=Diana 'I thought of running off with lover'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1478421/Diana-I-thought-of-running-off-with-lover.html|access-date=23 April 2018|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=7 December 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423111132/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1478421/Diana-I-thought-of-running-off-with-lover.html|archive-date=23 April 2018|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref> She resented Raine, whom she called a "bully". On one occasion Diana pushed her down the stairs.<ref name="Morton-Raine"/> She later described her childhood as "very unhappy" and "very unstable, the whole thing".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Morton|first1=Andrew|title=Diana: Her True Story&nbsp;– In Her Own Words: The Sunday Times Number-One Bestseller|year=2017|publisher=Michael O'Mara Books|isbn=978-1782436935|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_i0pDwAAQBAJ&q=very++unhappy++very+unstable++Diana&pg=PT39|access-date=25 April 2018}}</ref> She became known as Lady Diana after her father later inherited the title of [[Earl Spencer (peerage)|Earl Spencer]] in 1975, at which point her father moved the entire family from Park House to [[Althorp]], the Spencer seat in [[Northamptonshire]].{{sfn|Bradford|2006|p=29}}

==Education and career==
Diana was initially home-schooled under the supervision of her [[governess]], Gertrude Allen.<ref name="robinson"/> She began her formal education at Silfield Private School in [[King's Lynn]], Norfolk, and later attended [[Riddlesworth Hall School]], an all-girls boarding school near [[Thetford]], from the age of nine.{{sfn|Bradford|2006|pp=21–22}} In 1973, she joined her sisters at [[West Heath Girls' School]] in [[Sevenoaks]], Kent.{{sfn|Bradford|2006|p=23}} She did not perform well academically, failing her [[GCE Ordinary Level (United Kingdom)|O-levels]] twice,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/ob-child.html|title=The Life of Diana, Princess of Wales: Childhood And Teenage Years|work=BBC News|accessdate=16 October 2023|archive-date=3 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103010518/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/ob-child.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/diana/1561266/Princess-Diana-An-injured-angel.html|title=Princess Diana: An injured angel|work=The Telegraph|first=W. F.|last=Deedes|date=25 August 2007|accessdate=16 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731084725/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/diana/1561266/Princess-Diana-An-injured-angel.html|archive-date=31 July 2017}}</ref> but her outstanding community spirit was recognised with a school award.<ref name="TeenageRoyal">{{cite web|url=https://www.royal.uk/diana-princess-wales|title=Diana, Princess of Wales|work=The Royal Family|access-date=17 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170124095030/https://www.royal.uk/diana-princess-wales|archive-date=24 January 2017|date=21 December 2015}}</ref> She left the school at sixteen.{{sfn|Bradford|2006|p=35}} Her brother Charles recalls her as being quite shy up until that time,{{sfn|Bradford|2006|pp=40–41}} though she demonstrated musical ability as a skilled pianist,<ref name="TeenageRoyal"/> excelled in swimming and diving, and studied ballet and [[tap dance]].{{sfn|Brown|2007|p=55}}

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In the mid-1970s, Diana undertook voluntary work at the psychiatric [[Darenth Park Hospital]] near [[Dartford]], Kent.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=61RUm3cmBecC&pg=PA64|title=Diana: The Portrait|first= Rosalind |last=Coward|page=64|publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing|year=2007|isbn= 978-0740769559}}</ref>
In 1978, she spent three months working as a nanny for Philippa and [[Jeremy Whitaker]] in Hampshire.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/12/05/major-jeremy-whitaker-eccentric-soldier-served-adc-nigeria-malaysia/|title=Major Jeremy Whitaker, eccentric soldier who served as ADC in Nigeria and Malaysia before establishing himself as an in-demand photographer – obituary|work=The Telegraph|date=5 December 2019|accessdate=6 July 2022|url-access=subscription|archive-date=6 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706052345/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/12/05/major-jeremy-whitaker-eccentric-soldier-served-adc-nigeria-malaysia/|url-status=live}}</ref> After attending [[Institut Alpin Videmanette]] (a finishing school in [[Rougemont, Switzerland]]) for one term, and leaving after the Easter term of 1978,<ref name="tributepageroyalgovuk">{{cite web |title=Childhood and teenage years |url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/family/diana2.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000302063016/http://www.royal.gov.uk/family/diana2.htm |website=The British Monarchy |publisher=The Crown |access-date=15 July 2019|archive-date=2 March 2000}}</ref> Diana returned to London, where she shared her mother's flat with two school friends.{{sfn|Bradford|2006|pp=41, 44}} In London, she took an advanced cooking course and worked at a series of low-paying jobs; she worked as a dance instructor for youth until a skiing accident caused her to miss three months of work.{{sfn|Brown|2007|p=68}} She then found employment as a playgroup pre-school assistant, did some cleaning work for her sister Sarah and several of her friends, and acted as a hostess at parties. She spent time working as a nanny for the Robertsons, an American family living in London,{{sfn|Morton|1997|p=103}}<ref name="ie20170519">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-8yxRBu1Bo |title=Meet The Woman Who Hired Princess Diana As A Nanny Before She Married Charles |date=19 May 2017 |publisher=Inside Edition |access-date=16 June 2024 |via=YouTube |archive-date=13 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250513165613/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-8yxRBu1Bo |url-status=live }}</ref> and worked as a nursery teacher's assistant at the Young England School in [[Pimlico]].{{sfn|Bradford|2006|p=45}} In July 1979, her mother bought her a flat at [[Coleherne Court]] in [[Earl's Court]] as an 18th birthday present.{{sfn|Bradford|2006|p=46}} She lived there with three flatmates until 25 February 1981.{{sfn|Morton|1997|p=118}}

==Personal life==
Diana first met [[Charles, Prince of Wales]], the Queen's eldest son and [[heir apparent]], when she was 16 in November 1977. He was then 29 and dating her older sister, Sarah.{{sfn|Bradford|2006|p=40}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ythQAAAAIBAJ&pg=6693,1931194&dq=frances+ruth+roche|title=Descendant of 4 Kings Charms Her Prince|newspaper=Daily Times|location=London|access-date=24 April 2016|date=24 July 1981|last=Glass|first=Robert|archive-date=17 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417234902/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ythQAAAAIBAJ&pg=6693,1931194&dq=frances+ruth+roche|url-status=live}}</ref> Charles and Diana were guests at a country weekend during the summer of 1980 and he took a serious interest in her as a potential bride.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/a-timeline-of-prince-charles-and-princess-dianas-tumultuous-tragic-relationship/|title=A Timeline of Prince Charles and Princess Diana's Tumultuous, Tragic Relationship|magazine=Vogue|first=Elise|last=Taylor|date=9 November 2022|accessdate=30 December 2022|archive-date=29 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229130417/https://www.vogue.com/article/a-timeline-of-prince-charles-and-princess-dianas-tumultuous-tragic-relationship|url-status=live}}</ref> The relationship progressed when he invited her aboard the royal yacht ''[[HMY Britannia|Britannia]]'' for a sailing weekend to [[Cowes]]. This was followed by an invitation to [[Balmoral Castle]] (the royal family's Scottish residence) to meet his family.<ref name=age17nov>{{cite news|title=Royal weekend fuels rumours|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DPRUAAAAIBAJ&pg=4597,379407&dq=diana+spencer|access-date=22 July 2013|newspaper=The Age|date=17 November 1980|location=London|archive-date=17 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417234903/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DPRUAAAAIBAJ&pg=4597,379407&dq=diana+spencer|url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|Dimbleby|p=279|1994}} She was well received by the Queen, the Queen Mother and [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|the Duke of Edinburgh]]. Charles subsequently courted Diana in London. He proposed on 6 February 1981 at [[Windsor Castle]], and she accepted, but their engagement was kept secret for two and a half weeks.{{sfn|Morton|1997|p=118}}

===Engagement and wedding===
{{further|Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer|Wedding dress of Lady Diana Spencer}}
[[File:Stamp of Seychelles - Zil Eloigne Sesel - 1981 - Colnect 500902 - Royal Wedding - Victoria and Albert.jpeg|thumb|Diana and Charles's wedding commemorated on a stamp by the Post of Seychelles]]
Their engagement became official on 24 February 1981.<ref name="robinson">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/diana/stories/glamor0901.htm|title= International Special Report: Princess Diana, 1961–1997|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=30 January 1999|access-date=13 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000819020342/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/diana/stories/glamor0901.htm|archive-date=19 August 2000|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Diana selected [[Engagement ring of Lady Diana Spencer|her own engagement ring]].<ref name="robinson"/> Following the engagement, she left her occupation as a nursery teacher's assistant and temporarily lived at the Queen Mother's residence, [[Clarence House]].<ref name=lpost15july>{{cite news|title=It was love at first sight between British people and Lady Diana|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0oxVAAAAIBAJ&pg=3129,3799923&dq=diana+spencer|access-date=23 July 2013|newspaper=The Leader Post|date=15 July 1981|agency=AP|location=London|archive-date=17 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417234913/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0oxVAAAAIBAJ&pg=3129,3799923&dq=diana+spencer|url-status=live}}</ref> She subsequently resided at Buckingham Palace until the wedding,<ref name=lpost15july/> where, according to the biographer Ingrid Seward, her life was "incredibly lonely".<ref name="Time-2020">{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5910567/diana-charles-camilla-the-crown/|title=The True Story Behind The Crown's Prince Charles, Princess Diana and Camilla Parker Bowles Love Triangle|magazine=Time|first1=Eliana|last1=Dockterman|first2=Suyin|last2=Haynes|date=15 November 2020|access-date=17 November 2020|archive-date=3 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603145618/https://time.com/5910567/diana-charles-camilla-the-crown/|url-status=live}}</ref> Diana was the first Englishwoman to marry the first in line to the throne since [[Anne Hyde]] married James, Duke of York and Albany (later [[James VII and II]]), over 300 years earlier, and she was also the first royal bride to have a paying job before her engagement.<ref name="robinson"/><ref name="TeenageRoyal"/> Diana's first public appearance with Charles was at a charity ball held at [[Goldsmiths' Hall]] in March 1981, where she was introduced to [[Princess Grace of Monaco]].<ref name=lpost15july/>

Diana became Princess of Wales at age 20 when she married Charles, then 32, on 29 July 1981. The wedding was held at [[St Paul's Cathedral]], which offered more seating than [[Westminster Abbey]], a church that was generally used for royal weddings.<ref name="robinson"/><ref name="TeenageRoyal"/> The service was widely described as a "fairytale wedding" and was watched by a global television audience of 750{{nbsp}}million people while 600,000 spectators lined the streets to catch a glimpse of the couple en route to the ceremony.<ref name="robinson"/><ref name="BBC">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/29/newsid_2494000/2494949.stm|title=1981: Charles and Diana marry|work=BBC News|date=29 July 1981|access-date=27 November 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307135340/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/29/newsid_2494000/2494949.stm|archive-date=7 March 2008}}</ref> At the altar, Diana inadvertently reversed the order of his first two names, saying "Philip Charles" Arthur George instead.<ref name="BBC"/> She did not say she would "obey" him; that traditional vow was left out at the couple's request, which caused some comment at the time.<ref name="'70s 98">{{Cite book|title= How We Got bare: The '70s|last= Frum|first= David|author-link= David Frum|year= 2000|publisher= Basic Books|location= New York|isbn= 978-0-46-504195-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/howwegothere70sd00frum/page/98 98]|url= https://archive.org/details/howwegothere70sd00frum|url-access= registration}}</ref> Diana [[Wedding dress of Lady Diana Spencer|wore a dress]] valued at £9,000 ({{Inflation|UK|9000|1981|r=0|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}) with a 25-foot (7.62-metre) train.<ref name="Denney2005">{{cite book|last=Denney|first=Colleen|title=Representing Diana, Princess of Wales: cultural memory and fairy tales revisited|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NU7rpq8HFxYC&pg=PA57|access-date=30 April 2011|year=2005|publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson University Press|isbn=978-0-8386-4023-4|page=57|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425180829/https://books.google.com/books?id=NU7rpq8HFxYC&pg=PA57|archive-date=25 April 2016}}</ref> Within a few years of the wedding, the Queen extended Diana visible tokens of membership in the royal family, lending her the [[Queen Mary's Lover's Knot Tiara]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Field|first=Leslie|title=The Queen's Jewels: The Personal Collection of Elizabeth II|publisher=[[Harry N. Abrams]]|year=2002|location=London|isbn=978-0-81-098172-0|pages=113–115}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/12040776/Duchess-of-Cambridge-wears-Princess-Dianas-favourite-tiara-to-diplomatic-reception-at-Buckingham-Palace.html|title=Duchess of Cambridge wears Princess Diana's favourite tiara to diplomatic reception at Buckingham Palace|author=Lucy Clarke-Billings|date=9 December 2015|access-date=29 December 2015|newspaper=The Telegraph|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225031537/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/12040776/Duchess-of-Cambridge-wears-Princess-Dianas-favourite-tiara-to-diplomatic-reception-at-Buckingham-Palace.html|archive-date=25 December 2015|url-access=subscription}}</ref> and granting her the badge of the [[Royal Family Order of Elizabeth II]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mailbox|work=The Royal Family|date=April 2006|page=3|url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page5143.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070806122649/http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page5143.asp|archive-date=6 August 2007}}</ref><ref name="Vickers1994p147">{{cite book|last1=Vickers|first1=Hugo|title=Royal Orders|year=1994|publisher=Boxtree|isbn=9781852835101|page=147}}</ref>

===Children===
The couple had residences at [[Kensington Palace]] and [[Highgrove House]], near [[Tetbury]]. On 5 November 1981, Diana's pregnancy was announced.{{sfn|Brown|2007|p=195}} In January 1982—12 weeks into the pregnancy—Diana fell down a staircase at Sandringham, suffering some bruising, and the royal [[gynaecologist]] [[George Pinker]] was summoned from London; the [[foetus]] was uninjured.<ref name=TelgPinker>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1550160/Sir-George-Pinker.html|title=Obituary: Sir George Pinker|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=1 May 2007|access-date=22 December 2012|location=London|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113043931/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1550160/Sir-George-Pinker.html|archive-date=13 November 2012|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Diana later confessed that she had intentionally thrown herself down the stairs because she was feeling "so inadequate".<ref>{{cite news|title=US TV airs Princess Diana tapes|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3531997.stm|access-date=23 April 2018|work=BBC News|date=5 March 2004|archive-date=11 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611114003/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3531997.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> On 21 June 1982, she gave birth to the couple's first son, [[Prince William]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/21/newsid_2518000/2518435.stm|title=1982: Princess Diana gives birth to boy|work=BBC News|access-date=17 May 2018|archive-date=25 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625113005/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/21/newsid_2518000/2518435.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> She subsequently suffered from [[postpartum depression]] after her first pregnancy.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/royals/princess-diana-revealed-postpartum-depression-hit-me-hard/|title=Princess Diana Revealed Postpartum Depression 'Hit Hard' After William's Birth: 'I Was Troubled'|magazine=People|first=Stephanie|last=Petit|date=18 April 2019|access-date=19 November 2020|archive-date=10 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610154032/https://people.com/royals/princess-diana-revealed-postpartum-depression-hit-me-hard/|url-status=live}}</ref> Amidst some media criticism, she decided to take William—who was still a baby—on her first major tours of Australia and New Zealand, and the decision was popularly applauded. By her own admission, Diana had not initially intended to take William until Australian prime minister [[Malcolm Fraser]] made the suggestion.{{sfn|Morton|1997|pp=142–143}}

A second son, [[Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex|Harry]], was born on 15 September 1984.{{sfn|Morton|1997|p=147}} Diana said she and Charles were closest during her pregnancy with Harry.<ref name="BBC-Hewitt">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2273498.stm|work=BBC News|title=Hewitt denies Prince Harry link|date=21 September 2002|access-date=23 April 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215161416/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2273498.stm|archive-date=15 February 2009}}</ref> She was aware their second child was a boy, but did not share the knowledge with anyone else, including Charles, who hoped for a girl.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/royals/princess-diana-recalled-pressure-giving-royal-baby-birth-charles-wished-harry-girl/|title=Princess Diana Recalled Pressure of Giving Birth — and Said Prince Charles Wished Harry Was a Girl|magazine=People|first=Stephanie|last=Petit|date=17 April 2019|accessdate=21 March 2022|archive-date=15 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715124608/https://people.com/royals/princess-diana-recalled-pressure-giving-royal-baby-birth-charles-wished-harry-girl/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Diana gave her sons wider experiences than was usual for royal children.<ref name="robinson"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/people/prince_william/biography|title=Prince William Biography|newspaper=People|access-date=15 October 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030002200/http://www.people.com/people/prince_william/biography|archive-date=30 October 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.people.com/people/prince_harry/biography|title=Prince Harry|journal=People|access-date=15 October 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081029221631/http://www.people.com/people/prince_harry/biography|archive-date=29 October 2008}}</ref> She rarely deferred to Charles or to the royal family, and was often intransigent when it came to the children. She chose their first given names, dismissed a royal family nanny and engaged one of her own choosing, selected their schools and clothing, planned their outings, and took them to school herself as often as her schedule permitted. She also organised her public duties around their timetables.{{sfn|Morton|1997|p=184}} Diana was reported to have described Harry as "naughty, just like me", and William as "my little wise old man" whom she started to rely on as her confidant by his early teens.<ref name="Brown-Mar22">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/04/how-dianas-dance-with-the-media-impacted-william-and-harry|title=How Princess Diana's Dance With the Media Impacted William and Harry|magazine=Vanity Fair|first=Tina|last=Brown|date=5 April 2022|accessdate=6 April 2022|archive-date=8 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608162857/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/04/how-dianas-dance-with-the-media-impacted-william-and-harry|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Problems and separation===
[[File:Charles and Diana 1983.JPG|upright|thumb|With Charles during the royal tour of Australia in 1983]]
Five years into the marriage, the couple's incompatibility and age difference became visible and damaging.{{sfn|Brown|2007|p=174}} In 1986, Diana began a relationship with [[James Hewitt]], the family's former riding instructor and in the same year, Charles resumed his relationship with his former girlfriend [[Camilla Parker Bowles]]. The media speculated that Hewitt, not Charles, was Harry's father based on the alleged physical similarity between Hewitt and Harry, but Hewitt and others have denied this. Harry was born two years before Diana and Hewitt met and began their affair.<ref name="BBC-Hewitt"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Holder|first=Margaret|url=http://www.themortonreport.com/celebrity/royals/who-does-prince-harry-look-like/|title=Who Does Prince Harry Look Like? James Hewitt Myth Debunked|work=The Morton Report|date=24 August 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529062152/http://www.themortonreport.com/celebrity/royals/who-does-prince-harry-look-like/|archive-date=29 May 2012}}</ref>

By 1987, cracks in the marriage had become visible and the couple's unhappiness and cold attitude towards one another were being reported by the press,<ref name="Time-2020"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-11-03-vw-18416-story.html|title=Rumors of Royal Split Trail Charles and Diana to Bonn|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|first=William|last=Tuohy|date=3 November 1987|access-date=17 November 2020|archive-date=16 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116094710/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-11-03-vw-18416-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> who dubbed them "[[Take It from Here#The Glums|the Glums]]" because of their evident discomfort in each other's company.<ref name="Quest">{{cite news|last=Quest|first=Richard|date=3 June 2002|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/05/29/people.royals.3/|title=Royals, part 3: Troubled Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160715061326/http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/05/29/people.royals.3/|archive-date=15 July 2016|work=CNN|accessdate=17 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.sky.com/story/the-king-from-school-bullies-to-diana-tragedy-the-events-that-shaped-charles-12693077|title=The King: From school bullies to Diana tragedy - the events that shaped Charles|work=Sky News|first=David|last=Mercer|date=5 May 2023|accessdate=24 October 2023|archive-date=29 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029184852/https://news.sky.com/story/the-king-from-school-bullies-to-diana-tragedy-the-events-that-shaped-charles-12693077|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1989, Diana was at a birthday party for Parker Bowles's sister, [[Annabel Elliot]], when she confronted Parker Bowles about her and Charles's extramarital affair.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3504088.stm|title=Diana tells of Camilla encounter|work=BBC News|date=12 March 2004|access-date=3 August 2018|archive-date=3 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803104538/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3504088.stm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1456646/Diana-tapes-reveal-Camilla-confrontation.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1456646/Diana-tapes-reveal-Camilla-confrontation.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Diana tapes reveal Camilla confrontation|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=12 March 2004|access-date=3 August 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> These affairs were later exposed in 1992 with the publication of [[Andrew Morton (writer)|Andrew Morton]]'s book, ''[[Diana: Her True Story (book)|Diana: Her True Story]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/interview-andrew-morton-he-couldnt-shout-diana-was-in-on-this-she-trusted-me-it-would-have-been-a-1286288.html|title=Interview: Andrew Morton: He couldn't shout: 'Diana was in on this.' 'She trusted me. It would have been a betrayal'|work=The Independent|date=1 December 1997|access-date=7 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108002344/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/interview-andrew-morton-he-couldnt-shout-diana-was-in-on-this-she-trusted-me-it-would-have-been-a-1286288.html|archive-date=8 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Princess Di breaks down after making appearance|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eUJWAAAAIBAJ&pg=6821,2308048&dq=princess+diana|access-date=14 August 2013|newspaper=Eugene Register Guard|date=12 June 1992|archive-date=20 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420012949/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eUJWAAAAIBAJ&pg=6821,2308048&dq=princess+diana|url-status=live}}</ref> The book, which also revealed Diana's allegedly suicidal unhappiness, caused a media storm. In 1991, [[James Colthurst]] conducted secret interviews with Diana in which she had talked about her marital issues and difficulties. These recordings were later used as a source for Morton's book.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/10/princess-diana-secretly-recorded-describing-despair-state-marriage/|title=Princess Diana secretly recorded herself describing despair at the state of her marriage to Prince Charles, biographer reveals|newspaper=The Telegraph|first=Rozina|last=Sabur|date=10 June 2017|access-date=8 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116221856/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/10/princess-diana-secretly-recorded-describing-despair-state-marriage/|archive-date=16 November 2017|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4443363|title=The story behind Princess Diana's secret tapes|work=NBC News|date=4 March 2004|access-date=19 November 2020|archive-date=29 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729175253/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4443363|url-status=live}}</ref> During her lifetime, both Diana and Morton denied her direct involvement in the writing process and maintained that family and friends were the book's main source; however, after her death Morton acknowledged Diana's role in writing the tell-all in the book's updated edition, ''Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/royals/etc/morton.html|title=The Princess and the Press: The Andrew Morton book controversy|work=PBS|accessdate=1 September 2022|archive-date=19 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819090636/https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/royals/etc/morton.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Queen and Prince Philip hosted a meeting between Charles and Diana and unsuccessfully tried to effect a reconciliation.{{sfn|Brandreth|2004|pp=348–349}} Philip wrote to Diana and expressed his disappointment at the extramarital affairs of both her and Charles; he asked her to examine their behaviour from the other's point of view.{{sfn|Brandreth|2004|pp=349–351}} Diana reportedly found the letters difficult, but nevertheless appreciated that he was acting with good intent.{{sfn|Brandreth|2004|pp=351–353}} It was alleged by some people, including Diana's close friend Simone Simmons, that Diana and Philip had a tense relationship;<ref name="Burrell-Hasnat"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1575120/Prince-Philip-sent-%27nasty%2C-cruel%27-letters-to-Diana.html|title=Prince Philip sent 'nasty, cruel' letters to Diana|work=The Telegraph|date=11 January 2008|access-date=5 February 2017|first=Nick|last=Allen|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080524045533/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1575120/Prince-Philip-sent-%27nasty%2C-cruel%27-letters-to-Diana.html|archive-date=24 May 2008|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7181240.stm|title=Philip 'sent Diana cruel letters'|work=BBC News|date=10 January 2008|access-date=9 December 2020|archive-date=6 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506203052/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7181240.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> however, other observers said their letters provided no sign of friction between them.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1566132/Diana-and-Prince-Philip-the-truth.html|title=Diana and Prince Philip: the truth|work=The Telegraph|date=14 October 2007|access-date=2 February 2017|first=Andrew|last=Alderson|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204002813/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1566132/Diana-and-Prince-Philip-the-truth.html|archive-date=4 February 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Philip later issued a statement, publicly denying allegations of his insulting Diana.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/25/world/philip-denies-calling-diana-vulgar-names.html|title=Philip Denies Calling Diana Vulgar Names|newspaper=The New York Times|date=25 November 2002|access-date=9 December 2020|url-access=subscription|archive-date=5 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505211539/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/25/world/philip-denies-calling-diana-vulgar-names.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

During 1992 and 1993, leaked tapes of telephone conversations reflected negatively on both Charles and Diana. Tape recordings of Diana and James Gilbey were made public in August 1992,<ref>{{cite news|title=Princess Diana's 'admirer' named by Press|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A7FUAAAAIBAJ&pg=5278,2918655&dq=princess+diana|access-date=14 August 2013|newspaper=New Straits Times|date=27 August 1992|location=London|archive-date=12 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812185423/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A7FUAAAAIBAJ&pg=5278,2918655&dq=princess+diana|url-status=live}}</ref> and transcripts were published the same month in what became known as [[Squidgygate]].<ref name="robinson"/> In December 1992, Prime Minister [[John Major]] announced the couple's "amicable separation" to the [[House of Commons]].{{sfn|Dimbleby|p=489|1994}}<ref>{{cite hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Prince And Princess Of Wales |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/1992-12-09/debates/ecfacae4-f52c-461c-b253-d7c04a299735/PrinceAndPrincessOfWales |house=House of Commons |date=9 December 1992 |volume=215 |column=845 |speaker=John Major |position=Prime Minister |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618121452/https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/1992-12-09/debates/ecfacae4-f52c-461c-b253-d7c04a299735/PrinceAndPrincessOfWales |archive-date=18 June 2023 }} </ref> Early the following year, the leaked [[Tampongate]] tapes, which included intimate exchanges between Charles and Parker Bowles, were published in the [[Tabloid journalism|tabloids]].{{sfn|Brown|2007|pp=304, 309}}<ref>{{Cite book|last = Brandreth |first = Gyles |author-link = Gyles Brandreth |title = Charles and Camilla: Portrait of a Love Affair |publisher = Random House |year = 2007 |isbn = 978-0-09-949087-6 |pages = [https://archive.org/details/charlescamillapo00bran/page/257 257]–264 |url = https://archive.org/details/charlescamillapo00bran |url-access = registration }}</ref>

[[File:058792 Visit by Diana Princess of Wales 1992 (4087038134).jpg|thumb|right|Carrying out an engagement in [[South Shields]], 1992]]
Between 1992 and 1993, Diana hired a voice coach, [[Peter Settelen]], to help her develop her public speaking voice.<ref name="Guardian-2017-07-24">{{cite news|title=Diana tapes filmed by voice coach to air on Channel 4 documentary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jul/24/diana-tapes-filmed-by-voice-coach-to-air-on-channel-4-documentary|access-date=30 July 2017|work=The Guardian|date=24 July 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729154243/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jul/24/diana-tapes-filmed-by-voice-coach-to-air-on-channel-4-documentary|archive-date=29 July 2017}}</ref> In a videotape recorded by Settelen in 1992, Diana said that in 1984 through to 1986, she had been "deeply in love with someone who worked in this environment".<ref name="BBC_7Dec2004">{{cite news|title=Diana 'wanted to live with guard'|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4074545.stm|work=BBC News|access-date=31 July 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731164728/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4074545.stm|archive-date=31 July 2017}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph_12Dec2004">{{cite news|last1=Langley|first1=William|title=The Mannakee file|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1478804/The-Mannakee-file.html|work=The Telegraph|date=12 December 2004|access-date=31 July 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731210646/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1478804/The-Mannakee-file.html|archive-date=31 July 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref> It is thought she was referring to [[Barry Mannakee]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/06/diana-in-her-own-words-burnishes-rather-than-tarnishes-her-image|title=Diana: In Her Own Words&nbsp;– admirers have nothing to fear from the Channel 4 tapes|work=The Guardian|first=Mark|last=Lawson|date=7 August 2017|access-date=22 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920223352/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/06/diana-in-her-own-words-burnishes-rather-than-tarnishes-her-image|archive-date=20 September 2017}}</ref> who was transferred to the Diplomatic Protection Squad in 1986 after his managers had determined that his relationship with Diana had been inappropriate.<ref name="Telegraph_12Dec2004" /><ref name="Independent_8Dec2004">{{cite news|last1=Milmo|first1=Cahal|title=Conspiracy theorists feast on inquiry into death of Diana's minder|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/conspiracy-theorists-feast-on-inquiry-into-death-of-dianas-minder-8002517.html|website=The Independent|access-date=31 July 2017|date=8 December 2004|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801031824/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/conspiracy-theorists-feast-on-inquiry-into-death-of-dianas-minder-8002517.html|archive-date=1 August 2017}}</ref> Diana said in the tape that Mannakee had been "chucked out" from his role as her bodyguard following suspicion that the two were having an affair.<ref name="BBC_7Dec2004"/> [[Penny Junor]] suggested in her 1998 book that Diana was in a romantic relationship with Mannakee.<ref name="Junor-V">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-book-casts-shadow-over-diana/|title=New Book Casts Shadow Over Diana|work=CBS News|date=26 October 1998|access-date=7 March 2018|archive-date=26 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326033618/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-book-casts-shadow-over-diana/|url-status=live}}</ref> Diana's friends dismissed the claim as absurd.<ref name="Junor-V"/> In the subsequently released tapes, Diana said she had feelings for that "someone", saying "I was quite happy to give all this up [and] just to go off and live with him". She described him as "the greatest friend [she's] ever had", though she denied any sexual relationship with him.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6662339/t/princess-diana-tapes-part/ |title= Princess Diana tapes: Part 2 |work= NBC News |first=Ann |last= Curry |author-link=Ann Curry |date= 6 December 2004 |access-date= 7 March 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170817080410/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6662339/t/princess-diana-tapes-part/ |archive-date= 17 August 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> She also spoke bitterly of her husband saying that "[He] made me feel so inadequate in every possible way, that each time I came up for air he pushed me down again."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3535201.stm|title=Diana tapes captivate America|work=BBC News|first=Kevin|last=Anderson|date=5 March 2004|access-date=3 August 2018|archive-date=3 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803074636/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3535201.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|Bradford|2006|p=189}}

Although she blamed Parker Bowles for her marital troubles, Diana began to believe her husband had been involved in other affairs. In October 1993 Diana wrote to her butler [[Paul Burrell]], telling him that she believed her husband was now in love with his personal assistant [[Tiggy Legge-Bourke]]—who was also his sons' former nanny—and was planning to have her killed "to make the path clear for him to marry Tiggy".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/monarchy/story/0,,2236744,00.html|title=Diana affair over before crash, inquest told|work=The Guardian|location=London|author=Rosalind Ryan|date=7 January 2008|access-date=13 October 2008|archive-date=3 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203085124/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jan/07/france.monarchy|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/20/ndiana120.xml|title=Princess Diana letter: 'Charles plans to kill me'|work=The Telegraph|first=Gordon|last=Rayner|date=20 December 2007|access-date=19 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080123061245/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2007%2F12%2F20%2Fndiana120.xml|archive-date=23 January 2008|url-status=dead|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Legge-Bourke had been hired by Charles as a young companion for his sons while they were in his care, and Diana was resentful of Legge-Bourke and her relationship with the young princes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/monarchy/story/0,2763,201230,00.html|title=Tiggy Legge-Bourke|work=The Guardian|date=12 October 1999|access-date=7 January 2017|archive-date=9 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209060050/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/oct/13/monarchy.features11|url-status=live}}</ref> Charles sought public understanding via [[Charles: The Private Man, the Public Role|a televised interview]] with [[Jonathan Dimbleby]] on 29 June 1994. In the interview, he said he had rekindled his relationship with Parker Bowles in 1986 only after his marriage to Diana had "irretrievably broken down".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/royals/etc/cron.html|title=The Princess and the Press|work=PBS|access-date=7 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310043520/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/royals/etc/cron.html|archive-date=10 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4410551.stm|title=Timeline: Charles and Camilla's romance|work=BBC News|date=6 April 2005|access-date=7 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202161625/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4410551.stm|archive-date=2 February 2017}}</ref>{{sfn|Dimbleby|p=395|1994}} In the same year, Diana's affair with Hewitt was exposed in detail in the book ''Princess in Love'' by Anna Pasternak, with Hewitt acting as the main source.<ref name="Brown-Mar22" /> Diana was evidently disturbed and outraged when the book was released, although Pasternak claimed Hewitt had acted with Diana's support to avoid having the affair covered in Andrew Morton's second book.<ref name="Brown-Mar22" /> In the same year, the ''[[News of the World]]'' claimed that Diana had had an affair with the married art dealer [[Oliver Hoare]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1994/08/24/british-press-advising-princess-di-to-get-a-life/|title=British Press Advising Princess Di To Get A Life|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|first=Ray|last=Moseley|date=24 August 1994|access-date=13 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517145048/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-08-24/news/9408240178_1_princess-diana-prince-charles-princes-william-and-harry|archive-date=17 May 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://people.com/archive/cover-story-a-princess-in-peril-vol-42-no-10/|title=A Princess in Peril|magazine=People|first=Michelle|last=Green|date=5 September 1994|access-date=13 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012154045/http://people.com/archive/cover-story-a-princess-in-peril-vol-42-no-10/|archive-date=12 October 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> According to Hoare's obituary, there was little doubt she had been in a relationship with him.<ref name="TT">{{cite news |title=Oliver Hoare obituary |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/oliver-hoare-obituary-b52pq0bct |newspaper=The Times |date=13 September 2018 |access-date=20 September 2018 |archive-date=8 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108021829/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/oliver-hoare-obituary-b52pq0bct |url-status=live }}</ref> However, Diana denied any romantic relationship with Hoare, whom she described as a friend.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/schoolboy-with-a-grudge-was-oliver-hoare-telephone-pest-1583656.html|title=Schoolboy with a grudge was Oliver Hoare telephone pest|newspaper=The Independent|first=Steve|last=Boggan|date=26 November 1995|access-date=13 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819153807/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/schoolboy-with-a-grudge-was-oliver-hoare-telephone-pest-1583656.html|archive-date=19 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna3080110|title=Princess Diana's secret life|work=NBC News|date=8 December 2003|access-date=13 March 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160906063221/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3080110/ns/dateline_nbc-newsmakers/t/princess-dianas-secret-life/|archive-date=6 September 2016}}</ref> She was also linked by the press to the rugby union player [[Will Carling]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://people.com/archive/sweep-it-under-the-rugger-vol-45-no-12/|title=Sweep It Under the Rugger|magazine=People|date=25 March 1996|access-date=13 March 2018|archive-date=15 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315003617/http://people.com/archive/sweep-it-under-the-rugger-vol-45-no-12/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dianas-secret-love/|title=Diana's Secret Love|work=CBS News|first=Rebecca|last=Leung|date=20 April 2004|access-date=13 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214130407/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dianas-secret-love/|archive-date=14 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> and private equity investor [[Theodore J. Forstmann]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1995/06/04/dealmaker-of-the-decade/96e95077-5db3-4f44-86d7-152f010767d9/|title=Dealmaker of the Decade|newspaper=The Washington Post|first=Brett|last=Fromson|date=4 June 1995|access-date=14 March 2018|url-access=subscription|archive-date=2 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502070142/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1995/06/04/dealmaker-of-the-decade/96e95077-5db3-4f44-86d7-152f010767d9/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/teddy-forstmann-pioneer-of-the-leveraged-buy-out-6268169.html|title=Teddy Forstmann: Pioneer of the leveraged buy-out|newspaper=The Independent|first=Martin|last=Childs|date=26 November 2011|access-date=14 March 2018|archive-date=22 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022020718/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/teddy-forstmann-pioneer-of-the-leveraged-buy-out-6268169.html|url-status=live}}</ref> yet these claims were neither confirmed nor proven.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20040926/ai_n12907021|title=Will Carling: My Life as the Cad: I used to be so arrogant. I thought|work=Sunday Mirror|first=Dennis|last=Ellam|date=26 September 2014|access-date=13 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060504203040/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20040926/ai_n12907021|archive-date=4 May 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/nov/22/teddy-forstmann-obituary|title=Teddy Forstmann obituary|newspaper=The Guardian|first=David|last=Brewerton|date=22 November 2011|access-date=14 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721005234/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/nov/22/teddy-forstmann-obituary|archive-date=21 July 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

During this period Diana frequently dined at the Italian restaurant [[San_Lorenzo (restaurant)#Diana, Princess of Wales|San Lorenzo]] in Knightsbridge with her children, close friends, journalists and what her biographer [[Tina Brown]] described as a "praetorian guard of distracting flirts".<ref name="Brown08">{{cite book | last=Brown | first=Tina | title=The Diana Chronicles | publisher=Random House | date=2008 | isbn=978-0-09-951538-8 | page=243}}</ref><ref name=VF98>{{cite magazine|last=Bedell Smith|first=Sally|url=https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/share/81f2c07a-ece0-4bb7-841f-08baeab9e0c3|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210511212843/https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/share/81f2c07a-ece0-4bb7-841f-08baeab9e0c3|title=Diana and the Press|date=September 1998|magazine=Vanity Fair|access-date=20 October 2024|archive-date=11 May 2021}}</ref> The restaurant became a focus for paparazzi photographers who stalked her.<ref name=ST22>{{cite news|last=Mills|first=Simon|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-family/article/diana-liz-hurley-david-bowie-and-the-wild-nights-at-san-lorenzo-gv7pwv8kh|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241015151811/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-family/article/diana-liz-hurley-david-bowie-and-the-wild-nights-at-san-lorenzo-gv7pwv8kh|title=Diana, Liz and the wildest nights at San Lorenzo; During its heyday, it was the place to be seen. It's the end of an era, says Simon Mills.|date=15 June 2022|work=The Times|access-date=15 October 2024|archive-date=15 October 2024}}</ref>

===Divorce===
[[File:Kensington Palace2.jpg|thumb|Kensington Palace (pictured in 2018), Diana's home and the site of her 1995 ''Panorama'' interview]]
The journalist [[Martin Bashir]] [[An Interview with HRH The Princess of Wales|interviewed Diana]] for the BBC current affairs show ''[[Panorama (British TV programme)|Panorama]]''. The interview was broadcast on 20 November 1995.<ref name="Panorama" /> Diana discussed her own and her husband's extramarital affairs.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/20/newsid_4341000/4341436.stm|title=1995: Diana admits adultery in TV interview|work=BBC News|access-date=1 August 2018|archive-date=26 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126055307/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/20/newsid_4341000/4341436.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> Referring to Charles's relationship with Parker Bowles, she said: "Well, there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded." She also expressed doubt about her husband's suitability for kingship.<ref name="Panorama" /> The authors Tina Brown, [[Sally Bedell Smith]], and [[Sarah Bradford]] support Diana's admission in the interview that she had suffered from [[Major depressive disorder|depression]], [[Bulimia nervosa|bulimia]] and had engaged numerous times in the act of [[self-harm]]; the show's transcript records Diana confirming many of her mental health problems.<ref name="Panorama">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/panorama.html |title=The Panorama Interview with the Princess of Wales |work=BBC News |date=20 November 1995 |access-date=8 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110304163240/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/panorama.html |archive-date=4 March 2011 }}</ref> The combination of illnesses from which Diana herself said she suffered resulted in some of her biographers opining that she had [[borderline personality disorder]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Cohen|first1=David|title=Diana: Death of a Goddess |title-link=Diana: Death of a Goddess |publisher=Random House|year=2005|page=18|quote=Jonathan Dimbleby and{{nbsp}}... Penny Junor{{nbsp}}... said that there were several people who had mentioned Borderline Personality Disorder. Psychiatrists had provided learned opinions that sadly (Diana) had suffered form Borderline Personality Disorder as well as eating disorders|isbn=9780099471349}}</ref><ref name="NYT-Critics"/> It was later revealed that Bashir had used [[forgery|forged]] bank statements to win Diana and her brother's trust to secure the interview, falsely indicating people close to her had been paid for spying.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/bbc-says-sorry-to-dianas-brother-earl-spencer-for-interview-deceit-ghfjqbbbx|title=BBC says sorry to Diana's brother Earl Spencer for interview 'deceit'|work=The Sunday Times|last=Urwin|first=Rosamund|date=1 November 2020|access-date=7 November 2020|quote=Spencer is understood to have told Davie that he has records of all his meetings and conversations with Bashir. These are alleged to show that Bashir told Diana fantastical stories to win her trust and that he used the fake bank statements to garner his first meeting with her.|archive-date=6 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506005808/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bbc-says-sorry-to-dianas-brother-earl-spencer-for-interview-deceit-ghfjqbbbx|url-status=live}} {{subscription required}}</ref> [[Lord Dyson]] conducted an independent inquiry into the issue and concluded that Bashir had "little difficulty in playing on [Diana's] fears and [[paranoia]]", a sentiment that was shared by Diana's son William.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/the-dark-true-story-behind-princess-dianas-explosive-bbc-interview|title=The Dark True Story Behind Princess Diana's Explosive BBC Interview|magazine=Vogue|first=Elise|last=Taylor|date=11 November 2022|accessdate=31 March 2023|archive-date=26 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326030604/https://www.vogue.com/article/the-dark-true-story-behind-princess-dianas-explosive-bbc-interview|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/05/20/998807375/prince-william-says-deceitful-bbc-interview-fueled-princess-dianas-paranoia|title=Princes William And Harry Say BBC Interview Led To Princess Diana's Divorce And Death|work=NPR|first=Vanessa|last=Romo|date=20 May 2021|accessdate=31 March 2023|archive-date=18 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418122159/https://www.npr.org/2021/05/20/998807375/prince-william-says-deceitful-bbc-interview-fueled-princess-dianas-paranoia|url-status=live}}</ref>

The interview proved to be the tipping point. On 20 December, Buckingham Palace announced that the Queen had sent letters to Charles and Diana, advising them to divorce.<ref name=lat1995mon>{{cite news|last=Montalbano|first=D.|title=Queen Orders Charles, Diana to Divorce|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-21-mn-16515-story.html|access-date=23 July 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=21 December 1995|location=London|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308022819/http://articles.latimes.com/1995-12-21/news/mn-16515_1_queen-orders|archive-date=8 March 2014}}</ref><ref name=ap23july>{{cite news|title=Charles and Diana to divorce|url=https://newsroom.ap.org/editorial-photos-videos/detail?itemid=85e31961323ecc3686d0e7324b12170b&mediatype=video&query=UK+ROYALS%C2%A4t=8&orderBy=Relevance&hits=147&search=%2Fsearch%3Fquery%3DUK%2520ROYALS%26allFilters%3DMedia%2520and%2520entertainment%3ASubject&allFilters=Media+and+entertainment%3ASubject&productType=IncludedProducts&page=1|access-date=23 July 2013|agency=Associated Press|date=21 December 1995|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402160109/http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/UK-Various-Queen-Orders-Charles-amp-Diana-To-Divorce/85e31961323ecc3686d0e7324b12170b?query=UK+ROYALS&current=8&orderBy=Relevance&hits=147&search=%2Fsearch%3Fquery%3DUK%2520ROYALS%26allFilters%3DMedia%2520and%2520entertainment%3ASubject&allFilters=Media+and+entertainment%3ASubject&productType=IncludedProducts&page=1|archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref> The Queen's move was backed by Prime Minister John Major and by senior [[Privy Council (United Kingdom)|privy counsellors]], and, according to the BBC, was decided after two weeks of talks.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/20/newsid_2538000/2538985.stm|title={{-'}}Divorce': Queen to Charles and Diana|work=BBC News|date=20 December 1995|access-date=2 November 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307140359/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/20/newsid_2538000/2538985.stm|archive-date=7 March 2008}}</ref> Charles formally agreed to the divorce in a written statement soon after.<ref name=lat1995mon/> In February 1996, Diana announced her agreement after negotiations with Charles and representatives of the Queen,<ref>{{cite news|title=Princess Diana agrees to divorce|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1891&dat=19960228&id=LrgfAAAAIBAJ&pg=1484,3038265|access-date=23 July 2013|newspaper=The Gadsden Times|date=28 February 1996|agency=AP|location=London|archive-date=13 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813044236/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1891&dat=19960228&id=LrgfAAAAIBAJ&pg=1484,3038265|url-status=live}}</ref> irritating Buckingham Palace by issuing her own announcement of the divorce agreement and its terms. In July 1996, the couple agreed on the terms of their divorce.<ref name="NYT-Divorce"/> This followed shortly after Diana's accusation that Charles's personal assistant Tiggy Legge-Bourke had aborted his child, after which Legge-Bourke instructed her solicitor [[Peter Carter-Ruck]] to demand an apology.<ref name="Time-Bio">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/daily/special/diana/readingroom/9697/21296.html|title=Special: Princess Diana, 1961–1997|magazine=Time|date=12 February 1996|access-date=24 April 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406235031/http://www.time.com/time/daily/special/diana/readingroom/9697/21296.html|archive-date=6 April 2010}}</ref><ref name="Charles-Spencer">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1444845/Diana-wept-as-she-read-brothers-cruel-words.html|title=Diana 'wept as she read brother's cruel words'|work=The Telegraph|access-date=10 April 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110503071256/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1444845/Diana-wept-as-she-read-brothers-cruel-words.html|archive-date=3 May 2011|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Diana's private secretary [[Patrick Jephson]] resigned shortly before the story broke, later writing that Diana had "exulted in accusing Legge-Bourke of having had an abortion".<ref name="jephson1">{{cite book|last=Jephson|first=P.D.|title=Shadows of a Princess: An Intimate Account by Her Private Secretary|publisher=HarperCollins|year=2001|isbn=978-0-38-082046-7|url=https://archive.org/details/shadowsofprinces00jeph|url-access=registration|access-date=2 November 2010|quote=extract published in ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' newspaper on 24 September 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/sep/25/monarchy.stephenbates|title=Dark side of Diana described by ex-aide|work=The Guardian|date=24 September 2000|access-date=7 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108003642/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/sep/25/monarchy.stephenbates|archive-date=8 January 2017}}</ref> The rumours of Legge-Bourke's alleged abortion were apparently spread by Martin Bashir as a means to gain his ''Panorama'' interview with Diana.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mendick|first=Robert|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2021/09/17/former-royal-nanny-offered-significant-damages-bbc-martin-bashir/|title=BBC to pay Tiggy Legge-Bourke 'significant' damages over Martin Bashir smears|work=The Telegraph|date=17 September 2021|access-date=21 October 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918003823/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2021/09/17/former-royal-nanny-offered-significant-damages-bbc-martin-bashir/|archivedate=18 September 2021|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

The [[decree nisi]] was granted on 15 July 1996 and the divorce was finalised on 28 August 1996.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9608/28/royal.divorce/decree/|title=Text of Charles and Diana's divorce decree|work=CNN|date=28 August 1996|access-date=11 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050306005432/https://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9608/28/royal.divorce/decree/|archive-date=6 March 2005}}</ref><ref name="timeline">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3868403.stm|title=Timeline: Diana, Princess of Wales|work=BBC News|date=5 July 2004|access-date=13 October 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208110008/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3868403.stm|archive-date=8 December 2008}}</ref> Diana was represented by [[Anthony Julius]] in the case.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/tribunal-slams-academic-for-bringing-anti-semitism-case/2002841.article|title=Tribunal slams academic for bringing anti-Semitism case|date=27 March 2013|access-date=16 March 2020|first=Jack|last=Grove|work=Times Higher Education|archive-date=23 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523005807/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/tribunal-slams-academic-for-bringing-anti-semitism-case/2002841.article|url-status=live}}</ref> The couple shared custody of their children.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1996/07/13/charles-and-diana-agree-to-terms-of-divorce/9e3bbdab-5f04-4edc-a395-1b64f6ea888d/|title=Charles and Diana Agree to Terms of Divorce|newspaper=The Washington Post|first=Sarah|last=Neville|date=13 July 1996|accessdate=12 November 2022|url-access=subscription|archive-date=26 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326033200/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1996/07/13/charles-and-diana-agree-to-terms-of-divorce/9e3bbdab-5f04-4edc-a395-1b64f6ea888d/|url-status=live}}</ref> She received a lump sum settlement of £17{{nbsp}}million (equivalent to £{{Inflation|UK|17|1996|r=0|cursign=£}}{{nbsp}}million in {{Inflation/year|UK}}) as well as £400,000 per year. The couple signed a confidentiality agreement that prohibited them from discussing the details of the divorce or of their married life.{{sfn|Bradford|2006|p=306}}<ref name="NYT-Divorce"/> Days before, [[letters patent]] were issued with general rules to regulate royal titles after divorce. Diana lost the style "[[Her Royal Highness]]" and instead was styled ''Diana, Princess of Wales''. As the mother of the prince expected to one day ascend to the throne, she was still considered to be a member of the royal family and was accorded the same precedence she enjoyed during her marriage.<ref name="RoyalMembership">{{cite press release|url=http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=56219|title=Divorce: Status And Role of The Princess of Wales|via=PR Newswire|publisher=Buckingham Palace|date=12 July 1996|access-date=24 April 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603182714/http://www2.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=56219|archive-date=3 June 2012}}</ref> The Queen reportedly wanted to let Diana continue to use the style of Royal Highness after her divorce, but Charles had insisted on removing it.<ref name="NYT-Divorce"/> Prince William was reported to have reassured his mother: "Don't worry, Mummy, I will give it back to you one day when I am king".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/royal-wedding/8465738/Royal-wedding-Dianas-ghost-will-be-everywhere-on-Prince-Williams-big-day.html|title=Royal wedding: Diana's ghost will be everywhere on Prince William's big day|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=UK|date=23 April 2011|first=Allison|last=Pearson|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630111342/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/royal-wedding/8465738/Royal-wedding-Dianas-ghost-will-be-everywhere-on-Prince-Williams-big-day.html|archive-date=30 June 2012|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Almost a year before, according to Tina Brown, Philip had warned Diana: "If you don't behave, my girl, we'll take your title away." She is said to have replied: "My title is a lot older than yours, Philip."{{sfn|Brown|2007|p=392}}

===Post-divorce===
After her divorce, Diana retained the double apartment on the north side of Kensington Palace that she had shared with Charles since the first year of their marriage; the apartment remained her home until her death the following year. She also moved her offices to Kensington Palace but was permitted "to use the state apartments at St James's Palace".<ref name="NYT-Divorce">{{cite news|title=Charles and Diana Agree on Divorce Terms|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/13/world/charles-and-diana-agree-on-divorce-terms.html|access-date=23 April 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|date=13 July 1996|first=Sarah|last=Lyall|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307140025/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/13/world/charles-and-diana-agree-on-divorce-terms.html|archive-date=7 March 2016|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name=dnews1996>{{cite news|title=Royal Split|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SvBHAAAAIBAJ&pg=1338,7802656&dq=prince+harry+of+wales|access-date=23 July 2013|newspaper=The Deseret News|date=28 February 1996|agency=AP|location=London|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507154120/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SvBHAAAAIBAJ&pg=1338,7802656&dq=prince+harry+of+wales|url-status=live}}</ref> In a book published in 2003, Paul Burrell claimed Diana's private letters had revealed that her brother, Lord Spencer, had refused to allow her to live at Althorp, despite her request.<ref name="Charles-Spencer"/> The allegations were proven to be untrue as Spencer received legal apologies from different newspapers, including ''The Times'' in 2021, which admitted that "having considered his sister's safety, and in line with police advice, the Earl offered the Princess of Wales a number of properties including [[Wormleighton Manor]], the Spencer family's original ancestral home".<ref name="NZ-Herald-Althorp">{{Cite news|date=29 July 2021|title='Deprived Diana of a Home': Princess Diana's brother Charles Spencer's legal victory|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/deprived-diana-of-a-home-princess-dianas-brother-charles-spencers-legal-victory/FUVUMPHQ3LCOVPSXKYTMXPWQKE/|access-date=8 February 2023|website=The New Zealand Herald|archive-date=26 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326035058/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/deprived-diana-of-a-home-princess-dianas-brother-charles-spencers-legal-victory/FUVUMPHQ3LCOVPSXKYTMXPWQKE/|url-status=live}}</ref> However, he could not offer Garden House cottage on the Althorp estate to Diana as the home was intended for a member of staff.<ref name="NZ-Herald-Althorp"/>

Diana was also given an allowance to run her private office, which was responsible for her charity work and royal duties, but from September 1996 onwards she was required to pay her bills and "any expenditure" incurred by her or on her behalf.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/took-him-to-the-cleaners-prince-charles-strict-demand-in-princess-diana-divorce/4IQ6GWKN242QBZED6HPHNX3HKI/|title='Took him to the cleaners': Prince Charles' strict demand in Princess Diana divorce|work=The New Zealand Herald|date=15 July 2020|accessdate=6 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184933/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/took-him-to-the-cleaners-prince-charles-strict-demand-in-princess-diana-divorce/4IQ6GWKN242QBZED6HPHNX3HKI/|url-status=live}}</ref> Furthermore, she continued to have access to the jewellery that she had received during her marriage, and was allowed to use the [[air transport of the British royal family and government]].<ref name="NYT-Divorce"/> Diana was also offered security by [[Metropolitan Police]]'s [[Royalty Protection Group]], which she benefitted from while travelling with her sons, but had refused it in the final years of her life, in an attempt to distance herself from the royal family.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jan/17/monarchy|title=We could have saved Diana, former Met chief tells inquest|work=The Guardian|first=Louise|last=Radnofsky|date=17 January 2008|accessdate=4 May 2021|archive-date=3 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503080332/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jan/17/monarchy|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1997-09-03-1997246026-story.html|title=Princess' death was avoidable, expert says Diana should have let Scotland Yard guard her, security consultant says|work=The Baltimore Sun|first=Robert A.|last=Erlandson|date=3 September 1997|accessdate=4 May 2021|archive-date=30 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330203947/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1997-09-03-1997246026-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> After her death, it was revealed that Diana had been in discussion with Major's successor, [[Tony Blair]], about a special role that would provide a government platform for her campaigns and charities to make her capable of endorsing Britain's interests overseas.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/ambassador.html|title=Diana Was Set to Become Blair's Ambassador for Britain|work=BBC News|access-date=27 November 2020|archive-date=7 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607034713/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/ambassador.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Diana retained close friendships with several celebrities, including [[Elton John]], [[Liza Minnelli]], [[George Michael]], [[Michael Jackson]], and [[Gianni Versace]], whose [[Gianni Versace#Death|funeral]] she attended in 1997.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/a10340697/gianni-versace-funeral/ |title=Here's what Gianni Versace's funeral was really like |last=Hallemann |first=Caroline |magazine=Town & Country |date=22 January 2018 |access-date=28 August 2020 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803092515/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/a10340697/gianni-versace-funeral/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hills |first1=Megan C. |title=Princess Diana's celebrity friendship circle, from Sir Elton John to Grace Kelly |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/royals/princess-diana-s-celebrity-friendship-circle-from-sir-elton-john-to-grace-kelly-a4498216.html |website=The Standard |date=15 July 2020 |access-date=6 February 2023 |archive-date=6 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206233318/https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/royals/princess-diana-s-celebrity-friendship-circle-from-sir-elton-john-to-grace-kelly-a4498216.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She dated the [[British-Pakistani]] heart surgeon [[Hasnat Khan]], who was called "the love of her life" by many of her closest friends after her death,<ref name="Hasnat-Rel">{{cite news |first1=Massoud |last1=Ansari |first2=Andrew |last2=Alderson |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1575413/Dr-Hasnat-Khan-Princess-Diana-and-me.html |title=Dr Hasnat Khan: Princess Diana and me |location=London |newspaper=Sunday Telegraph |date=16 January 2008 |access-date=25 August 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907054040/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1575413/Dr-Hasnat-Khan-Princess-Diana-and-me.html |archive-date=7 September 2008 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1352557/Imran-Khan-I-was-Dianas-go-between.html|title=Imran Khan: I was Diana's go-between|newspaper=The Telegraph|first=Andrew|last=Alderson|date=13 August 2000|access-date=3 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620124044/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1352557/Imran-Khan-I-was-Dianas-go-between.html|archive-date=20 June 2017|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1572781/Diana-I-need-Dodi-marriage-like-a-rash.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1572781/Diana-I-need-Dodi-marriage-like-a-rash.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Diana: 'I need Dodi marriage like a rash'|newspaper=The Telegraph|first=Gordon|last=Rayner|date=17 December 2007|access-date=3 March 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and she is said to have described him as "Mr. Wonderful".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1300401,00.html|title=Princess Diana's 'Mr Wonderful' Hasnat Khan Still Haunted by her Death|newspaper=Sky News|date=13 January 2008|access-date=25 August 2008|archive-date=8 February 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20090208223137/http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1300401,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Claire|last=Truscott|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jan/14/monarchy2|title=Background to Dr Hasnat Khan and Diana, Princess of Wales|work=The Guardian|date=14 January 2008|access-date=5 August 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819171939/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jan/14/monarchy2|archive-date=19 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Khoshaba|first=Christy|url=https://latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-princess-diana-secret-romance-hasnat-khan-20130731,0,7539372.story|title=Princess Diana: Mag details 'secret romance' with Pakistani doctor|work=Los Angeles Times|date=31 July 2013|access-date=5 August 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806013159/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-princess-diana-secret-romance-hasnat-khan-20130731,0,7539372.story|archive-date=6 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23025535-663,00.html|title=Princess Diana's ex-lover Hasnat Khan to give evidence|location=Victoria, Australia|newspaper=Herald Sun|date=9 January 2008|access-date=24 August 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208222758/http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23025535-663,00.html|archive-date=8 February 2009}}</ref> In May 1996, Diana visited [[Lahore]] upon invitation of [[Imran Khan]], a relative of Hasnat Khan, and visited the latter's family in secret.<ref name=hpost25may>{{cite news|title=Imran and Jemima Khan Welcomed Princess Diana In Pakistan|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2007/11/13/imran-and-jemima-khan-wel_n_72608.html|access-date=31 May 2013|newspaper=Huffington Post|date=25 May 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011123123/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/11/13/imran-and-jemima-khan-wel_n_72608.html|archive-date=11 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Mad-Love"/> Khan was intensely private and the relationship was conducted in secrecy, with Diana lying to members of the press who questioned her about it. Their relationship lasted almost two years with differing accounts of who ended it.<ref name="Mad-Love">{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/diana/10213877/Princess-Diana-was-madly-in-love-with-heart-surgeon-Hasnat-Khan.html|title=Princess Diana was 'madly in love' with heart surgeon Hasnat Khan|work=The Telegraph|date=31 July 2013|access-date=10 April 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218061454/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/diana/10213877/Princess-Diana-was-madly-in-love-with-heart-surgeon-Hasnat-Khan.html|archive-date=18 February 2015|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jan/14/monarchy2|title=The doctor and Diana|work=The Guardian|date=14 January 2008|access-date=10 April 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227091710/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jan/14/monarchy2|archive-date=27 December 2014}}</ref> She is said to have spoken of her distress when he ended their relationship.<ref name="Hasnat-Rel"/> However, according to Khan's testimony at the inquest into her death, it was Diana who ended their relationship in the summer of 1997.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hasnat Khan Tells Diana Inquest They Enjoyed "Normal" Sex Life, Says She Ended Affair|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/03/hasnat-khan-tells-diana-i_n_89618.html|access-date=28 May 2013|newspaper=Huffington Post|date=25 May 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213020035/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/03/hasnat-khan-tells-diana-i_n_89618.html|archive-date=13 February 2012}}</ref> Burrell also said the relationship was ended by Diana in July 1997.<ref name="Burrell-Hasnat">{{cite news|first=Gordon|last=Rayner|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/14/ndiana514.xml|title=Diana 'planned secret wedding to Hasnat Khan'|location=London|newspaper=Telegraph|date=16 January 2008|access-date=24 August 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619185834/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1575514/Diana-%27planned-secret-wedding-to-Hasnat-Khan%27.html|archive-date=19 June 2008|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Burrell also claimed that Diana's mother, Frances Shand Kydd, disapproved of her daughter's relationship with a Muslim man.<ref>{{cite news|last=Farouky|first=Jumana|title=Diana's Butler Tells Some Secrets|url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1703424,00.html|access-date=19 October 2017|newspaper=Time|date=14 January 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826043951/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1703424,00.html|archive-date=26 August 2013}}</ref> By the time of Diana's death in 1997, she had not spoken to her mother in four months.<ref name="Frances-Comments">{{cite news|last=Milmo|first=Cahal|title=Diana did not talk to me in final months, admits her mother|newspaper=The Independent|date=25 October 2002|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/diana-did-not-talk-to-me-in-final-months-admits-her-mother-141065.html|access-date=24 October 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305021537/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/diana-did-not-talk-to-me-in-final-months-admits-her-mother-141065.html|archive-date=5 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2357735.stm|title=Diana's 'rift' with mother|work=BBC News|date=24 October 2002|access-date=29 May 2018|archive-date=21 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121152819/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2357735.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> By contrast, her relationship with her estranged stepmother had reportedly improved.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/oct/21/countess-raine-spencer-stepmother-of-princess-diana-dies-aged-87|title=Countess Raine Spencer, stepmother of Princess Diana, dies aged 87|newspaper=The Guardian|first=Caroline|last=Davies|date=21 October 2016|access-date=7 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624091900/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/oct/21/countess-raine-spencer-stepmother-of-princess-diana-dies-aged-87|archive-date=24 June 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/raine-spencer-dead-princess-dianas-step-mother-dies-after-short-illness-age-87-a7373966.html|title=Raine Spencer dead: Princess Diana's step-mother dies age 87|newspaper=The Independent|first=Tony|last=Jones|date=21 October 2016|access-date=7 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020230030/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/raine-spencer-dead-princess-dianas-step-mother-dies-after-short-illness-age-87-a7373966.html|archive-date=20 October 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

Within a month, Diana began a relationship with [[Dodi Fayed]], the son of her summer host, [[Mohamed Al-Fayed]].<ref name="BBC-Bio-Div">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/ob-divorce.html|title=The Life of Diana, Princess of Wales 1961–1997: Separation And Divorce|work=BBC News|access-date=10 May 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202131756/http://www.bbc.co.uk/politics97/diana/ob-divorce.html|archive-date=2 December 2010}}</ref> That summer, Diana had considered taking her sons on a holiday to [[the Hamptons]] on [[Long Island, New York]], but security officials had prevented it. After deciding against a trip to Thailand, she accepted Fayed's invitation to join his family in the south of France, where his compound and large security detail would not cause concern to the Royal Protection squad. Mohamed Al-Fayed bought the ''[[Sokar (yacht)|Jonikal]]'', a 60-metre multimillion-pound yacht on which to entertain Diana and her sons.<ref name="BBC-Bio-Div"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Dodi 'ignored' protect Diana advice|url=http://metro.co.uk/2007/12/18/dodi-ignored-protect-diana-advice-47910/|access-date=11 October 2014|work=Metro (UK)|date=18 December 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018105228/http://metro.co.uk/2007/12/18/dodi-ignored-protect-diana-advice-47910/|archive-date=18 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=19 May 2010|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/05/dunne200805|title=Two Ladies, Two Yachts, and a Billionaire|newspaper=Vanity Fair |location=New York|author=Dominick Dunne|access-date=11 October 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013012757/http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/05/dunne200805|archive-date=13 October 2013|author-link=Dominick Dunne}}</ref> Tina Brown later claimed that Diana's romance with Fayed and her four-month relationship with [[Gulu Lalvani]] were a ploy "to inflame the true object of her affections, Hasnat Khan".<ref name="Brown-Mar22"/> In the years after her death, Burrell, journalist Richard Kay, and voice coach Stewart Pearce have claimed that Diana was also thinking about buying a property in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-diana/princess-diana-planned-move-abroad-court-told-idUKL207706220071220|title=Princess Diana planned move abroad, court told|work=Reuters|first=Paul|last=Majendie|date=20 December 2007|accessdate=1 September 2022|archive-date=1 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901225127/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-diana/princess-diana-planned-move-abroad-court-told-idUKL207706220071220|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=128230&page=1|title=Butler: Diana Planned Move to Malibu|work=ABC News|date=29 October 2003|accessdate=1 September 2022|archive-date=1 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901105322/https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=128230&page=1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Johnni|last=Macke|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/princess-diana-would-be-in-favor-of-prince-harrys-california-move/|title=Princess Diana Would Be in 'Complete Favor' of Prince Harry's Move to California: She Wanted Her Sons to Have 'Freedom,' Says Pal|magazine=US magazine|date=15 June 2021|accessdate=1 September 2025|archive-date=1 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901225131/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/princess-diana-would-be-in-favor-of-prince-harrys-california-move/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Princess of Wales==
[[File:Diana visits Halifax.jpg|thumb|right|In [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], 1983]]
Following her engagement to Charles, Diana made her first official public appearance in March 1981 in a charity event at [[Goldsmiths' Hall]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/royal-engagement-photos-years-harry-meghans-glamorous-pictures/prince-charles-lady-diana-spencer-announce-engagement-february/|title=Royal engagement photos through the years as Harry and Meghan's glamorous pictures prove they are Hollywood through and through|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=21 December 2017|access-date=8 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109123548/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/royal-engagement-photos-years-harry-meghans-glamorous-pictures/prince-charles-lady-diana-spencer-announce-engagement-february/|archive-date=9 January 2018|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/06/princess-diana-detailed-encounters-with-elizabeth-taylor-and-grace-kelly|title=Princess Diana Detailed Her Memorable Meetings with Grace Kelly and Elizabeth Taylor|magazine=Vanity Fair|first=Hilary|last=Weaver|date=15 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720054404/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/06/princess-diana-detailed-encounters-with-elizabeth-taylor-and-grace-kelly|archive-date=20 July 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> She attended the [[Trooping the Colour]] for the first time in June 1981, making her appearance on the balcony of [[Buckingham Palace]] afterwards. In October 1981, Charles and Diana visited Wales.<ref name="TeenageRoyal"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.itv.com/news/2017-08-29/the-newlyweds-tour-of-wales-and-the-moment-the-nation-fell-in-love-with-diana/|title=The newlyweds tour of Wales and the moment the nation fell in love with Diana|work=ITV News|date=29 August 2017|access-date=12 August 2018|archive-date=12 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812213416/http://www.itv.com/news/2017-08-29/the-newlyweds-tour-of-wales-and-the-moment-the-nation-fell-in-love-with-diana/|url-status=live}}</ref> She attended the [[State Opening of Parliament]] for the first time on 4 November 1981.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royal.uk/statement-regarding-state-opening-parliament-may-2013|title=Statement regarding the State Opening of Parliament in May 2013|work=The British Monarchy|date=1 April 2013|access-date=16 October 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018214644/https://www.royal.uk/statement-regarding-state-opening-parliament-may-2013|archive-date=18 October 2016}}</ref> Her first solo engagement was a visit to [[Regent Street]] on 18 November 1981 to switch on the Christmas lights.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/goodlife/living/the-celebrities-who-have-turned-on-londons-christmas-lights/princess-diana/|title=The celebrities who have turned on the Christmas lights on Regent Street|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=16 November 2015|access-date=20 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220172321/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/goodlife/living/the-celebrities-who-have-turned-on-londons-christmas-lights/princess-diana/|archive-date=20 February 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Diana made her [[inaugural]] overseas tour in September 1982, to attend the [[funeral of Princess Grace of Monaco]].<ref name="TeenageRoyal"/> Also in 1982, [[Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands]] created Diana a Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Crown (Netherlands)|Order of the Crown]].<ref name=burke/> In 1983, Diana accompanied Charles and William on a tour of Australia and New Zealand. The tour was a success and the couple drew immense crowds, though the press focused more on Diana rather than Charles, coining the term 'Dianamania' as a reference to people's obsession with her.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/the-crown-season-four-real-history-netflix-charles-diana-royal-tour-australia-what-happened-dianamania/|title=The Crown S4 E6 real history: Charles and Diana's 1983 royal tour of Australia & the start of 'Dianamania'|work=BBC History|first=Elinor|last=Evans|date=15 November 2020|access-date=16 November 2020|archive-date=5 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505210034/https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/the-crown-season-four-real-history-netflix-charles-diana-royal-tour-australia-what-happened-dianamania/|url-status=live}}</ref> While sitting in a car with Charles near the [[Sydney Opera House]], Diana burst into tears for a few minutes, which their office stated was due to [[jet lag]] and the heat.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/princess-diana-prince-charles-royal-itv-inside-the-crown-marriage-harry-meghan-a9297136.html|title=Photographer recalls capturing Diana bursting into tears during royal tour: 'It was the first sign something was wrong'|work=The Independent|first=Sabrina|last=Barr|date=23 January 2020|accessdate=1 September 2022|archive-date=15 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715130111/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/princess-diana-prince-charles-royal-itv-inside-the-crown-marriage-harry-meghan-a9297136.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In New Zealand, the couple met with representatives of the [[Māori people]].<ref name="TeenageRoyal"/> Their visit to Canada in June and July 1983 included a trip to [[Edmonton]] to open the [[1983 Summer Universiade]] and a stop in [[Newfoundland]] to commemorate the 400th anniversary of that island's acquisition by the Crown.<ref name=canada>{{cite web|url=http://canadiancrown.gc.ca/eng/1331832099895#a4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605024805/http://canadiancrown.gc.ca/eng/1331832099895|archive-date=5 June 2012|title=Royal Tours of Canada|work=Canadian Crown|publisher=Government of Canada|access-date=29 January 2016}}</ref> In 1983, she was targeted by the [[Scottish National Liberation Army]] who tried to deliver a [[letter bomb]] to her.<ref>{{cite news|title=Who are the 'tartan terrorists'?|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1850234.stm|website=BBC News|access-date=9 December 2020|date=2 March 2002|archive-date=19 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019225239/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1850234.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:President Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, Prince Charles, and Princess Diana in the Yellow Oval Room.jpg|thumb|left|Diana and Charles with [[Nancy Reagan|Nancy]] and [[Ronald Reagan]], November 1985]]
In February 1984, Diana was the patron of [[London City Ballet]] when she travelled to Norway on her own to attend a performance organised by the company.<ref name="TeenageRoyal"/> In April 1985, Charles and Diana visited Italy, and were later joined by their sons.<ref name="TeenageRoyal"/> They met with President [[Alessandro Pertini]]. Their visit to the [[Holy See]] included a private audience with [[Pope John Paul II]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/8474137/Pope-John-Paul-II-in-pictures.html?image=16|title=Pope John Paul II in pictures|work=The Telegraph|access-date=9 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910040746/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/8474137/Pope-John-Paul-II-in-pictures.html?image=16|archive-date=10 September 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In autumn 1985, they returned to Australia, and their tour was well received by the public and the media, who referred to Diana as "Di-amond Princess" and the "Jewel in the Crown".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/flashback-1985-royal-visit-australia-succumbs-to-diana-mania-20181015-p509s9.html|title=Australia succumbs to Diana mania|newspaper=The Age|first=Jane|last=Sullivan|date=2 November 1985|access-date=24 November 2020|archive-date=14 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230614080518/https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/flashback-1985-royal-visit-australia-succumbs-to-diana-mania-20181015-p509s9.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 1985, the couple visited the United States,<ref name="TeenageRoyal"/> meeting President [[Ronald Reagan]] and First Lady [[Nancy Reagan]] at the White House. Diana had a busy year in 1986 as she and Charles toured Japan, Spain, and Canada.<ref name=canada/> In Canada, they visited [[Expo 86]],<ref name=canada/> where Diana fainted in the California Pavilion.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1986/05/07/diana-faints-at-expo/5976a4e2-e42e-49c2-983c-007ce320cd26/|title=Diana Faints at Expo|newspaper=The Washington Post|first=Richard C.|last=Paddock|date=7 May 1986|access-date=7 March 2018|url-access=subscription|archive-date=24 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424202935/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1986/05/07/diana-faints-at-expo/5976a4e2-e42e-49c2-983c-007ce320cd26/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-05-07-mn-3572-story.html|title=Princess Diana Faints on Visit to California Expo Pavilion|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|first=Richard C.|last=Paddock|date=7 May 1986|access-date=7 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602194135/http://articles.latimes.com/1986-05-07/news/mn-3572_1_princess-diana|archive-date=2 June 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 1986, she went on a six-day tour to Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, where she met King [[Fahd of Saudi Arabia]] and Sultan [[Qaboos of Oman]].<ref name="thenational">{{cite news|url=https://www.thenational.ae/uae/heritage/the-burqa-princess-diana-packed-for-her-first-tour-of-the-arabian-gulf-1.765382|title=The burqa Princess Diana packed for her first tour of the Arabian Gulf|work=The National|date=30 August 2018|access-date=17 June 2019|archive-date=17 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617035320/https://www.thenational.ae/uae/heritage/the-burqa-princess-diana-packed-for-her-first-tour-of-the-arabian-gulf-1.765382|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1988, Charles and Diana visited Thailand and toured Australia for the [[Australian Bicentenary|bicentenary celebrations]].<ref name="TeenageRoyal"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Holden |first1=Anthony |last2=Lamanna |first2=Dean |date=1 February 1989 |url=http://business.highbeam.com/3825/article-1G1-6984788/charles-and-diana-portrait-marriage |title=Charles and Diana: portrait of a marriage |work=Ladies Home Journal |access-date=19 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116181319/http://business.highbeam.com/3825/article-1G1-6984788/charles-and-diana-portrait-marriage |archive-date=16 January 2013}}</ref> In February 1989, she spent a few days in New York as a solo visit, mainly to promote the works of the [[Welsh National Opera]], of which she was a patron.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/royals/princess-diana-new-york-city-opera-night-recreated-the-crown-first-hand-account/|title=The Crown: Inside Princess Diana's Night at the Opera During Her Historic 1989 Visit to N.Y.C.|magazine=People|date=16 November 2020|access-date=16 November 2020|archive-date=3 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503015850/https://people.com/royals/princess-diana-new-york-city-opera-night-recreated-the-crown-first-hand-account/|url-status=live}}</ref> During a tour of [[Harlem Hospital Center]], she spontaneously hugged a seven-year-old child with AIDS.<ref name="Tel-army"/> In March 1989, she had her second trip to the [[Arab states of the Persian Gulf]], in which she visited Kuwait and the UAE.<ref name="thenational"/>

[[File:First Lady Barbara Bush and Princess Diana.jpg|thumb|right|With [[Barbara Bush]] in the [[Yellow Oval Room]], 1990]]
In March 1990, Diana and Charles toured Nigeria and Cameroon.<ref name=westtour>{{cite news|url=http://bbc.adactio.com/politics97/diana/blunt.html|title=Elizabeth Blunt Remembers Diana|work=BBC News|access-date=30 January 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022613/http://bbc.adactio.com/politics97/diana/blunt.html|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> Cameroonian president [[Paul Biya]] hosted an official dinner to welcome them in [[Yaoundé]].<ref name=westtour/> Highlights of the tour included visits by Diana to hospitals and projects focusing on women's development.<ref name=westtour/> In May 1990, they visited [[Hungary]] for four days.<ref name="Tel-army"/><ref name=hungary>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/3c5315df8b5559d7983fa2ee8edd563b|title=Prince Charles, Princess Diana visit Hungary|work=Associated Press News|access-date=27 December 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116172426/http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1990/Prince-Charles-Princess-Diana-Visit-Hungary/id-3c5315df8b5559d7983fa2ee8edd563b|archive-date=16 January 2013}}</ref> It was the first visit by members of the royal family to "a former [[Warsaw Pact]] country".<ref name="Tel-army"/> They attended a dinner hosted by President [[Árpád Göncz]] and viewed a fashion display at the [[Museum of Applied Arts (Budapest)|Museum of Applied Arts]] in Budapest.<ref name=hungary/> Pető Institute was among the places visited by Diana, and she presented its director with an honorary [[Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|OBE]].<ref name="Tel-army"/> In November 1990, she and Charles went to Japan to attend the [[Enthronement of the Japanese emperor|enthronement]] of [[Emperor Akihito]].<ref name="TeenageRoyal"/><ref name="japan1990&95">{{cite web|url=http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/shinzen/hinkyaku-89-98.html|title=Distinguished guests from overseas such as State Guests, official guests (1989–1998)|work=The Imperial Household Agency|access-date=19 December 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116181125/http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/shinzen/hinkyaku-89-98.html|archive-date=16 January 2013}}</ref>

In her desire to play an encouraging role during the [[Gulf War]], Diana visited Germany in December 1990 to meet with the families of soldiers.<ref name="Tel-army"/> She subsequently travelled to Germany in January 1991 to visit [[RAF Bruggen]], and later wrote an encouraging letter that was published in ''[[Soldier Magazine|Soldier]]'', ''[[Navy News]]'' and ''[[RAF News]]''.<ref name="Tel-army"/> In 1991, Charles and Diana visited [[Queen's University at Kingston]], Ontario, where they presented the university with a replica of their royal charter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.queensu.ca/exhibits/royalty/visits-1|title=Royal Visits, Part I|work=Queen's University Archives|access-date=30 January 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124010725/http://archives.queensu.ca/exhibits/royalty/visits-1|archive-date=24 January 2016}}</ref> In September 1991, Diana visited Pakistan on a solo trip, and went to Brazil with Charles.<ref name="Brazil-1991">{{cite news|url=https://www.deseret.com/1991/4/28/18917758/prince-charles-princess-diana-leave-brazil-after-issue-oriented-visit/ |title=Prince Charles, Princess Diana leave Brazil after issue-oriented visit |work=Deseret News |date=28 April 1991 |access-date=16 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117063509/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/159384/PRINCE-CHARLES-PRINCESS-DIANA-LEAVE-BRAZIL-AFTER-ISSUE-ORIENTED--VISIT.html |archive-date=17 November 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> During the Brazilian tour, Diana paid visits to organisations that battled homelessness among street children.<ref name="Brazil-1991"/> Her final trips with Charles were to India and South Korea in 1992.<ref name="TeenageRoyal"/> She visited [[Mother Teresa]]'s hospice in [[Kolkata]], India.<ref name=brompton/> The two women met later in the same month in Rome<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/princess-diana-a-photo-album/25/|title=Princess Diana: A photo album (slide 25)|work=CBS News|date=15 March 2015 |access-date=3 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804043304/https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/princess-diana-a-photo-album/25/|archive-date=4 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> and developed a personal relationship.<ref name=brompton/> It was also during the Indian tour that pictures of Diana alone in front of the [[Taj Mahal]] made headlines.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-36058295|title=Diana Taj Mahal photo captured disintegrating marriage|work=BBC News|first=Peter|last=Hunt|date=16 April 2016|access-date=9 December 2020|archive-date=22 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822201246/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-36058295|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/4275700/kate-middleton-princess-diana-taj-mahal/|title=The History That Lurks Behind Prince William and Kate Middleton's Taj Mahal Visit|magazine=Time|first=Ashley|last=Ross|date=8 April 2016|access-date=3 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727030553/http://time.com/4275700/kate-middleton-princess-diana-taj-mahal/|archive-date=27 July 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/16/duke-and-duchess-of-cambridge-arrive-at-the-taj-mahal-on-the-fin/|title=Duke and Duchess of Cambridge pay loving tribute to Diana on visit to India's Taj Mahal|newspaper=The Telegraph|first=Gordon|last=Rayner|date=16 April 2016|access-date=3 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205100300/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/16/duke-and-duchess-of-cambridge-arrive-at-the-taj-mahal-on-the-fin/|archive-date=5 February 2017|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In May 1992, she went on a solo tour of Egypt, visiting the [[Giza pyramid complex]] and attending a meeting with Egyptian president [[Hosni Mubarak]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/royals/look-back-royal-familys-stylish-summer-outfits/princess-diana-egypt-1992/|title=Look back at the Royal family's most stylish summer outfits|work=The Telegraph|date=10 July 2020|accessdate=8 January 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108224532/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/royals/look-back-royal-familys-stylish-summer-outfits/princess-diana-egypt-1992/|archivedate=8 January 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/06/19/middleeast/gallery/hosni-mubarak/index.html|title=In photos: Hosni Mubarak|work=CNN|date=25 February 2020|accessdate=8 January 2022|archive-date=9 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109010630/https://www.cnn.com/2012/06/19/middleeast/gallery/hosni-mubarak/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 1992, she went on an official solo trip to France and had an audience with President [[François Mitterrand]].<ref name="Holden-1993"/> In March 1993, she went on her first solo trip after her separation from Charles, visiting a leprosy hospital in Nepal where she met and came into contact with some patients, marking the first time they had ever been touched by a dignitary who had come to visit.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/349d4affbe5a87c47e0ed2b436cffde0|title=Princess Diana Heads Home After Nepal Visit|work=AP News|date=6 March 1993|accessdate=5 March 2022|archive-date=26 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326234939/https://apnews.com/article/349d4affbe5a87c47e0ed2b436cffde0|url-status=live}}</ref> In December 1993, she announced that she would withdraw from public life, but in November 1994 she said she wished to "make a partial return".<ref name="TeenageRoyal" /><ref name="Tel-army" /> In her capacity as the vice-president of [[British Red Cross]], she was interested in playing an important role for its 125th anniversary celebrations.<ref name="Tel-army" /> Later, Queen Elizabeth II formally invited her to attend the anniversary celebrations of [[D-Day]].<ref name="TeenageRoyal" /> In February 1995, Diana visited Japan.<ref name="japan1990&95" /> She paid a formal visit to Emperor Akihito and [[Empress Michiko]],<ref name="japan1990&95" /> and visited the National Children's Hospital in Tokyo.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://people.com/royals/princess-diana-54th-birthday-commemoration-her-charities/tokyo/|title=Princess Diana and the Causes Close to Her Heart (slide 15)|magazine=People|first1=Cara Lynn|last1=Shultz|first2=Diana|last2=Pearl|date=23 June 2011|access-date=4 March 2018|archive-date=5 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305142923/http://people.com/royals/princess-diana-54th-birthday-commemoration-her-charities/tokyo/|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 1995, Diana went to the [[Venice Biennale]] art festival,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://venicebiennale.britishcouncil.org/timeline/1995/history/1195/0 |title=Princess Diana visits the British Pavilion |work=[[British Council]]&nbsp;– British Pavilion in Venice |access-date=16 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117033017/http://venicebiennale.britishcouncil.org/timeline/1995/history/1195/0 |archive-date=17 November 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and also visited Moscow where she received the International Leonardo Prize.<ref>{{cite web|title=Diana, Princess of Wales |website= [[British Monarchist Society and Foundation]] |url=http://bmsf.org.uk/diana-princess-of-wales/ |access-date=22 July 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827131922/http://bmsf.org.uk/diana-princess-of-wales/|archive-date=27 August 2017}}</ref> In November 1995, Diana undertook a four-day trip to Argentina to attend a charity event.<ref name="Ar-1995">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-11-24-mn-6719-story.html|title=Diana Visits Argentina as 'Ambassador'|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=7 January 2012|date=24 November 1995|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130205163351/http://articles.latimes.com/1995-11-24/news/mn-6719_1_tough-audience|archive-date=5 February 2013}}</ref> She visited many other countries, including Belgium, Switzerland, and Zimbabwe, alongside numerous others.<ref name="TeenageRoyal" /> During her separation from Charles, which lasted for almost four years, Diana participated in major national occasions as a senior member of the royal family, notably including "the commemorations of the 50th anniversaries of [[Victory in Europe Day]] and [[Victory over Japan Day]]" in 1995.<ref name="TeenageRoyal" />

==Charity work and patronages==
In 1983 Diana confided to the [[premier of Newfoundland]], [[Brian Peckford]], "I am finding it very difficult to cope with the pressures of being Princess of Wales, but I am learning to cope with it".<ref>{{Cite journal| last=MacLeod| first=Alexander| title=The Princess of Wales: life as a star| journal=The Christian Science Monitor| date=28 June 1983| url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1983/0628/062836.html| access-date=10 April 2015| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414165227/http://www.csmonitor.com/1983/0628/062836.html| archive-date=14 April 2015| df=dmy-all}}</ref> She was expected to make regular public appearances at hospitals, schools, and other facilities, in the 20th-century model of royal patronage. From the mid-1980s, she became increasingly associated with numerous charities. She carried out 191 official engagements in 1988<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.philly.com/1989-01-07/news/26123490_1_latoya-jackson-zsa-zsa-gabor-shih-tzu-dogs |title=The Royal Watch |newspaper=Philadelphia Daily News |access-date=11 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025154024/http://articles.philly.com/1989-01-07/news/26123490_1_latoya-jackson-zsa-zsa-gabor-shih-tzu-dogs |archive-date=25 October 2014}}</ref> and 397 in 1991.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20111946,00.html|title=Royal Watch|magazine=People|access-date=11 October 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017224027/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20111946,00.html|archive-date=17 October 2014}}</ref> Diana developed an intense interest in serious illnesses and health-related matters outside the purview of traditional royal involvement, including AIDS and [[leprosy]]. In recognition of her effect as a philanthropist, Stephen Lee, director of the UK Institute of Charity Fundraising Managers, said "Her overall effect on charity is probably more significant than any other person's in the 20th century."<ref name="Guardian-Legacy"/>

[[File:Princess diana bristol 1987 02.jpg|thumb|left|upright|At the official opening of the community centre on Whitehall Road, [[Bristol]], May 1987]]
Diana was the [[Patron (charity)|patroness]] of charities and organisations who worked with the homeless, youth, drug addicts, and the elderly. From 1989, she was president of [[Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children]]. She was patron of the [[Natural History Museum, London|Natural History Museum]]<ref name="100-Charities"/><ref>{{Cite news|newspaper=The Telegraph|title=Duchess of Cambridge walks in Diana's footsteps by becoming Patron of Natural History Museum|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/10003964/Duchess-of-Cambridge-walks-in-Dianas-footsteps-by-becoming-Patron-of-Natural-History-Museum.html|date=21 April 2013|access-date=21 April 2013|location=London|first=Gordon|last=Rayner|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423105216/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/10003964/Duchess-of-Cambridge-walks-in-Dianas-footsteps-by-becoming-Patron-of-Natural-History-Museum.html|archive-date=23 April 2013|url-access=subscription}}</ref> and president of the [[Royal Academy of Music]]<ref name="Time-Bio"/><ref name="memorial-detail"/><ref name="100-Charities"/> and the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]].<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKdd_uUcyWk|title=Uncut Footage of Princess Diana Visiting RADA (1989)|work=ITN Archive|date=17 November 1989|accessdate=27 September 2023|via=YouTube|archive-date=28 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928011728/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKdd_uUcyWk|url-status=live}}</ref> From 1984 to 1996, she was president of [[Barnardo's]], a charity founded by Dr. [[Thomas John Barnardo]] in 1866 to care for vulnerable children and young people.<ref>{{Cite web| title=Barnardo's and royalty| url=http://www.barnardos.org.uk/what_we_do/our_history/barnardos_and_royalty.htm| work=Barnardo's| access-date=30 January 2016| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307083106/http://www.barnardos.org.uk/what_we_do/our_history/barnardos_and_royalty.htm| archive-date=7 March 2016| df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="100-Charities"/> In 1988, she became patron of the British Red Cross and supported its organisations in other countries such as Australia and Canada.<ref name="Tel-army"/> She made several lengthy visits each week to [[Royal Brompton Hospital]], where she worked to comfort seriously ill or dying patients.<ref name=brompton/> From 1991 to 1996, she was a patron of Headway, a brain injury association.<ref name="100-Charities"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Furness|first=Hannah|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-harry/9988405/Prince-Harry-to-follow-in-his-mothers-footsteps-in-support-of-Headway-charity.html|title=Prince Harry to follow in his mother's footsteps in support of Headway charity|work=The Telegraph|access-date=30 January 2016|date=12 April 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326135238/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-harry/9988405/Prince-Harry-to-follow-in-his-mothers-footsteps-in-support-of-Headway-charity.html|archive-date=26 March 2016|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In 1992, she became the first patron of Chester Childbirth Appeal, a charity she had supported since 1984.<ref name="Chester-title">{{cite web|url=http://chesterchildbirthappeal.org.uk/aboutus.php|title=About the Chester Childbirth Appeal|access-date=25 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106062203/http://chesterchildbirthappeal.org.uk/aboutus.php|archive-date=6 January 2016}}</ref> The charity, which is named after one of Diana's royal titles, could raise over £1&nbsp;million with her help.<ref name="Chester-title"/> In 1994, she helped her friend [[Julia Samuel]] launch the charity Child Bereavement UK, which supports children "of military families, those of suicide victims, [and] terminally-ill parents", and became its patron.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/prince-william-moving-speech-princess-diana-charity-event/story?id=34507048|title=Prince William Gives Moving Tribute Speech About Princess Diana at Charity Event|work=ABC News|first=Carolyn|last=Durand|date=15 October 2015|access-date=30 May 2018|archive-date=27 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327041217/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/prince-william-moving-speech-princess-diana-charity-event/story?id=34507048|url-status=live}}</ref> Her son William later became the charity's royal patron.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.today.com/news/prince-william-refers-mother-during-charity-event-grieving-families-t50666|title=Prince William pays tribute to mother during charity event for grieving families|work=NBC Today|first=Eun Kyung|last=Kim|date=16 October 2015|access-date=30 May 2018|archive-date=26 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326034437/https://www.today.com/news/prince-william-refers-mother-during-charity-event-grieving-families-t50666|url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|Her patronages also included [[Landmine Survivors Network]],<ref name="memorial-detail">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1561574/Diana-memorial-service-in-detail.html|title=Diana memorial service in detail|work=The Telegraph|access-date=30 January 2016|date=31 August 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002031733/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1561574/Diana-memorial-service-in-detail.html|archive-date=2 October 2015|url-access=subscription}}</ref> [[Help the Aged]],<ref name="memorial-detail"/><ref name="100-Charities">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/charlist.html|title=Diana's groups of charities|work=BBC News|access-date=17 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123155047/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/charlist.html|archive-date=23 January 2016}}</ref> the [[National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery]],<ref name="memorial-detail"/><ref name="100-Charities"/> the [[British Lung Foundation]],<ref name="memorial-detail"/><ref name="100-Charities"/> [[Eureka! (museum)|Eureka!]] (joint patron with Prince Charles),<ref name="memorial-detail"/><ref name="100-Charities"/> the [[National Children's Orchestra]],<ref name="memorial-detail"/><ref name="100-Charities"/><ref name="Tel-army"/> British Red Cross Youth,<ref name="Charities-32">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19930701&id=W7IsAAAAIBAJ&pg=6718,12055|title=Princess Diana observes 32nd birthday|newspaper=Star-News|date=1 July 1993|access-date=24 April 2016|archive-date=15 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115052611/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19930701&id=W7IsAAAAIBAJ&pg=6718,12055|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="100-Charities"/> the [[Guinness Trust]],<ref name="100-Charities"/> [[Meningitis Trust]],<ref name="100-Charities"/><ref name="Tel-army"/> the [[Malcolm Sargent|Malcolm Sargent Cancer Fund for Children]],<ref name="100-Charities"/><ref name="Tel-army"/> the [[SeeAbility|Royal School for the Blind]],<ref name="100-Charities"/><ref name="Tel-army"/> [[Welsh National Opera]],<ref name="100-Charities"/><ref name="Tel-army"/> the [[Variety Club|Variety Club of New Zealand]],<ref name="BBC-Charities">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/dichar2.html|title=Diana's Charities|work=BBC News|access-date=24 May 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150826012654/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/dichar2.html|archive-date=26 August 2015}}</ref><ref name="100-Charities"/> [[Wellbeing of Women|Birthright]],<ref name="100-Charities"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://wellbeingofwomen.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/our-history/?menu=2c|title=Our History|work=Wellbeing of Women|access-date=25 June 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626151200/http://wellbeingofwomen.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/our-history/?menu=2c|archive-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> the [[British Deaf Association]] (for which she learned [[sign language]]),<ref name="Charities-32"/><ref name="100-Charities"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-10-vw-455-story.html|title=NAMES IN THE NEWS : Princess Di Uses Sign Language|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=10 August 1990|access-date=15 November 2018|archive-date=3 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203085138/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-10-vw-455-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club]],<ref name="100-Charities"/> [[Health Sciences University (United Kingdom)|Anglo-European College of Chiropractic]],<ref name="100-Charities"/> [[Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland]],<ref name="100-Charities"/> [[Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital]],<ref name="100-Charities"/> [[British Sports Association for the Disabled]],<ref name="100-Charities"/> [[British Youth Opera]],<ref name="100-Charities"/> Faculty of Dental Surgery of the [[Royal College of Surgeons of England]],<ref name="100-Charities"/> [[London City Ballet]],<ref name="100-Charities"/> [[London Symphony Orchestra]],<ref name="100-Charities"/> and [[Pre-School Playgroups Association]].<ref name="100-Charities"/><ref name="Tel-army"/>}}

In 1987 Diana was awarded the Honorary [[Freedom of the City of London]], the highest honour in the power of the City of London to bestow on someone.<ref name="London-Freeman">{{cite web|url=https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/about-the-city/history/Pages/honorary-freedom.aspx|title=The Honorary Freedom|work=City of London|access-date=27 January 2018|archive-date=28 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128021116/https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/about-the-city/history/Pages/honorary-freedom.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-07-23-mn-5859-story.html|title=Spurns Lunch Wine : 'I'm Not an Alcoholic'--Princess Di|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|via=United Press International|date=23 July 1987|access-date=27 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414232419/http://articles.latimes.com/1987-07-23/news/mn-5859_1_vintage-wine|archive-date=14 April 2015|url-status=live|quote=she turned down the vintage wine offered at the luncheon welcoming her as a 'freeman' of the City of London{{nbsp}}... the ancient ritual giving Diana the right to drive sheep across London Bridge, to be hanged with a rope made of silk rather than hemp and a guaranteed place in a poorhouse should the need arise.}}</ref> In June 1995, she travelled to Moscow. She paid a visit to a children's hospital she had previously supported when she provided them with medical equipment. In December 1995, Diana received the United Cerebral Palsy Humanitarian of the Year Award in New York City for her philanthropic efforts.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://us.hellomagazine.com/royalty/201108316031/prince-harry-presents-child-bravery-awards/|title=Harry honours his mother's legacy on the anniversary of her death|magazine=Hello!|date=31 August 2011|access-date=24 April 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026151800/http://us.hellomagazine.com/royalty/201108316031/prince-harry-presents-child-bravery-awards/|archive-date=26 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Clayton|first=Tim|year=2001|title=Diana: Story of a Princess|location=New York |publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-1-43911-803-0|page=288}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1370&dat=19951211&id=kI0mAAAAIBAJ&pg=3637,2108112|title=Diana receives Humanitarian Award|newspaper=The Standard|date=13 December 1995|access-date=24 April 2016|archive-date=15 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115052615/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1370&dat=19951211&id=kI0mAAAAIBAJ&pg=3637,2108112|url-status=live}}</ref> In October 1996, for her works on the elderly, she was awarded a gold medal at a health care conference organised by the [[Pio Manzù Centre]] in [[Rimini]], Italy.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12126347.Diana_appeals_for_the_elderly_after_dropping_their_charity/|title=Diana appeals for the elderly after dropping their charity|work=The Herald Scotland|date=14 October 1996|access-date=24 April 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306024916/http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12126347.Diana_appeals_for_the_elderly_after_dropping_their_charity/|archive-date=6 March 2016}}</ref>

The day after her divorce, she announced her resignation from over 100 charities and retained patronages of only six: [[Centrepoint (charity)|Centrepoint]], [[English National Ballet]], Great Ormond Street Hospital, [[The Leprosy Mission]], [[National AIDS Trust]], and the [[Royal Marsden Hospital]].<ref name=RemainingCharities>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/charities-devastated-after-diana-quits-as-patron-1329108.html|title=Charities devastated after Diana quits as patron|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902052359/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/charities-devastated-after-diana-quits-as-patron-1329108.html|archive-date=2 September 2017|work=The Independent|date=17 July 1996|access-date=5 September 2011}}</ref> She continued her work with the British Red Cross Anti-Personnel Land Mines Campaign, but was no longer listed as patron.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/fund1.html|title=Diana Memorial Charity Fund Set Up|work=BBC News|access-date=17 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314134452/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/fund1.html|archive-date=14 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="legacy-charity">{{cite journal|last=Pieler|first=George|url=http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/topic/excellence_in_philanthropy/face_of_charity|title=The philanthropic legacy of Princess Diana|journal=Philanthropy|date=Winter 1998|access-date=30 January 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924091358/http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/topic/excellence_in_philanthropy/face_of_charity|archive-date=24 September 2015}}</ref>

In May 1997, Diana opened the Richard Attenborough Centre for Disability and the Arts in Leicester, after being asked by her friend [[Richard Attenborough]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.le.ac.uk/bulletin/bulletinextramay97.pdf|title=Diana, Princess of Wales, to open Richard Attenborough Centre|work=University of Leicester|access-date=24 April 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110031106/http://www.le.ac.uk/bulletin/bulletinextramay97.pdf|archive-date=10 January 2017}}</ref> In June 1997 and at the suggestion of her son William, some of her dresses and suits were sold at [[Christie's]] auction houses in London and New York, and the proceeds that were earned from these events were donated to charities.<ref name="TeenageRoyal"/> Her final official engagement was a visit to [[Northwick Park Hospital]], London, on 21 July 1997.<ref name="TeenageRoyal"/> Her 36th and final birthday celebration was held at [[Tate Gallery]], which was also a commemorative event for the gallery's 100th anniversary.<ref name="TeenageRoyal"/> She was scheduled to attend a fundraiser at the Osteopathic Centre for Children on 4 September 1997, upon her return from Paris.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/laura.html|title=Toddler Stands In For Diana|work=BBC News|date=4 September 1997|access-date=17 April 2021|archive-date=17 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417183510/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/laura.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===HIV/AIDS===
Diana began her work with AIDS patients in the 1980s.<ref name=AIDSQueen>{{Cite news|first1=Nick|last1=Allen|first2=Gordon|last2=Rayner|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1575119/Queen-was-against-Dianas-Aids-work.html|title=Queen 'was against' Diana's Aids work|work=The Telegraph|date=10 January 2008|access-date=30 January 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925145002/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1575119/Queen-was-against-Dianas-Aids-work.html|archive-date=25 September 2015|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Contrary to the prevailing [[Discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS|stigmatization of AIDS patients]], she was not averse to making physical contact with patients,<ref name=brompton>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dianaprincessofwalesmemorialfund.org/humanitarian-work|work=The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund|title=Diana, Princess of Wales was a global humanitarian figure who dedicated her life to helping improve the lives of disadvantaged people|access-date=30 January 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203183101/http://www.dianaprincessofwalesmemorialfund.org/humanitarian-work|archive-date=3 February 2016}}</ref> and was the first British royal to do so.<ref name=AIDSQueen/> In 1987, she held hands with an AIDS patient in one of her early efforts to destigmatise the condition.<ref name="BBC-HIV">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/magazine-39490507/how-princess-diana-changed-attitudes-to-aids|title=How Princess Diana changed attitudes to Aids|work=BBC News|date=5 April 2017|access-date=9 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909173439/http://www.bbc.com/news/av/magazine-39490507/how-princess-diana-changed-attitudes-to-aids|archive-date=9 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/david-allison/diana-the-legacy_b_1844945.html|work=Huffington Post|title=Diana: The Legacy|date=31 August 2012|access-date=23 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310183222/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-allison/diana-the-legacy_b_1844945.html |archive-date=10 March 2016}}</ref> Diana noted: "HIV does not make people dangerous to know. You can shake their hands and give them a hug. Heaven knows they need it. What's more, you can share their homes, their workplaces, and their playgrounds and toys".<ref name="Tel-army"/> To Diana's disappointment, the Queen did not support this type of charity work, suggesting she get involved in "something more pleasant".<ref name=AIDSQueen/> In July 1989, she opened [[Landmark Aids Centre]] in South London.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/8920567/HIVAids-a-timeline-of-the-disease-and-its-mutations.html|title=HIV/Aids: a timeline of the disease and its mutations|work=The Telegraph|access-date=24 April 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518155321/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/8920567/HIVAids-a-timeline-of-the-disease-and-its-mutations.html?fb|archive-date=18 May 2015|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="BBC-1989">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/25/newsid_2500000/2500505.stm|title=1989: Diana opens Landmark Aids Centre|work=BBC News|access-date=21 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304220608/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/25/newsid_2500000/2500505.stm |archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> In October 1990, Diana opened Grandma's House, a home for young AIDS patients in Washington, DC.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/royalty/8992717/Princess-Dianas-charity-work-and-causes.html?image=8|title=Princess Diana's charity work and causes (image 8)|work=The Telegraph|access-date=30 January 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925122658/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/royalty/8992717/Princess-Dianas-charity-work-and-causes.html?image=8|archive-date=25 September 2015|url-access=subscription}}</ref> She was also a patron of the National AIDS Trust and regularly visited [[London Lighthouse]], which provided residential care for HIV patients (it has since merged with the [[Terrence Higgins Trust]]).<ref name="Tel-army"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://inews.co.uk/opinion/princess-diana-secret-visits-hospice-cared-hiv-1817496|title=Princess Diana's secret visits to our centre show just how deeply she cared for people living with HIV|work=i|first=Ian|last=Green|date=31 August 2022|accessdate=30 September 2022|archive-date=30 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930055759/https://inews.co.uk/opinion/princess-diana-secret-visits-hospice-cared-hiv-1817496|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1991, she hugged one patient during a visit to the AIDS ward of the [[Middlesex Hospital]],<ref name="Tel-army"/> which she had opened in 1987 as the first hospital unit dedicated to this cause in the UK.<ref name="BBC-HIV"/><ref name="Attitude-Award">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-41604668|title=Prince Harry calls for regular HIV and Aids testing|work=BBC News|date=13 October 2017|access-date=21 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021162608/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-41604668|archive-date=21 October 2017}}</ref> As the patron of [[Turning Point (charity)|Turning Point]], a health and social care organisation, Diana visited its project in London for people with HIV/AIDS in 1992.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/royalty/8992717/Princess-Dianas-charity-work-and-causes.html?image=13|title=Princess Diana's charity work and causes (image 13)|work=The Telegraph|access-date=24 April 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925122657/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/royalty/8992717/Princess-Dianas-charity-work-and-causes.html?image=13|archive-date=25 September 2015|url-access=subscription}}</ref> She later established and led fundraising campaigns for AIDS research.<ref name="robinson"/>

In March 1997, Diana visited South Africa, where she met with [[Nelson Mandela]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1997-03-18/news/9703170342_1_sling-blade-princess-diana-earl-spencer|title=Diana 'Thrilled' To Meet Mandela In South Africa|newspaper=Sun-Sentinel|access-date=30 January 2016|date=18 March 1997|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222344/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1997-03-18/news/9703170342_1_sling-blade-princess-diana-earl-spencer|archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Holt|first=William|url=https://news.yahoo.com/prince-harry-posts-photo-of-mother-and-nelson-mandela-174732962.html|title=Prince Harry posts photo of mother and Nelson Mandela|work=Yahoo|access-date=30 January 2016|date=18 July 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305015247/http://news.yahoo.com/prince-harry-posts-photo-of-mother-and-nelson-mandela-174732962.html|archive-date=5 March 2016}}</ref> On 2 November 2002, Mandela announced that the [[Nelson Mandela Children's Fund]] would be teaming up with the [[Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund]] to help people with AIDS.<ref name="Di&Nel">{{Cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2392637.stm |work=BBC News |title=Mandela and Diana charities join forces |access-date=23 May 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117095013/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2392637.stm |archive-date=17 November 2015}}</ref> They had planned the combination of the two charities a few months before her death.<ref name="Di&Nel"/> Mandela later praised Diana for her efforts surrounding the issue of HIV/AIDS: "When she stroked the limbs of someone with leprosy or sat on the bed of a man with HIV/AIDS and held his hand, she transformed public attitudes and improved the life chances of such people".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1412050/Mandela-tells-world-to-learn-from-Diana.html |work=The Telegraph |title=Mandela tells world to learn from Diana |date=3 November 2002 |access-date=23 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229015235/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1412050/Mandela-tells-world-to-learn-from-Diana.html |archive-date=29 February 2016 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Diana had used her celebrity status to "fight stigma attached to people living with HIV/AIDS", Mandela said.<ref name="Di&Nel"/>

===Landmines===
[[File:HillaryClintonandPrincessDiana1997.jpg|thumb|upright|With [[Hillary Clinton]] at the [[White House]] following a landmines campaign fund-raiser, June 1997]]
Diana was patron of the [[HALO Trust]], an organisation that removes debris—particularly landmines—left behind by war.<ref name="HALO-Patron">{{Cite news |url=http://www.halotrust.org/media-centre/news-press-releases/press-release-prince-harry-becomes-patron-halo-trusts-25th |title=Prince Harry becomes patron of the HALO Trust's 25th Anniversary Appeal |work=The HALO Trust |access-date=30 January 2016 |date=6 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015234508/http://www.halotrust.org/media-centre/news-press-releases/press-release-prince-harry-becomes-patron-halo-trusts-25th |archive-date=15 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="HALLOToday">{{Cite news |url=http://www.today.com/news/prince-harry-continues-dianas-charity-work-africa-6C10897069 |title=Prince Harry continues Diana's charitywork in Africa |work=Today |access-date=21 May 2015 |date=12 August 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524134627/http://www.today.com/news/prince-harry-continues-dianas-charity-work-africa-6C10897069 |archive-date=24 May 2015}}</ref> In January 1997, pictures of Diana touring an Angolan minefield in a ballistic helmet and [[flak jacket]] were seen worldwide.<ref name="HALO-Patron"/><ref name="HALLOToday"/> During her campaign, she was accused of meddling in politics and called a "loose cannon" by [[Frederick Curzon, 7th Earl Howe|Lord Howe]], an official in the [[British Ministry of Defence]].<ref name="mines1">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/15/newsid_2530000/2530603.stm|title=Princess Diana sparks landmines row|work=BBC News|date=15 January 1997|access-date=13 October 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307133016/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/15/newsid_2530000/2530603.stm|archive-date=7 March 2008}}</ref> Despite the criticism, HALO states that Diana's efforts resulted in raising international awareness about landmines and the subsequent sufferings caused by them.<ref name="HALO-Patron"/><ref name="HALLOToday"/> In June 1997, she gave a speech at a landmines conference held at the [[Royal Geographical Society]], and went to Washington, DC to support the [[American Red Cross]]'s anti-landmine initiative.<ref name="TeenageRoyal"/> From 7 to 10 August 1997, just days before her death, she visited Bosnia and Herzegovina with [[Jerry White (activist)|Jerry White]] and [[Ken Rutherford (political scientist)|Ken Rutherford]] of the [[Landmine Survivors Network]].<ref name="TeenageRoyal"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Diana Meets Landmine Victim in Bosnia|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/news/08/0808/diana.shtml|access-date=10 April 2015|work=BBC News|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041214072518/http://www.bbc.co.uk/politics97/news/08/0808/diana.shtml|archive-date=14 December 2004}}</ref><ref name=cnn97aug>{{cite news|title=Diana takes anti-land mine crusade to Bosnia|url=http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/08/diana/index.html|access-date=23 July 2013|work=CNN|date=8 August 1997|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131214815/http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/08/diana/index.html|archive-date=31 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19970809&id=o5xOAAAAIBAJ&pg=3349,633406|title=Diana refuels rumours of a Fayed romance|work=New Straits Times|date=9 August 1997|access-date=16 October 2016|archive-date=16 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116185308/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19970809&id=o5xOAAAAIBAJ&pg=3349,633406|url-status=live}}</ref>

Diana's work on the landmines issue has been described as influential in the signing of the [[Ottawa Treaty]], which created an international ban on the use of anti-personnel landmines.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/57JPJN|title=The background to the Ottawa process |last1=Maslen |first1=Stuart |last2=Herby |first2=Peter |date=31 December 1998 |journal=International Review of the Red Cross |volume=38 |issue=325 |pages=693–713 |doi=10.1017/S0020860400091579 |access-date=31 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513115924/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/57JPJN |archive-date=13 May 2008 |issn = 0020-8604|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Introducing the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom#Legislative functions|Second Reading]] of the Landmines [[Bill (law)|Bill]] 1998 to the [[British House of Commons]], the [[Foreign Secretary (United Kingdom)|Foreign Secretary]], [[Robin Cook]], paid tribute to Diana's work on landmines:<blockquote>All Honourable Members will be aware from their postbags of the immense contribution made by Diana, Princess of Wales to bringing home to many of our constituents the human costs of landmines. The best way in which to record our appreciation of her work, and the work of NGOs that have campaigned against landmines, is to pass the Bill, and to pave the way towards a global ban on landmines.<ref name="mine2">{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm199798/cmhansrd/vo980710/debtext/80710-01.htm#80710-01_head0|title=House of Commons Hansard Debates for 10 July 1998 (pt 1)|work=British Parliament|access-date=13 October 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930031347/http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm199798/cmhansrd/vo980710/debtext/80710-01.htm#80710-01_head0|archive-date=30 September 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref></blockquote>
A few months after Diana's death in 1997, the [[International Campaign to Ban Landmines]] won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9710/10/nobel.peace/|title=The 1997 Nobel Prizes|work=CNN|access-date=12 March 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524051244/http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9710/10/nobel.peace/|archive-date=24 May 2010}}</ref>

===Cancer===
For her first solo official trip, Diana visited [[The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust]], a cancer treatment hospital in London.<ref name="BBC-Charities"/> She later chose this charity to be among the organisations that benefited from the auction of her clothes in New York.<ref name="BBC-Charities"/> The trust's communications manager said she did "much to remove the stigma and taboo associated with diseases such as cancer, AIDS, HIV and leprosy".<ref name="BBC-Charities"/> Diana became president of the hospital on 27 June 1989.<ref name="Marsden-patron">{{cite web|url=http://www.royalmarsden.org/prince-william |title=President of The Royal Marsden |work=The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity |access-date=16 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112070633/http://www.royalmarsden.org/prince-william |archive-date=12 January 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/about-royal-marsden/how-we-run-ourselves/our-president |title=Our President |work=The Royal Marsden |access-date=16 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062810/https://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/about-royal-marsden/how-we-run-ourselves/our-president |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/media/press-releases/prince-william-becomes-president-of-the-royal-marsden-hospital |title=Prince William becomes President of the Royal Marsden Hospital |work=Official website of the Prince of Wales |date=4 May 2007 |access-date=16 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216015046/http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/media/press-releases/prince-william-becomes-president-of-the-royal-marsden-hospital |archive-date=16 February 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Wolfson Children's Cancer Unit was opened by Diana on 25 February 1993.<ref name="Marsden-patron"/> In February 1996, Diana, who had been informed about a [[Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre|newly opened cancer hospital]] built by Imran Khan, travelled to Pakistan to visit its children's cancer wards and attend a fundraising dinner in aid of the charity in [[Lahore]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/diana-flies-in-to-battle-royal-in-pakistan-1320299.html|title=Diana flies in to battle royal in Pakistan|newspaper=The Independent|first=Tim|last=McGirk|date=22 February 1996|access-date=3 March 2018|archive-date=4 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304114759/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/diana-flies-in-to-battle-royal-in-pakistan-1320299.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She later visited the hospital again in May 1997.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/princess-diana-a-photo-album/40/|title=Princess Diana: A photo album (slide 40)|work=CBS News|date=15 March 2015 |access-date=3 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708051351/http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/princess-diana-a-photo-album/37/|archive-date=8 July 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 1996, she travelled to Chicago in her capacity as president of the Royal Marsden Hospital in order to attend a fundraising event at the [[Field Museum of Natural History]] and raised more than £1&nbsp;million for cancer research.<ref name="Tel-army"/> She additionally visited patients at the [[Cook County Hospital]] and delivered remarks at a conference on breast cancer at the [[Northwestern University]] Chicago campus after meeting a group of breast cancer researchers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2018/may/princess-dianas-visit-to-northwestern-remembered-on-eve-of-royal-wedding|title=Princess Diana's visit to Northwestern remembered on eve of royal wedding|work=Northwestern Now|first=Storer|last=Rowley|date=17 May 2018|accessdate=4 March 2021|archive-date=10 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310234757/https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2018/may/princess-dianas-visit-to-northwestern-remembered-on-eve-of-royal-wedding|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 1996, after being asked by [[Katharine Graham]], Diana went to Washington and appeared at a White House breakfast in respect of the Nina Hyde Center for Breast Cancer Research.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/diana/gallery/di_photo13.htm|title=Diana Photo Gallery (13)|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=17 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218063206/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/diana/gallery/di_photo13.htm|archive-date=18 February 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref> She also attended an annual fund-raiser for breast cancer research organised by ''[[The Washington Post]]'' at the same centre.<ref name="robinson"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/diana/gallery/di_photo15.htm|title=Diana Photo Gallery (15)|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=17 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327060826/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/diana/gallery/di_photo15.htm|archive-date=27 March 2016|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

In 1988, Diana opened Children with Leukaemia (later renamed Children with Cancer UK) in memory of two young cancer victims.<ref name="leukaemia-1">{{cite web|url=http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/our-story |title=Our history |work=Children with Cancer UK |access-date=16 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305000114/http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/our-story |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="leukaemia-2">{{cite web|url=http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/anniversary |title=27 years of saving young lives |work=Children with Cancer UK |date=16 November 2015 |access-date=16 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305175530/http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/anniversary |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="leukaemia-3">{{cite web|url=http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/diana-princess-of-wales |title=Diana, Princess of Wales |work=Children with Cancer UK |access-date=16 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305135335/http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/diana-princess-of-wales |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In November 1987, a few days after the death of Jean O'Gorman from cancer, Diana met her family.<ref name="leukaemia-1"/><ref name="leukaemia-2"/> The deaths of Jean and her brother affected her and she assisted their family to establish the charity.<ref name="leukaemia-1"/><ref name="leukaemia-2"/><ref name="leukaemia-3"/> It was opened by her on 12 January 1988 at Mill Hill Secondary School, and she supported it until her death in 1997.<ref name="leukaemia-1"/><ref name="leukaemia-3"/>

===Other areas===
In November 1989, Diana visited a leprosy hospital in Indonesia.<ref name="BBC-Bio">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/ob-divorce.html|title=The Life of Diana, Princess of Wales 1961–1997|work=BBC News|access-date=10 May 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202131756/http://www.bbc.co.uk/politics97/diana/ob-divorce.html|archive-date=2 December 2010}}</ref><ref name=AIDSQueen/> Following her visit, she became patron of the Leprosy Mission, an organisation dedicated to providing medicine, treatment, and other support services to those who are afflicted with the disease. She remained the patron of this charity<ref name=RemainingCharities/> and visited several of its hospitals around the world, especially in India, Nepal, Zimbabwe and Nigeria until her death in 1997.<ref name="Tel-army"/><ref name=LeprosyMission>{{Cite web|url=http://www.leprosymission.org.uk/about-us-and-leprosy/our-history/diana-princess-of-wales.aspx|title=Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997)|work=The Leprosy Mission|access-date=30 January 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201005943/http://www.leprosymission.org.uk/about-us-and-leprosy/our-history/diana-princess-of-wales.aspx|archive-date=1 February 2016}}</ref> She touched those affected by the disease when many people believed it could be contracted through casual contact.<ref name="Tel-army"/><ref name="BBC-Bio"/> "It has always been my concern to touch people with leprosy, trying to show in a simple action that they are not reviled, nor are we repulsed", she commented.<ref name=LeprosyMission/> The Diana Princess of Wales Health Education and Media Centre in Noida, India, was opened in her honour in November 1999, funded by the Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fund to give social support to the people affected by leprosy and disability.<ref name=LeprosyMission/>

Diana was a long-standing and active supporter of Centrepoint, a charity that provides accommodation and support to homeless people, and became patron in 1992.<ref name="Centrepoint-patron">{{Cite web |title=Our Patron Prince William |url=http://centrepoint.org.uk/about-us/our-patron |work=Centrepoint |access-date=21 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520162920/http://centrepoint.org.uk/about-us/our-patron |archive-date=20 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=William becomes patron of the homeless |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1498374/William-becomes-patron-of-the-homeless.html |newspaper=The Telegraph |access-date=21 May 2015 |date=14 September 2005 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524140319/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1498374/William-becomes-patron-of-the-homeless.html |archive-date=24 May 2015|url-access=subscription}}</ref> She supported organisations that battle poverty and homelessness, including [[The Passage (charity)|the Passage]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/royals/prince-william-marks-40th-anniversary-of-the-passage-beloved-princess-diana-charity/|title=Prince William Celebrates a Cause Princess Diana Inspired Him and Prince Harry to Support Decades Ago|magazine=People|first=Simon|last=Perry|date=30 September 2021|accessdate=30 September 2021|archive-date=30 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930193035/https://people.com/royals/prince-william-marks-40th-anniversary-of-the-passage-beloved-princess-diana-charity/|url-status=live}}</ref> Diana was a supporter of young homeless people and spoke out on behalf of them by saying that "they deserve a decent start in life".<ref name="Homeless-Charity">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19951208&id=OUAgAAAAIBAJ&pg=6755,2434043|work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|title=People Princess Diana speaks out for homeless young|date=8 December 1995|access-date=31 January 2016|archive-date=21 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021011719/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19951208&id=OUAgAAAAIBAJ&pg=6755,2434043|url-status=live}}</ref> "We, as a part of society, must ensure that young people—who are our future—are given the chance they deserve", she said.<ref name="Homeless-Charity"/> Diana used to take young William and Harry for private visits to Centrepoint services and homeless shelters.<ref name="robinson"/><ref name="Centrepoint-patron"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/23/charities-must-work-together-risk-confusing-donors-prince-william/|title=Charities must work together or risk confusing donors, Prince William warns|newspaper=The Telegraph|first=Hannah|last=Furness|date=23 January 2018|access-date=24 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124092949/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/23/charities-must-work-together-risk-confusing-donors-prince-william/|archive-date=24 January 2018|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref> "The young people at Centrepoint were always really touched by her visits and by her genuine feelings for them", said one of the charity's staff members.<ref name="BBC-Criticism"/> William later became the patron of Centrepoint.<ref name="Centrepoint-patron"/>

[[File:Diana visiting drug squad.jpg|thumb|left|Visiting the drug squad of the [[West Midlands Police]], 1987]]
Diana was a staunch and longtime supporter of charities and organisations that focused on social and mental issues, including [[Relate]] and Turning Point.<ref name="Tel-army"/> Relate was relaunched in 1987 as a renewed version to its predecessor, the National Marriage Guidance Council. Diana became its patron in 1989.<ref name="Tel-army"/> Turning Point, a health and social care organisation, was founded in 1964 to help and support those affected by drug and alcohol misuse and mental health problems. She became the charity's patron in 1987 and visited the charity on a regular basis, meeting the sufferers at its centres or institutions including [[Rampton Secure Hospital|Rampton]] and [[Broadmoor]].<ref name="Tel-army"/> In 1990 during a speech for Turning Point she said, "It takes professionalism to convince a doubting public that it should accept back into its midst many of those diagnosed as psychotics, neurotics and other sufferers who Victorian communities decided should be kept out of sight in the safety of mental institutions".<ref name="Tel-army"/> Despite the protocol problems of travelling to a Muslim country, she made a trip to Pakistan in 1991 in order to visit a rehabilitation centre in Lahore as a sign of "her commitment to working against drug abuse".<ref name="Tel-army"/>

==Privacy and legal issues==
In November 1980, the ''[[Sunday Mirror]]'' ran a story claiming that Charles had used the [[British Royal Train|Royal Train]] twice for secret love rendezvous with Diana, prompting the palace to issue a statement, calling the story "a total fabrication" and demanding an apology.<ref name="November-80">{{cite magazine|url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,922178,00.html|title=Press: Royal Pain|magazine=Time|date=8 December 1980|access-date=7 May 2021|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507215735/http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,922178,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/22/Another-round-in-Prince-Charles-matrimonial-sweepstakes/3429343717200/|title=Another round in Prince Charles' matrimonial sweepstakes|work=United Press International|date=22 November 1980|accessdate=7 May 2021|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507215734/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/22/Another-round-in-Prince-Charles-matrimonial-sweepstakes/3429343717200/|url-status=live}}</ref> The newspaper editors, however, insisted that the woman boarding the train was Diana and declined to apologise.<ref name="November-80"/> In February 1982, pictures of a pregnant Diana in bikini while holidaying were published in the media. The Queen subsequently released a statement and called it "the blackest day in the history of British journalism".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3868403.stm|title=Timeline: Diana, Princess of Wales|work=BBC News|date=5 July 2004|access-date=29 May 2018|archive-date=30 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430051849/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3868403.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1993 [[Mirror Group Newspapers]] (MGN) published photographs of Diana that were taken by gym owner Bryce Taylor. The photos showed her exercising in the gym [[LA Fitness]] wearing "a leotard and cycling shorts".<ref name="BBC-Gym">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/9/newsid_2515000/2515739.stm|title=1993: Diana sues over gym photos|work=BBC News|access-date=5 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326213607/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/9/newsid_2515000/2515739.stm|archive-date=26 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="Independent-Gym">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/gym-owner-defends-princess-pictures-bryce-taylor-says-98-per-cent-of-people-would-also-have-tried-1504800.html|title=Gym owner defends Princess pictures: Bryce Taylor says 98 per cent of people would also have tried his 'legal scam' to make money|work=The Independent|date=17 November 1993|access-date=5 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205183619/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/gym-owner-defends-princess-pictures-bryce-taylor-says-98-per-cent-of-people-would-also-have-tried-1504800.html|archive-date=5 February 2017}}</ref> Diana's lawyers immediately filed a criminal complaint that sought "a permanent ban on the sale and publication of the photographs" around the world.<ref name="BBC-Gym"/><ref name="Independent-Gym"/> However, some newspapers outside the UK published the pictures.<ref name="BBC-Gym"/> The courts granted an injunction against Taylor and MGN that prohibited "further publication of the pictures".<ref name="BBC-Gym"/> MGN later issued an apology after facing much criticism from the public and gave Diana £1&nbsp;million as a payment for her legal costs, while donating £200,000 to her charities.<ref name="BBC-Gym"/> LA Fitness issued its own apology in June 1994, which was followed by Taylor apologising in February 1995 and giving up the £300,000 he had made from the sale of pictures in an out-of-court settlement about a week before the case was set to start.<ref name="BBC-Gym"/> It was alleged that a member of the royal family had helped him financially to settle out of court.<ref name="BBC-Gym"/>

In 1994 pictures of Diana sunbathing topless at a [[Costa del Sol]] hotel were put up for sale by a Spanish photography agency for a price of £1 million.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1994/05/04/Topless-Princess-Di-photos-up-for-sale/9689768024000/|title=Topless Princess Di photos up for sale|work=United Press International|date=4 May 1994|accessdate=17 July 2022}}</ref> In 1996, a set of pictures of a topless Diana while sunbathing appeared in the ''Mirror'', which resulted in "a furor about invasion of privacy".<ref name="Brown-Mar22"/> In the same year, she was the subject of a hoax call by [[Victor Lewis-Smith]], who pretended to be [[Stephen Hawking]], though the full recorded conversation was never released.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2020/03/11/history-royal-hoaxes-harry-diana-queen/|title=A history of royal hoaxes – from Harry to Diana and the Queen|work=The Telegraph|first=Alice|last=Hall|date=11 March 2020|accessdate=17 July 2022|url-access=subscription|archive-date=18 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718025217/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2020/03/11/history-royal-hoaxes-harry-diana-queen/|url-status=live}}</ref> Also in 1996, [[Stuart Higgins]] of ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]'' wrote a front-page story about an intimate video purporting to feature Diana with James Hewitt. The video turned out to be a hoax, forcing Higgins to issue an apology.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/gotcha-sun-says-diana-tape-was-a-fake-1357459.html|title=Gotcha! 'Sun' says Diana tape was a fake|work=The Independent|first1=Vanessa|last1=Thorpe|first2=Marianne|last2=Macdonald|date=8 October 1996|accessdate=27 November 2022|archive-date=26 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326035126/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/gotcha-sun-says-diana-tape-was-a-fake-1357459.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/soaking-up-the-sun-1358192.html|title=Soaking up the Sun|work=The Independent|first=Andy|last=Beckett|date=13 October 1996|accessdate=27 November 2022|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305154427/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/soaking-up-the-sun-1358192.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Death==
{{Main|Death of Diana, Princess of Wales}}

[[File:Alma tunnel Paris.jpg|thumb|East entrance to the [[Pont de l'Alma]] tunnel, where Diana was fatally injured]]
Diana died on 31 August 1997, aged 36, as a result of injuries sustained in a car crash in the [[Pont de l'Alma]] tunnel in Paris while her driver was fleeing the [[paparazzi]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/31/newsid_2510000/2510615.stm|title=1997: Princess Diana dies in Paris crash|work=BBC News|access-date=29 May 2018|archive-date=24 January 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124004738/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/31/newsid_2510000/2510615.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> She was taken to [[Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital]] around 2:00&nbsp;am and was pronounced dead at approximately 4:00&nbsp;am.<ref>{{cite web |title=The True Story of Princess Diana's Death |date=16 November 2023 |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a45737126/princess-diana-death-true-story-explained/}}</ref> The crash also claimed the lives her companion Dodi Fayed and their driver, [[Henri Paul]], who was also acting security manager of the [[Hôtel Ritz Paris]]. [[Trevor Rees-Jones (bodyguard)|Trevor Rees-Jones]], a bodyguard employed by Dodi's father,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/the-guarded-words-of-trevor-rees-jones-1.255106|title=The guarded words of Trevor Rees-Jones|date=13 March 2000|website=Irish Times|access-date=16 January 2021|archive-date=21 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921205230/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/the-guarded-words-of-trevor-rees-jones-1.255106|url-status=live}}</ref> survived with a serious head injury. The televised funeral, on 6 September, was watched by a British audience that peaked at 32.1{{nbsp}}million, one of the [[List of most watched television broadcasts in the United Kingdom#Most watched special events|highest viewing figures ever]] recorded in the United Kingdom, and by a United States audience that peaked at 50 million.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16671101|title=Tracking 30 years of TV's most watched programmes|work=BBC News |date=22 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118055431/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16671101|archive-date=18 January 2015|access-date=21 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eIAfAAAAIBAJ&dq=princess+diana+nbc+50+million&pg=PA13&article_id=1649,4446272 |title=Networks: 50 million tuned in to Diana's funeral |work=The Associated Press |date=8 September 1997 |access-date=10 May 2024}}</ref> The event was broadcast to more than 200 countries and seen by an estimated 2.5 billion people worldwide.<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 September 1997 |title=Audience for Princess Diana's funeral estimated at 2.5 billion people worldwide |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/journal-and-courier-audience-for-princes/98800623/ |access-date=10 May 2024 |work=Journal and Courier |page=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=6 September 1997 |title=Diana's funeral watched by millions on television |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/6/newsid_2502000/2502307.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307133005/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/6/newsid_2502000/2502307.stm |archive-date=7 March 2008 |access-date=13 October 2008 |work=BBC News}}</ref>

===Tribute, funeral, and burial===
{{further|Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales|Althorp#Diana grave, memorial, and exhibition}}
[[File:Flowers for Princess Diana's Funeral.jpg|thumb|left|Flowers outside [[Kensington Palace]]]]
The sudden and unexpected death of an extraordinarily popular royal figure brought statements from senior figures worldwide and many tributes by members of the public.<ref>{{cite news|title=World Reaction to Diana's Death|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/worldreax.html|access-date=26 May 2015|newspaper=BBC News|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041126033518/http://www.bbc.co.uk/politics97/diana/worldreax.html|archive-date=26 November 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/world.html|title=World Remembers Diana|work=BBC News|access-date=25 May 2018|archive-date=22 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822012540/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/world.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/feedold35.html|title=Your Thoughts|work=BBC News|access-date=2 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227173152/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/feedold35.html|archive-date=27 February 2017}}</ref> People left flowers, candles, cards, and personal messages outside Kensington Palace for many months. Diana's coffin, draped with the royal flag, was brought to London from Paris by Charles and her two sisters on 31 August 1997.<ref name=cnn31aug>{{cite news|title=Princess Diana's body comes home|url=http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/31/diana.8pm.update/|access-date=23 July 2013|newspaper=CNN|date=31 August 1997|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110183215/http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/31/diana.8pm.update/|archive-date=10 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Prince Charles Arrives in Paris to Take Diana's Body Home|url=http://partners.nytimes.com/library/world/diana/uk-diana-crash-updated.html|access-date=5 May 2014|date=31 August 1997|newspaper=The New York Times|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206170457/http://partners.nytimes.com/library/world/diana/uk-diana-crash-updated.html|archive-date=6 December 2013}}</ref> The coffin was taken to a private mortuary and then placed in the Chapel Royal, [[St James's Palace]].<ref name=cnn31aug/>

[[File:Diana's funeral.jpg|thumb|Diana's coffin, draped in the [[Royal Standard of the United Kingdom|royal standard]] with [[Ermine (heraldry)|ermine]] border, borne through London to [[Westminster Abbey]]]]
On 5 September, Queen Elizabeth II paid tribute to Diana in a live television broadcast.<ref name="TeenageRoyal"/> The funeral took place in Westminster Abbey on 6 September. Her sons walked in the funeral procession behind her coffin, along with the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh, Diana's brother Lord Spencer, and representatives of some of her charities.<ref name="TeenageRoyal"/> Lord Spencer said of his sister, "She proved in the last year that she needed no royal title to continue to generate her particular brand of magic."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2007/may/04/greatspeeches|title=The most hunted person of the modern age|date=4 May 2007|access-date=27 June 2011|work=The Guardian|location=London|first=Earl|last=Spencer|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227062140/http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2007/may/04/greatspeeches|archive-date=27 December 2013}}</ref> Re-written in tribute to Diana, "[[Candle in the Wind 1997]]" was performed by Elton John at the funeral service (the only occasion the song has been performed live).<ref name="Live performance"/> Released as a single in 1997, the global proceeds from the song have gone to Diana's charities.<ref name="Live performance">{{cite magazine|last=Lynch|first=Joe|title=17 Years Ago, Elton John's 'Candle In the Wind 1997' Started Its 14-Week No. 1 Run|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6281519/elton-john-candle-in-the-wind-1997-no-1-anniversary|magazine=Billboard|date=11 October 2014|access-date=24 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118232145/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6281519/elton-john-candle-in-the-wind-1997-no-1-anniversary|archive-date=18 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/09/world/millions-of-dollars-pouring-in-to-diana-s-favorite-charities.html|title=Millions of Dollars Pouring In To Diana's Favorite Charities|work=The New York Times|last=Ibrahim|first=Youssef M.|date=9 September 1997|access-date=4 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104162857/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/09/world/millions-of-dollars-pouring-in-to-diana-s-favorite-charities.html|archive-date=4 January 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9711/19/showbuzz/|title=Elton John delivers proceeds to Diana charity|work=CNN|date=19 November 1997|access-date=4 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041201061646/http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9711/19/showbuzz/|archive-date=1 December 2004}}</ref>

[[File:The Lake at Althorp with the Diana memorial beyond - geograph.org.uk - 1174863.jpg|thumb|Round Oval lake at [[Lake Round Oval|Althorp]] with the Diana memorial beyond]]
The burial took place privately later the same day. Diana's former husband, sons, mother, siblings, a close friend, and a clergyman were present. Diana's body was clothed in a black long-sleeved dress designed by [[Catherine Walker (fashion designer)|Catherine Walker]], which she had chosen some weeks before. A set of [[rosary]] beads that she had received from Mother Teresa was placed in her hands. Diana's grave is on an island within the grounds of Althorp Park, the Spencer family home for centuries.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/althorp.html|title=Diana Returns Home|work=BBC News|access-date=29 June 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202150815/http://www.bbc.co.uk/politics97/diana/althorp.html|archive-date=2 December 2010}}</ref>

The burial party was provided by the 2nd Battalion [[the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment]], who carried Diana's coffin across to the island and laid her to rest. Diana was the Regiment's [[Colonel-in-Chief]] from 1992 to 1996.<ref name=army/> The original plan was for Diana to be buried in the Spencer family vault at the local church in nearby [[Great Brington]], but Lord Spencer said he was concerned about public safety and security and the onslaught of visitors that might overwhelm Great Brington. He decided Diana would be buried where her grave could be easily cared for and visited in privacy by William, Harry, and other relatives.<ref name=sht6sep>{{cite news|title=Burial site offers princess a privacy elusive in life|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=doAfAAAAIBAJ&pg=6658,1380599&dq=burial+of+princess+diana|access-date=29 June 2015|newspaper=Sarasota Herald Tribune|date=6 September 1997|archive-date=20 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820221636/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=doAfAAAAIBAJ&pg=6658,1380599&dq=burial+of+princess+diana|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Conspiracy theories, inquest and verdict===
{{Main|Conspiracy theories about the death of Diana, Princess of Wales}}

The initial French judicial investigation concluded that the crash was caused by Paul's [[Driving under the influence|intoxication]], reckless driving, speeding, and effects of prescription drugs.<ref name="http1999">{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/09/04/ndi04.html |title=Diana crash caused by chauffeur, says report |work=The Telegraph |location=London |date=4 September 1999 |issue=1562 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080522130924/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=%2Farchive%2F1999%2F09%2F04%2Fndi04.html |archive-date=22 May 2008 |first=Peter |last=Oborne |url-status=dead |url-access=subscription}}</ref> In February 1998, Mohamed Al-Fayed, father of Dodi Fayed, publicly said the crash, which killed his son, had been planned,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/55800.stm |title=Diana crash was a conspiracy&nbsp;– Al Fayed |work=BBC News |date=12 February 1998 |access-date=13 October 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081214212517/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/55800.stm |archive-date=14 December 2008 }}</ref> and accused [[MI6]] and the Duke of Edinburgh.<ref name="BBC News-2008">{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7251568.stm |title=Point-by-point: Al Fayed's claims |work=BBC News |date=19 February 2008 |access-date=13 October 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112201131/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7251568.stm |archive-date=12 January 2009 }}</ref> An inquest, which started in London in 2004 and continued in 2007 and 2008,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottbaker-inquests.gov.uk/faq/#1 |title=Inquests into the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales and Mr Dodi Al Fayed|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090322061844/http://www.scottbaker-inquests.gov.uk/faq/|archive-date=22 March 2009|work=Judicial Communications Office|access-date=7 December 2011}}</ref> attributed the crash to grossly negligent driving by Paul and to the pursuing paparazzi, who forced Paul to speed into the tunnel.<ref name="inquest1">{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7328754.stm |title=Princess Diana unlawfully killed |work=BBC News |date=7 April 2008 |access-date=13 October 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111214755/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7328754.stm |archive-date=11 January 2009 }}</ref> In 2003 Diana's butler Paul Burrell published a note that he claimed had been written by Diana in 1995, in which there were allegations that Charles was "planning 'an accident' in [Diana's] car, brake failure and serious head injury", so that he could remarry.<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 October 2003 |title=Diana letter 'warned of car plot' |publisher=CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/10/20/diana.letter |url-status=dead |accessdate=14 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031212002303/http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/10/20/diana.letter |archive-date=12 December 2003}}; {{Cite news |last=Eleftheriou-Smith |first=Loulla-Mae |date=30 August 2017 |title=Princess Diana letter claims Prince Charles was 'planning an accident' in her car just 10 months before fatal crash |work=The Independent (UK) |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/princess-diana-death-letter-prince-charles-accident-plan-car-paris-tunnel-crash-10-months-a7918671.html |url-status=live |access-date=14 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012172116/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/princess-diana-death-letter-prince-charles-accident-plan-car-paris-tunnel-crash-10-months-a7918671.html |archive-date=12 October 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She had allegedly expressed similar concerns in October 1995 to [[Victor Mishcon, Baron Mishcon|Lord Mishcon]], her solicitor, that "reliable sources" had told her "that she and Camilla would be put aside" for Charles to marry Tiggy Legge-Bourke.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rayner |first=Gordon |date=20 December 2007 |title=Princess Diana letter: 'Charles plans to kill me' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1573170/Princess-Diana-letter-Charles-plans-to-kill-me.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1573170/Princess-Diana-letter-Charles-plans-to-kill-me.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |access-date=28 November 2020 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref> When questioned by the [[Metropolitan Police]] inquiry team as a part of [[Operation Paget]], Charles told the authorities that he did not know about his former wife's note from 1995 and could not understand why she had those feelings.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Badshah |first=Nadeem |date=19 June 2021 |title=Police interviewed Prince Charles over 'plot to kill Diana' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jun/19/former-met-chief-interviewed-prince-charles-over-alleged-plot-to-kill-diana |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210619105520/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jun/19/former-met-chief-interviewed-prince-charles-over-alleged-plot-to-kill-diana |archive-date=19 June 2021 |access-date=8 September 2021 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> On 7 April 2008, the jury returned a verdict of "unlawful killing". On the day after the final verdict of the inquest, Al-Fayed announced that he would end his 10-year campaign to establish that the tragedy was murder; he said he did so for the sake of Diana's children.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7337789.stm |title=Al Fayed abandons Diana campaign |work=BBC News |date=8 April 2008 |access-date=16 January 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306004036/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7337789.stm |archive-date=6 March 2012 }}</ref>

===Later events===
====Finances====
Following her death, Diana left a £21&nbsp;million estate, "netting £17 million after estate taxes", which were left in the hands of trustees, her mother, and her sister Sarah.<ref name="Forbes-Estate">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/trialandheirs/2014/09/16/as-remainder-of-princess-dianas-estate-passes-to-harry-troubling-questions-remain/#70c54e85f052|title=As Remainder Of Princess Diana's Estate Passes To Harry, Troubling Questions Remain|magazine=Forbes|first1=Danielle|last1=Mayoras|first2=Andy|last2=Mayoras|access-date=3 December 2023|archive-date=4 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230904091211/https://www.forbes.com/sites/trialandheirs/2014/09/16/as-remainder-of-princess-dianas-estate-passes-to-harry-troubling-questions-remain/#70c54e85f052|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CNN-Will">{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9803/04/diana.will/|title=Diana's will: The full text|work=CNN|date=4 March 1998|access-date=2 June 2018|archive-date=8 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180608182624/http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9803/04/diana.will/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The will was signed in June 1993, but Diana had it modified in February 1996 to remove the name of her personal secretary from the list of trustees and have Sarah replace him.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thebalance.com/what-does-princess-diana-s-will-say-3505096|title=What Does Princess Diana's Will Say?|work=The Balance|first=Julie|last=Garber|date=31 May 2018|access-date=2 June 2018|archive-date=4 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504004214/https://www.thebalance.com/what-does-princess-diana-s-will-say-3505096|url-status=live}}</ref> After applying personal and inheritance taxes, a net estate of £12.9&nbsp;million was left to be distributed among the beneficiaries.<ref name="BBC-Finances">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/61285.stm|title=Diana leaves £21m|work=BBC News|date=2 March 1998|access-date=9 January 2020|archive-date=1 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001161318/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/61285.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> Her two sons subsequently inherited the majority of her estate. Each of them was left with £6.5 million, which was invested and gathered substantial interest, and an estimated £10 million was given to each son upon turning 30 years old in 2012 and 2014 respectively.<ref name="Tel-Estate">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/diana/11069069/What-will-Prince-Harry-and-Prince-William-inherit-from-Princess-Diana.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/diana/11069069/What-will-Prince-Harry-and-Prince-William-inherit-from-Princess-Diana.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=What will Prince Harry and Prince William inherit from Princess Diana?|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=1 September 2014|access-date=2 June 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/08/princess-diana-foresaw-prince-harrys-departure-royal-family/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/08/princess-diana-foresaw-prince-harrys-departure-royal-family/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Princess Diana foresaw Prince Harry's departure from Royal family, Duke claims|work=The Telegraph|first=Josie|last=Ensor|date=8 March 2021|accessdate=8 March 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Many of Diana's possessions were initially left in the care of her brother, who put them on show in Althorp twice a year until they were returned to Diana's sons.<ref name="Tel-Estate"/><ref name="Forbes-Estate"/> They were also put on display in American museums and {{as of|2011|lc=y}} raised two million dollars for charities.<ref name="Forbes-Estate"/> Among the objects were her dresses and suits along with numerous family paintings and jewels.<ref name="Tel-Estate"/> Diana's engagement ring and her yellow gold watch were given to William and Harry, respectively. William later passed the ring to his wife, [[Catherine Middleton]]. Her wedding dress was also given to her sons.<ref name="Tel-Estate"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/princess-diana-wedding-dress-exhibition-scli-intl-gbr/index.html|title=Princess Diana's wedding dress to go on display after William and Harry agree to loan|work=CNN|first=Rob|last=Picheta|date=27 April 2021|accessdate=28 April 2021|archive-date=27 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427142221/https://www.cnn.com/style/article/princess-diana-wedding-dress-exhibition-scli-intl-gbr/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Vogue-ring">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/british-royal-family-engagement-rings#5|title=A Close Look at the British Royal Family's Engagement Rings|date=13 March 2017|magazine=Vogue|access-date=15 May 2018|archive-date=19 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819124907/https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/british-royal-family-engagement-rings#5|url-status=live}}</ref>

In addition to her will,<ref name="CNN-Will"/> Diana had written a letter of wishes in which she had asked for three-quarters of her personal property to be given to her sons, and dividing the remaining quarter (aside from the jewellery) among her 17 godchildren.<ref name="Forbes-Estate"/> Despite Diana's wishes, the executors (her mother and sister) "petitioned the probate court for a 'variance' of the will", and the letter of wishes was ignored "because it did not contain certain language required by British law".<ref name="Forbes-Estate"/> Eventually, one item from Diana's estate was given to each of her godchildren, while they would have received £100,000 each if a quarter of her estate had been divided between them.<ref name="Forbes-Estate"/> The variance also delayed the distribution of her estate to her sons until they reached age 30.  (It had originally been set at age 25.)<ref name="Forbes-Estate"/><ref name="CNN-Will"/>   Diana also left her butler Paul Burrell around £50,000 in cash.<ref name="BBC-Finances"/><ref name="CNN-Will"/>

====Subject of US government surveillance====
In 1999, after the submission of a [[Freedom of Information Act (United States)|Freedom of Information]] request by the Internet news service ''apbonline.com'', it was revealed that Diana had been placed under surveillance by the [[National Security Agency]] until her death, and the organisation kept a [[Classified information#Top Secret (TS)|top secret]] file on her containing more than 1,000 pages.<ref name="wapodiana">{{cite news|first=Vernon|last=Loeb|title=NSA Admits to Spying on Princess Diana|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/daily/dec98/diana12.htm|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=29 January 2018|date=12 December 1998|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109051540/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/daily/dec98/diana12.htm|archive-date=9 November 2017|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="nsa-guardian">{{cite news|title=Top secret US files could hold clues to death of Diana|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/jan/11/monarchy.jamiedoward|newspaper=The Guardian|date=11 January 2004|access-date=29 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108062410/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/jan/11/monarchy.jamiedoward|archive-date=8 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The contents of Diana's NSA file cannot be disclosed because of [[national security]] concerns.<ref name="wapodiana"/> The NSA officials insisted Diana was not a "target of [their] massive, worldwide electronic eavesdropping infrastructure".<ref name="wapodiana"/> Despite multiple inquiries for the files to be declassified—with one of the notable ones being filed by Mohamed Al-Fayed—the NSA has refused to release the documents.<ref name="nsa-guardian"/>

In 2008, Ken Wharfe, a former bodyguard of Diana, claimed that her scandalous conversations with James Gilbey (commonly referred to as  Squidgygate) were in fact recorded by the [[GCHQ]], which intentionally released them on a "loop".<ref name="gchqdiana">{{cite news|first=Nick|last=Allen|title=Diana's Squidgygate tapes 'leaked by GCHQ'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1575117/Dianas-Squidgygate-tapes-leaked-by-GCHQ.html|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=29 January 2018|date=9 January 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903193451/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1575117/Dianas-Squidgygate-tapes-leaked-by-GCHQ.html|archive-date=3 September 2017|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref> People close to Diana believed the action was intended to defame her.<ref name="gchqdiana"/> Wharfe said Diana herself believed that members of the royal family were all being monitored, though he also stated that the main reason for it could be the potential threats of the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]].<ref name="gchqdiana"/>

====Anniversaries, commemorations, and auctions====
On the first anniversary of Diana's death, people left flowers and bouquets outside the gates of Kensington Palace and a memorial service was held at Westminster Abbey.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/161493.stm|title=Diana: the people pay tribute|work=BBC News|date=31 August 1998|access-date=29 May 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612113904/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/161493.stm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/161283.stm|title=Prayers for Diana|work=BBC News|date=30 August 1998|access-date=29 May 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612115451/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/161283.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> The royal family and Tony Blair and his family went to [[Crathie Kirk]] for private prayers, while Diana's family held a private memorial service at Althorp.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/161464.stm|title=Princes say thank you|work=BBC News|date=31 August 1998|access-date=29 May 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612114428/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/161464.stm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/161058.stm|title=Commemorating Diana|work=BBC News|date=30 August 1998|access-date=29 May 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612114241/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/161058.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> All [[flags at Buckingham Palace]] and other royal residences were flown at [[half-mast]] on the Queen's orders.<ref name="BBC-flags">{{cite news|title=Flags at half mast for Diana|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/138289.stm|date=23 July 1998|work=BBC News|access-date=17 March 2018|archive-date=29 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729233907/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/138289.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Union Jack]] was first lowered to half-mast on the day of Diana's funeral and has set a precedent, as based on the previous protocol no flag could ever fly at half-mast over the palace "even on the death of a monarch".<ref name="BBC-flags"/> Since 1997, however, the Union Flag (but not the [[Royal Standard of the United Kingdom|Royal Standard]]) has flown at half-mast upon the deaths of members of the royal family, and other times of national mourning.<ref>{{cite book|title=Constitutional and Administrative Law: Text with Materials|author=David Pollard, Neil|page=22|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2007|isbn=978-0-199-28637-9}}</ref>

[[File:EltonJohnDianaConcert.JPG|thumb|Elton John performing at the Concert for Diana, 2007]]
The [[Concert for Diana]] at [[Wembley Stadium]] was held on 1 July 2007. The event, organised by Princes William and Harry, celebrated the 46th anniversary of their mother's birth and occurred a few weeks before the 10th anniversary of her death on 31 August.<ref name="Diana Concert">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6257986.stm|title=Diana concert a 'perfect tribute'|work=BBC News|access-date=25 August 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825150220/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6257986.stm|archive-date=25 August 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fconcertfordiana |title=Concert for Diana |work=BBC News |access-date=18 May 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330170353/http://www.bbc.co.uk/concertfordiana/ |archive-date=30 March 2015 }}</ref> The proceeds from this event were donated to Diana's charities.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fconcertfordiana%2Ffeatures%2Fabout.shtml |title=What is the Concert for Diana? |work=BBC News |access-date=23 April 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017214644/http://www.bbc.co.uk/concertfordiana/features/about.shtml |archive-date=17 October 2015 }}</ref> On 31 August 2007, a service of thanksgiving for Diana took place in the [[Guards' Chapel, Wellington Barracks|Guards' Chapel]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1561780/Princes-lead-Diana-memorial-service-tributes.html|title=Princes lead Diana memorial service tributes|work=The Telegraph|access-date=18 May 2015|date=31 August 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519100046/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1561780/Princes-lead-Diana-memorial-service-tributes.html|archive-date=19 May 2015|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Among the 500 guests were members of the royal family and their relatives, members of the Spencer family, her godparents and godchildren, members of her wedding party, her close friends and aides, representatives from many of her charities, [[Gordon Brown]], Tony Blair and John Major, and friends from the entertainment world such as [[David Frost]], Elton John, and [[Cliff Richard]].<ref name="memorial-detail"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royal.uk/princes-lead-service-thanksgiving-diana-princess-wales|title=Princes to lead Service of Thanksgiving for Diana, Princess of Wales|work=The Royal Family|date=28 August 2007|accessdate=11 April 2022|archive-date=25 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525014156/https://www.royal.uk/princes-lead-service-thanksgiving-diana-princess-wales|url-status=live}}</ref>

In January 2017, a series of letters that Diana and other members of the royal family had written to a Buckingham Palace steward were sold as a part of a collection.<ref name="Steward-letters">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38508089|title=Handwritten Diana letters sell for £15,100 at auction|work=BBC News|date=5 January 2017|access-date=31 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207040334/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38508089|archive-date=7 February 2017}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph-StewardLetters">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/06/princess-diana-letters-prince-harry-getting-trouble-school-sell/|title=Princess Diana's letters about Prince Harry getting into trouble at school sell for five times more than expected|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=6 January 2017|access-date=31 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113192751/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/06/princess-diana-letters-prince-harry-getting-trouble-school-sell/|archive-date=13 January 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The six letters written by Diana raised £15,100.<ref name="Steward-letters"/><ref name="Telegraph-StewardLetters"/> Another collection of 40 letters written by Diana between 1990 and 1997 were sold for £67,900 at an auction in 2021.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-56435673|title=Princess Diana's handwritten letters fetch £67,900|work=BBC News|date=18 March 2021|accessdate=27 March 2021|archive-date=22 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322174315/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-56435673|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2023, two of Diana's friends put 32 highly personal letters and cards written by her while she was going through her divorce up for auction, announcing that proceeds of the sale would be donated to charities associated with them or Diana.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/dianas-letters-reveal-strain-of-her-divorce-with-charles-09tcnsbld|title=Diana's letters reveal strain of her divorce with Charles|work=The Times|first=Kieran|last=Gair|date=1 February 2023|access-date=6 February 2023|archive-date=6 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206220034/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dianas-letters-reveal-strain-of-her-divorce-with-charles-09tcnsbld|url-status=live}}</ref>

"Diana: Her Fashion Story", an exhibition of gowns and suits worn by Diana, was announced to be opened at Kensington Palace in February 2017 as a tribute to mark her 20th death anniversary, with her favourite dresses created by numerous fashion designers being displayed until the next year.<ref name="Guardian-Ex">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2016/nov/16/princess-diana-fashion-exhibition-to-feature-classic-outfits-from-80s-and-90s|title=Princess Diana fashion exhibition to feature classic outfits from 80s and 90s|work=The Guardian|date=16 November 2016|access-date=31 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129200104/https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2016/nov/16/princess-diana-fashion-exhibition-to-feature-classic-outfits-from-80s-and-90s|archive-date=29 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph-Ex">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/15/princess-dianas-most-iconic-dresses-being-brought-back-to-kensin/|title=Princess Diana's most iconic dresses being brought back to Kensington Palace to mark 20 years since her death|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=15 November 2016|access-date=31 January 2017|first=Gordon|last=Rayner|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129034439/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/15/princess-dianas-most-iconic-dresses-being-brought-back-to-kensin/|archive-date=29 January 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hrp.org.uk/kensington-palace/visit-us/top-things-to-see-and-do/diana-her-fashion-story/|title=Diana: Her Fashion Story|work=Historic Royal Palaces|access-date=16 May 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606030033/http://www.hrp.org.uk/kensington-palace/visit-us/top-things-to-see-and-do/diana-her-fashion-story/#gs.v2I22bw|archive-date=6 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-diana-idUSKBN1611CU|title=Princess Diana's dresses go on display in London, 20 years after her death|work=Reuters|date=22 February 2017|access-date=10 March 2017|first1=Alistair|last1=Smout|first2=Stephen|last2=Addiso|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312052616/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-diana-idUSKBN1611CU|archive-date=12 March 2017}}</ref> Other tributes planned for the anniversary included exhibitions at Althorp hosted by Diana's brother, Earl Spencer,<ref name="BBC-Statue">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38785218|title=Princess Diana: Princes commission statue 20 years after her death|date=29 January 2017|access-date=29 January 2017|work=BBC News|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129000209/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38785218|archive-date=29 January 2017}}</ref> a series of commemorating events organised by the [[Diana Award]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jan/28/princes-william-and-harry-plan-statue-of-their-mother-diana|title=Princes William and Harry plan statue of their mother, Diana|work=The Guardian|date=28 January 2017|access-date=31 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131034141/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jan/28/princes-william-and-harry-plan-statue-of-their-mother-diana|archive-date=31 January 2017}}</ref> as well as restyling [[Kensington Gardens]] and creating a new section called "The White Garden".<ref name="Guardian-Ex"/><ref name="Telegraph-Ex"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-41091477|title=William and Harry visit Princess Diana memorial|work=BBC News|date=30 August 2017|access-date=9 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909171926/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-41091477|archive-date=9 September 2017}}</ref>

==Legacy==
===Public image===
Diana remains one of the most popular members of the royal family throughout history, and she continues to influence the younger generations of royals.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/princess-diana-remains-uks-most-beloved-royal/|title=Princess Diana remains UK's most beloved royal|work=CBS News|date=20 August 2012|accessdate=27 April 2021|archive-date=27 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427191054/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/princess-diana-remains-uks-most-beloved-royal/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph-Legacy">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/diana/8597118/We-will-never-forget-how-Princess-Diana-made-us-feel.html|title=We will never forget how Princess Diana made us feel|work=The Telegraph|date=25 June 2011|access-date=2 February 2017|first=Patrick|last=Jephson|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203163505/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/diana/8597118/We-will-never-forget-how-Princess-Diana-made-us-feel.html|archive-date=3 February 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="Legacy-Influence"/> She was a major presence on the world stage from her engagement to Charles until her death, and was often described as the "world's most photographed woman".<ref name="robinson"/><ref>{{cite journal|last=Faulkner|first=Larissa J.|title=Shades of Discipline: Princess Diana, The U.S. Media, and Whiteness|journal=Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies|year=1997|volume=16|issue=1|pages=16–31|url=https://pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/ijcs/article/29839/galley/138184/view/|access-date=15 November 2022|doi=10.17077/2168-569X.1224|s2cid=190075942|doi-access=free|archive-date=15 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115195707/https://pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/ijcs/article/29839/galley/138184/view/|url-status=live}}</ref> She was noted for her compassion, style, charisma, and high-profile charity work, as well as her ill-fated marriage.{{sfn|Bradford|2006|pp=307–308}}<ref name="Guardian-Legacy"/><ref name=ualberta>{{cite web|url=https://sites.ualberta.ca/~publicas/folio/35/03/05.HTM|title=The power of Diana's charisma|last=Ciccocioppo|first=Lucianna|work=University of Alberta|date=26 September 1997|access-date=24 May 2020|url-status=live|archive-date=24 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524120903/https://sites.ualberta.ca/~publicas/folio/35/03/05.HTM}}</ref> Biographer Sarah Bradford commented, "The only cure for her suffering would have been the love of the Prince of Wales ... the way in which he consistently denigrated her reduced her to despair."{{sfn|Bradford|2006|p=189}} Despite all the marital issues and scandals, Diana continued to enjoy a high level of popularity in the polls while her husband was suffering from low levels of public approval.<ref name="robinson"/> Diana's former private secretary Patrick Jephson described her as an organised and hardworking person, and pointed out Charles was not able to "reconcile with his wife's extraordinary popularity",<ref name="Independent-Secretary">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.mk/articles/36006/Patrick+Jephson+Prince+Charles+Was+Unable+to+Reconcile+with+Princess+Diana's+Extraordinary+Popularity|title=Patrick Jephson: Prince Charles Was Unable to Reconcile with Princess Diana's Extraordinary Popularity|work=The Independent|date=31 August 2016|access-date=2 February 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221010930/http://www.independent.mk/articles/36006/Patrick+Jephson+Prince+Charles+Was+Unable+to+Reconcile+with+Princess+Diana%27s+Extraordinary+Popularity|archive-date=21 February 2017}}</ref> a viewpoint supported by the biographer Tina Brown.<ref name="ABCN-Legacy">{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/princess-dianas-life-legacy/story?id=3534198|title=Princess Diana's Life and Legacy|work=ABC News|date=29 August 2007|access-date=2 February 2017|first1=Cynthia|last1=McFadden|first2=Melinda|last2=Arons|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204002941/https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/princess-dianas-life-legacy/story?id=3534198|archive-date=4 February 2017}}</ref> He also said she was a tough boss who was "equally quick to appreciate hard work" but could also be defiant "if she felt she had been the victim of injustice".<ref name="Independent-Secretary"/> Diana's mother also defined her as a "loving" figure who could occasionally be "tempestuous".<ref name="Frances-Comments"/> She was often described as a devoted mother to her children,<ref name="robinson"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/rebel-royal-mum-dianas-legacy-parent/story?id=19241646|title='Rebel Royal Mum': Diana's Legacy as Parent|work=NBC News|date=26 May 2013|access-date=2 February 2017|first=Rob|last=Wallace|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204003212/https://abcnews.go.com/International/rebel-royal-mum-dianas-legacy-parent/story?id=19241646|archive-date=4 February 2017}}</ref> who are believed to be influenced by her personality and way of life.<ref name="reganbbc">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-41018143|title=Diana's embrace: The legacy she left her sons|work=BBC News|first=Alex|last=Regan|date=31 August 2017|access-date=3 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223181355/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-41018143|archive-date=23 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the early years, Diana was often noted for her shy nature.<ref name="Telegraph-Legacy"/><ref name="NBC-Legacy">{{cite news|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/20213789/ns/world_news-diana_10_years_later/t/why-princess-diana-still-fascinates-us/|title=Why Princess Diana still fascinates us|work=NBC News|date=28 August 2007|access-date=2 February 2017|first=Chris|last=Hampson|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204003119/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/20213789/ns/world_news-diana_10_years_later/t/why-princess-diana-still-fascinates-us/|archive-date=4 February 2017}}</ref> Journalist [[Michael White (journalist)|Michael White]] perceived her as being "smart", "shrewd and funny".<ref name="Legacy-Influence"/> Those who communicated with her closely described her as a person who was led by "her heart".<ref name="robinson"/> In an article for ''The Guardian'', [[Monica Ali]] believed that, despite being inexperienced and uneducated, Diana could handle the expectations of the royal family and overcome the difficulties and sufferings of her marital life. Ali also believed that she "had a lasting influence on the public discourse, particularly in matters of mental health" by discussing her eating disorder publicly.<ref name="Guardian-Legacy">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/mar/30/diana-princess-wales-royal-rebel-legacy|title=Royal rebel: the legacy of Diana|work=The Guardian|date=30 March 2011|access-date=2 February 2017|first=Monica|last=Ali|author-link=Monica Ali|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203172827/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/mar/30/diana-princess-wales-royal-rebel-legacy|archive-date=3 February 2017}}</ref> According to Tina Brown, in her early years Diana possessed a "passive power", a quality that in her opinion she shared with the Queen Mother and a trait that would enable her to instinctively use her appeal to achieve her goals.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2013/09/princess-diana-prince-charles-early-marriage|title=The Mouse That Roared|magazine=Vanity Fair|first=Tina|last=Brown|date=October 1985|access-date=2 December 2020}}</ref>

Diana was known for her encounters with sick and dying patients, and the poor and unwanted whom she used to comfort, an action that earned her more popularity.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,986977-3,00.html|title=Farewell, Diana|magazine=Time|date=15 September 1997|access-date=2 February 2017|first=Paul|last=Gray|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203163111/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,986977-3,00.html|archive-date=3 February 2017}}</ref> Known for her easygoing attitude, she reportedly hated formality in her inner circle, asking "people not to jump up every time she enters the room".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/1988/09/princess-diana-prince-charles-marriage|title=Making the Best of It|first=Georgina|last=Howell|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=September 1988|access-date=2 December 2020}}</ref> Diana is often credited with widening the range of charity works carried out by the royal family in a more modern style.<ref name="Guardian-Legacy"/> [[Eugene Robinson (journalist)|Eugene Robinson]] of ''The Washington Post'' wrote in an article that "Diana imbued her role as royal princess with vitality, activism and, above all, glamour."<ref name="robinson"/> Alicia Carroll of ''[[The New York Times]]'' described Diana as "a breath of fresh air" who was the main reason the royal family was known in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/05/31/why-do-americans-love-the-british-royal-family/americas-obsession-with-royalty-started-with-princess-diana|title=America's Obsession With Royalty Started With Princess Diana|work=The New York Times|date=31 May 2012|access-date=2 February 2017|first=Alicia|last=Carroll|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203163532/http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/05/31/why-do-americans-love-the-british-royal-family/americas-obsession-with-royalty-started-with-princess-diana|archive-date=3 February 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In [[Anthony Holden]]'s opinion, Diana was "visibly reborn" after her separation from Charles, a point in her life that was described by Holden as her "moment of triumph", which put her on an independent path to success.<ref name="Holden-1993">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/1993/02/princess-diana-revenge-anthony-holden-cover|title=Diana's Revenge|magazine=Vanity Fair|first=Anthony|last=Holden|date=February 1993|access-date=2 December 2020}}</ref>

Diana's sudden death brought an unprecedented spasm of grief and mourning,<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard Weight|title=Patriots: National Identity in Britain 1940–2000|year=2002|pages=659, 681}}</ref> and subsequently a crisis arose in the Royal Household.<ref name="Manipulative-Legacy"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/diana/6234373/Criticism-of-Queen-after-death-of-Diana-hugely-upset-Queen-Mother.html|title=Criticism of Queen after death of Diana 'hugely upset' Queen Mother|work=The Telegraph|date=26 September 2009|access-date=2 February 2017|first=Andrew|last=Alderson|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202002653/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/diana/6234373/Criticism-of-Queen-after-death-of-Diana-hugely-upset-Queen-Mother.html|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/04/world/royal-family-stung-by-critics-responds-to-a-grieving-nation.html|title=Royal Family, Stung by Critics, Responds to a Grieving Nation|work=The New York Times|date=4 September 1997|access-date=2 February 2017|first=Warren|last=Hoge|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203163337/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/04/world/royal-family-stung-by-critics-responds-to-a-grieving-nation.html|archive-date=3 February 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref> [[Andrew Marr]] said that by her death she "revived the culture of public sentiment".<ref name="Guardian-Legacy"/> Her son William has stated that the outpouring of public grief after her death "changed the British psyche, for the better", while [[Alastair Campbell]] noted that it assisted in diminishing "the [[stiff upper lip]] approach".<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Campbell |first1=Alastair |title=Prince William on Diana, Princess of Wales |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/prince-william-diana-princess-of-wales |magazine=GQ |date=29 May 2017 |access-date=25 May 2021}}</ref> In 1981 and 1997 Diana was one of the runners-up for [[Time Person of the Year|''Time'' magazine's Person of the Year]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Others Who Stood in the Spotlight |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,953280,00.html |magazine=Time |access-date=4 April 2023 |date=4 January 1982 |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404003530/https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,953280,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,2020559,00.html|title=Man of the Year 1997|magazine=Time|access-date=16 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216214322/http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,2020559,00.html|archive-date=16 February 2017}}</ref> and in 2020 the magazine included Diana's name on its list of 100 Women of the Year. She was chosen as the Woman of the Year 1987 for her efforts in destigmatising the conditions surrounding HIV/AIDS patients.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=5 March 2020 |title=1987: Diana, Princess of Wales |url=https://time.com/5793707/diana-princess-of-wales-100-women-of-the-year/ |magazine=Time |access-date=6 March 2020}}</ref> In 2002 Diana ranked third on the [[BBC]]'s poll of the ''[[100 Greatest Britons]]'', above the Queen and other British monarchs.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/genres/factual/history|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040204074057/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/greatbritons.shtml/|archive-date=4 February 2004|title=Great Britons 1–10|work=BBC via Wayback Machine|url-status=live|access-date=22 December 2012}}</ref>

Despite being regarded as an iconic figure and a popular member of the royal family, Diana was subject to criticism during her life.<ref name="Telegraph-Legacy"/> She was criticised by philosophy professor [[Anthony O'Hear]] who in his notes argued that she was unable to fulfill her duties, her reckless behaviour was damaging the monarchy, and she was "self-indulgent" in her philanthropic efforts.<ref name="BBC-Criticism">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/79288.stm|title=Author defends Diana criticism|work=BBC News|date=17 April 1998|access-date=2 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318152247/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/79288.stm|archive-date=18 March 2016}}</ref> Following his remarks, charity organisations that were supported by Diana defended her, and [[Peter Luff]] called O'Hear's comments "distasteful and inappropriate".<ref name="BBC-Criticism"/> Further criticism surfaced as she was accused of using her public profile to benefit herself,<ref name="NYT-Critics"/> which in return "demeaned her royal office".<ref name="Telegraph-Legacy"/> Diana's unique type of charity work, which sometimes included physical contact with people affected by serious diseases, occasionally had a negative reaction in the media.<ref name="Telegraph-Legacy"/>

Diana's relationship with the press and the paparazzi has been described as "ambivalent". On different occasions she would complain about the way she was being treated by the media, mentioning that their constant presence in her proximity had made life impossible for her, whereas at other times she would seek their attention and hand information to reporters herself.<ref name="BBC-press">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/press.html|title=The Princess and the Press|work=BBC News|access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/06/world/diana-and-the-paparazzi-a-morality-tale.html|title=Diana and the Paparazzi: A Morality Tale|newspaper=The New York Times|first=Roger|last=Cohen|date=6 September 1997|access-date=2 December 2020|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Writing for ''The Guardian'', Peter Conrad suggested that it was Diana who let the journalists and paparazzi into her life as she knew they were the source of her power.<ref name="Myth-Legacy"/> This view was supported by [[Christopher Hitchens]], who believed that "in pursuit of a personal solution to an unhappy private life, she became an assiduous leaker to the press".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-sep-01-me-27885-story.html|title=Mother Teresa or Mrs. Simpson: Which Was the Real Diana?|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|first=Christopher|last=Hitchens|date=1 September 1997|access-date=1 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118081820/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-sep-01-me-27885-story.html|archive-date=18 January 2020}}</ref> Tina Brown argued that Diana was in no way "a vulnerable victim of media manipulation", and she found it "offensive to present the canny, resourceful Diana as a woman of no agency".<ref name="Brown-Mar22"/> Former ''News of the World'' royal editor [[Clive Goodman]], who later [[News of the World royal phone hacking scandal|hacked]] the phones of Diana's sons on several occasions, stated in a court in 2014 that, in 1992, Diana sent a confidential directory containing numbers of senior members of the royal household to their office to get back at Prince Charles.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/britain-hacking/princess-diana-leaked-royal-directories-to-murdoch-tabloid-court-hears-idUSL6N0MA43E20140313|title=Princess Diana leaked royal directories to Murdoch tabloid, court hears|work=Reuters|first=Michael|last=Holden|date=13 March 2014|accessdate=26 April 2023}}</ref> Nevertheless, Diana also used the media's interest in her to shine light on her charitable efforts and patronages.<ref name="BBC-press"/>

Sally Bedell Smith characterised Diana as unpredictable, egocentric, and possessive.<ref name="NYT-Critics">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/99/08/22/reviews/990822.22kermot.html|title=Shrinking the Princess|work=The New York Times|date=22 August 1999|access-date=5 February 2017|first=Frank|last=Kermode|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203162942/http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/08/22/reviews/990822.22kermot.html|archive-date=3 February 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Smith also argued that in her desire to do charity works, Diana was "motivated by personal considerations, rather than by an ambitious urge to take on a societal problem".<ref name="NYT-Critics"/> Eugene Robinson, however, said that "[Diana] was serious about the causes she espoused".<ref name="robinson"/> According to Sarah Bradford, Diana looked down on the [[House of Windsor]], whom she reportedly viewed "as jumped-up foreign princelings" and called them "the Germans".<ref name="Myth-Legacy"/> Tony Blair characterised Diana as a manipulative person and "extraordinarily captivating".<ref name="Legacy-Influence">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/blog/2012/aug/31/princess-dianas-influence-royal-family|title=Princess Diana's influence on the royal family lives on|work=The Guardian|date=31 August 2012|access-date=2 February 2017|first=Michael|last=White|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203174423/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/blog/2012/aug/31/princess-dianas-influence-royal-family|archive-date=3 February 2017}}</ref><ref name="Manipulative-Legacy">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/tony-blair/7974269/Tony-Blair-Diana-was-a-manipulator-like-me.html|title=Tony Blair: Diana was a manipulator like me|work=The Telegraph|date=31 August 2010|access-date=2 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203163456/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/tony-blair/7974269/Tony-Blair-Diana-was-a-manipulator-like-me.html|archive-date=3 February 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-11152177|title=Princess Diana's death was 'global event' says Blair|work=BBC News|date=1 September 2010|access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref>

In an article written for ''[[The Independent]]'' in 1998, journalist [[Yvonne Roberts]] observed the sudden change in people's opinion of Diana after her death from critical to complimentary, a viewpoint supported by [[Theodore Dalrymple]], who also noticed the "sudden shift".<ref name="Dalrymple-1997">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.city-journal.org/html/goddess-domestic-tribulations-12280.html|title=The Goddess of Domestic Tribulations|magazine=City Journal|first=Theodore|last=Dalrymple|year=1997|access-date=5 December 2020}}</ref> Roberts also added that Diana was neither "a saint" nor "a revolutionary" figure, but "may have encouraged some people" to tackle issues such as landmines, AIDS and leprosy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/one-year-on-dry-your-eyes-she-was-no-saint-and-her-death-changed-nothing-says-yvonne-roberts-1174708.html|title=One Year On: Dry your eyes! She was no saint and her death changed nothing|work=The Independent|first=Yvonne|last=Roberts|date=29 August 1998|access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref> While analysing the impact of Diana's death and her popularity from a gendered point of view, the British historian [[Ludmilla Jordanova]] said "no human being can survive the complex forces that impact upon charismatic women." Jordanova also observed that it is "Better to remember her by trying to decipher how emotions overshadow analysis and why women are the safeguards of humanitarian feelings."<ref name=ualberta/> The author [[Anne Applebaum]] believed that Diana had not had any impact on public opinions posthumously;<ref name="Guardian-Legacy"/> an idea supported by [[Jonathan Freedland]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'' who believed that Diana's memory and influence started to fade away in the years after her death,<ref name="Fade-Legacy">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/aug/13/britishidentity.monarchy|title=A moment of madness?|work=The Guardian|date=12 August 2007|access-date=2 February 2017|first=Jonathan|last=Freedland|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203172846/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/aug/13/britishidentity.monarchy|archive-date=3 February 2017}}</ref> while Peter Conrad, another ''Guardian'' contributor, argued that even in "a decade after her death, she is still not silent",<ref name="Myth-Legacy">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/jun/17/biography.monarchy|title=Diana: the myth, 10 years on|work=The Guardian|date=16 June 2007|access-date=2 February 2017|first=Peter|last=Conrad|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203174427/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/jun/17/biography.monarchy|archive-date=3 February 2017}}</ref> and [[Allan Massie]] of ''The Telegraph'' believed that Diana's sentiments "continue to shape our society".<ref name="Celebrity-Legacy">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1584774/Why-Diana-is-still-the-spirit-of-the-age.html|title=Why Diana is still the spirit of the age|work=The Telegraph|date=12 April 2008|access-date=2 February 2017|first=Allan|last=Massie|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203163446/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1584774/Why-Diana-is-still-the-spirit-of-the-age.html|archive-date=3 February 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Writing for ''The Guardian'', Monica Ali described Diana as "fascinating and flawed. Her legacy might be mixed, but it's not insubstantial. Her life was brief, but she left her mark".<ref name="Guardian-Legacy"/>

===Fashion and style===
{{main|Fashion of Diana, Princess of Wales}}

[[File:Princess Diana 1985.jpg|thumb|upright|Wearing the [[Travolta dress]], one of her most famous ensembles, November 1985]]

Diana was a fashion icon whose style was emulated by women around the world. In 2012, ''Time'' included Diana on its All-Time 100 Fashion Icons list.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2110513_2110627_2110748,00.html|title=All-Time 100 Fashion Icons: Princess Diana|newspaper=Time|date=2 April 2012|access-date=1 February 2017|first=William|last=Lee Adams|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128093210/http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2110513_2110627_2110748,00.html|archive-date=28 November 2016}}</ref> [[Iain Hollingshead]] of ''The Telegraph'' wrote: "[Diana] had an ability to sell clothes just by looking at them."<ref name="Telegraph"/><ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Woman We Loved|url=http://www.newsweek.com/woman-we-loved-172640|magazine=Newsweek|date=17 June 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306213754/http://www.newsweek.com/woman-we-loved-172640|archive-date=6 March 2016}}</ref> An early example of the effect occurred during her courtship with Charles in 1980 when sales of Hunter [[Wellington boot]]s skyrocketed after she was pictured wearing a pair on the Balmoral estate.<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news|title=Will Kate kick off a war of the Welles?|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/8988157/Will-Kate-Middleton-kick-off-a-war-of-the-wellies.html|work=The Telegraph|date=17 June 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402183318/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/8988157/Will-Kate-Middleton-kick-off-a-war-of-the-wellies.html|archive-date=2 April 2016|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=These were the boots that shaped the world|url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG3352857/These-were-the-boots-that-shaped-the-world.html|work=The Telegraph|date=17 June 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117032453/http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG3352857/These-were-the-boots-that-shaped-the-world.html|archive-date=17 November 2015|url-access=subscription}}</ref> According to designers and people who worked with Diana, she used fashion and style to endorse her charitable causes, express herself and communicate.<ref name="NYT-DiStyle">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/22/fashion/princess-diana-exhibition.html|title=Why Are We Still Obsessed With Princess Diana's Style?|work=The New York Times|date=22 February 2017|access-date=13 March 2017|first=Elizabeth|last=Paton|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108094932/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/22/fashion/princess-diana-exhibition.html|archive-date=8 November 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/travel/ct-dresses-that-tell-a-story-princess-diana-s-life-in-fashion-20170222-story.html|title=Dresses that tell a story: Princess Diana fashion exhibit to open at Kensington Palace|work=Chicago Tribune|date=22 February 2017|first=Gregory|last=Katz|access-date=2 April 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403014253/http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/travel/ct-dresses-that-tell-a-story-princess-diana-s-life-in-fashion-20170222-story.html|archive-date=3 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="Holt-Fashion">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people/no-gloves-high-split-skirts-princess-diana-rewrote-rules-royal/|title=No gloves and high split skirts: How Princess Diana rewrote the rules of royal dressing|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=24 February 2017|first=Bethan|last=Holt|access-date=3 April 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404045202/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people/no-gloves-high-split-skirts-princess-diana-rewrote-rules-royal/|archive-date=4 April 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Diana remains a prominent figure for her fashion style, impacting recent cultural and style trends.<ref name="NBC-Dress">{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/other/forever-fashionable-princess-dianas-style-legacy-lives-v13571936|title=Forever fashionable: Princess Diana's style legacy lives on|work=NBC News|date=30 August 2012|access-date=1 February 2017|first=Rachel|last=Elbaum|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202053241/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/other/forever-fashionable-princess-dianas-style-legacy-lives-v13571936|archive-date=2 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph-fashion">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people/why-princess-diana-remains-an-enduring-style-icon-for-all-genera/|title=Why Princess Diana remains an enduring style icon for all generations|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=19 November 2016|access-date=1 February 2017|first=Bethan|last=Holt|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129034419/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people/why-princess-diana-remains-an-enduring-style-icon-for-all-genera/|archive-date=29 January 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="Guardian-Ex"/><ref name="Diana-Rihanna">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/shortcuts/2016/apr/04/rihanna-t-shirt-princess-diana-fashion|title=Why Rihanna's obsessed with Princess Diana|work=The Guardian|date=4 April 2016|access-date=1 February 2017|first=Morwenna|last=Ferrier|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202152400/https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/shortcuts/2016/apr/04/rihanna-t-shirt-princess-diana-fashion|archive-date=2 February 2017}}</ref>

Diana's fashion combined classically royal expectations with contemporary fashion trends in Britain.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/diana-style-icon/4/|title=Diana, Style Icon|work=CBS News|access-date=1 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202055827/https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/diana-style-icon/4/|archive-date=2 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="Hudson-Fashion"/> While on diplomatic trips, her clothes and attire were chosen to match the destination countries' costumes, and while off-duty she used to wear loose jackets and jumpers.<ref name="Telegraph-fashion"/><ref name="Tashjian-Fashion">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/02/princess-diana-fashion-icon|title=How Princess Diana Became a Fashion Icon|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=23 February 2017|access-date=3 April 2017|first=Rachel|last=Tashjian|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226072643/http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/02/princess-diana-fashion-icon|archive-date=26 February 2017}}</ref> "She was always very thoughtful about how her clothes would be interpreted, it was something that really mattered to her", according to [[Anna Harvey]], a former [[British Vogue|British ''Vogue'']] editor and Diana's fashion mentor.<ref name="Telegraph-fashion"/><ref name="Vogue-Con">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.vogue.com/868963/princess-dianas-iconic-style-why-were-still-fascinated-by-her-fashion-today/|title=Princess Diana's Iconic Style: Why We're Still Fascinated by Her Fashion Today|magazine=Vogue|date=1 November 2013|access-date=1 February 2017|first=Sarah|last=Mower|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125062447/http://www.vogue.com/868963/princess-dianas-iconic-style-why-were-still-fascinated-by-her-fashion-today|archive-date=25 November 2016}}</ref> Her fashion sense originally incorporated decorous and romantic elements, with pastel shades and lush gowns.<ref name="Hudson-Fashion">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-see/diana-fashion-story-kensington-palace-review/|title=Diana: Her Fashion Story, review: this riveting show of Diana's dresses shows just how magnificent she was|work=The Telegraph|date=22 February 2017|access-date=10 March 2017|first=Mark|last=Hudson|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312132108/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-see/diana-fashion-story-kensington-palace-review/|archive-date=12 March 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph-fashion2">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/style/the-modern-way-to-dress-like-princess-diana/|title=The modern way to dress like Princess Diana|work=The Telegraph|date=13 October 2016|access-date=1 February 2017|first=Bethan|last=Holt|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424220849/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/style/the-modern-way-to-dress-like-princess-diana/|archive-date=24 April 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="vanitydi">{{cite magazine |last1=Holmes |first1=Elizabeth |title=Why Princess Diana's Fashion Will Never Go Out of Style |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/11/why-princess-dianas-fashion-will-never-go-out-of-style |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=9 November 2020 |access-date=25 August 2021}}</ref> Elements of her fashion rapidly became trends.<ref name="Telegraph-fashion"/> She forwent certain traditions, such as wearing gloves during engagements, and sought to create a wardrobe that helped her to connect with the public.<ref name="Holt-Fashion"/><ref name="Tashjian-Fashion"/> According to [[Donatella Versace]] who worked closely with Diana alongside her brother, Diana's interest and sense of curiosity about fashion grew significantly after her marital separation.<ref name="NYT-DiStyle"/> Her style subsequently grew bolder and more businesslike, featuring structured [[skirt suit]]s, sculptural gowns, and neutral tones designed to reflect attention toward her charity work.<ref name="NBC-Dress"/><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.elleuk.com/fashion/celebrity-style/articles/g10737/princess-diana-fashion-moments/?slide=7|title=Princess Diana's Iconic Fashion Moments|magazine=Elle |date=17 November 2016|access-date=1 February 2017|first=Tamsin|last=Crimmens|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703191116/http://www.elleuk.com/fashion/celebrity-style/articles/g10737/princess-diana-fashion-moments/?slide=7|archive-date=3 July 2017}}</ref>

Catherine Walker was among Diana's favourite designers<ref name="Hudson-Fashion"/> with whom she worked to create her "royal uniform".<ref name="BBC-Style">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-38994105|title=Princess Diana's changing fashion style explored in exhibition|work=BBC News|date=19 February 2017|access-date=10 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312092522/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-38994105|archive-date=12 March 2017}}</ref> [[David Sassoon (designer)|David Sassoon]] designed about 70 outfits for her from 1981 until 1997, many of which were influenced by his [[Jewish culture|Jewish heritage]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ashby |first1=Chloë |title='Diana wanted five maternity coats': David Sassoon on tailoring to royalty |url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2023/oct/14/diana-wanted-five-maternity-coats-david-sassoon-on-tailoring-to-royalty |access-date=26 June 2025 |work=The Guardian |date=14 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=David Sassoon obituary: designer of 70 dresses for Diana |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/david-sassoon-obituary-designer-of-70-dresses-for-diana-p7n7rf03w |access-date=26 June 2025 |work=The Times |date=11 April 2025 |language=en}}</ref> Among her favoured designers were [[Versace]], [[Armani]], [[Chanel]], [[Dior]], [[Gucci]] and [[C. & J. Clark|Clarks]].<ref name="Telegraph-fashion"/><ref name="Diana-Rihanna"/><ref name="Vogue-Elvis">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/style-file-diana-princess-of-wales|title=Style File&nbsp;– Diana, Princess Of Wales|magazine=Vogue|date=15 April 2011|access-date=1 February 2017|first=Julia|last=Neel|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121030935/http://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/style-file-diana-princess-of-wales|archive-date=21 November 2016}}</ref> Her famous outfits include the "[[Warm & Wonderful|Black Sheep Sweater]]",<ref>{{Cite news |last=Holt |first=Bethan |date=16 November 2020 |title=Revealed: why Princess Diana had to replace her beloved sheep jumper |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/royals/revealed-princess-diana-had-replace-beloved-sheep-jumper/ |access-date=13 March 2023 |issn=0307-1235 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=20 November 2020 |title=The Second Life of Princess Diana's Most Notorious Sweater |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-and-off-the-avenue/the-second-life-of-princess-dianas-most-iconic-sweater |access-date=13 March 2023 |magazine=The New Yorker}}</ref> the "[[Revenge dress]]", which she wore after Charles's admission of adultery,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/01/princess-diana-black-dress-revenge_n_3528843.html|title=Princess Diana's Black Dress Was The Best 'Revenge' After Separation|work=The Huffington Post|date=1 July 2013|access-date=1 February 2017|first=Rebecca|last=Adams|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222065051/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/01/princess-diana-black-dress-revenge_n_3528843.html|archive-date=22 February 2017}}</ref> and the "[[Travolta dress]]".<ref name="Telegraph-fashion" /><ref name="BBC-Style" /><ref name="Hudson-Fashion" /> Copies of Diana's British ''Vogue''-featured pink chiffon blouse by David and Elizabeth Emanuel, which appeared in the magazine on her engagement announcement day, sold in the millions.<ref name="Hudson-Fashion" /> She appeared on three British ''Vogue'' covers during her lifetime and was featured on its October 1997 issue posthumously.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/diana-princess-of-wales-vogue-covers|title=The Inside Story: Diana, Princess of Wales's Vogue Covers|magazine=British Vogue|date=5 September 2016|accessdate=21 July 2021}}</ref> Diana did her own makeup for events, and was accompanied by a hairstylist for public appearances.<ref name="NYT-DiStyle"/> In the 1990s, she was frequently photographed clutching distinctive handbags manufactured by Gucci and Dior, which became known as the [[Gucci Diana]] and [[Lady Dior]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/gucci-diana-handbag-collection|title=Gucci Has Reinvented One of Princess Diana's Favorite Handbags|magazine=Vogue|first=Alice|last=Newbold|date=6 July 2021|accessdate=7 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{citation|id=Inspi2011|language=fr|first1=Caroline|last1=Bongrand|first2=Florence|last2=Müller| others =[[Irina Antonova]] (preface)|title=Inspiration Dior |editor=Éditions de La Martinière |editor-link=La Martinière Groupe |publisher=La Martinière |location=Paris |date=April 2011 |chapter=Lady Dior |pages=220–227|isbn=978-2732446233}}</ref>

Following the opening of an exhibition of Diana's clothes and dresses at Kensington Palace in 2017, [[Catherine Bennett (journalist)|Catherine Bennett]] of ''The Guardian'' said such exhibitions are among the suitable ways to commemorate public figures whose fashion styles were noted due to their achievements. The exhibition suggests to detractors who, like many other princesses, "looking lovely in different clothes was pretty much her life's work" which also brings interest in her clothing.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/26/princess-diana-fashion-kensington|title=Diana shook up the royals but they have their poise back now|first=Catherine|last=Bennett|work=The Guardian|date=25 February 2017|access-date=2 April 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402171450/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/26/princess-diana-fashion-kensington|archive-date=2 April 2017}}</ref> Versace also pointed out that "[she doesn't] think that anyone, before or after her, has done for fashion what Diana did".<ref name="NYT-DiStyle"/> One of Diana's favourite milliners, [[John Boyd (milliner)|John Boyd]], said "Diana was our best ambassador for hats, and the entire millinery industry owes her a debt." Boyd's pink [[tricorn]] hat Diana wore for her honeymoon was later copied by milliners across the world and credited with rebooting an industry in decline for decades.<ref>{{cite news|title=John Boyd, milliner who helped make Princess Diana a fashion icon, dies at 92|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/john-boyd-milliner-who-helped-make-princess-diana-a-fashion-icon-dies-at-92/2018/03/06/086ff514-2097-11e8-86f6-54bfff693d2b_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=6 March 2018|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Discreet hatmaker who sparked a craze for British millinery after he designed Princess Diana's pink, ostrich-feathered going-away hat|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/obituary-john-boyd-tqzq2bkcd|work=The Times|date=7 March 2018}}</ref>

===Memorials===
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Permanent memorials to Diana include the [[Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain]] in [[Hyde Park, London]];<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3866863.stm|title=Queen unveils new Diana fountain|work=BBC News|date=6 July 2004|access-date=16 September 2023}}</ref> the [[Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Playground]] in Kensington Gardens;<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/812401.stm|title=Royals shun Diana memorial|work=BBC News|date=30 June 2000|access-date=16 September 2023}}</ref> the [[Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Walk]], a circular path between Kensington Gardens, [[Green Park]], Hyde Park, and [[St. James's Park]];<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/609234.stm|title=Diana's walkway unveiled|work=BBC News|date=18 January 2000|access-date=2 July 2021}}</ref> the [[Diana Memorial Award]], established in 1999 and later relaunched in 2007 by  Gordon Brown;<ref>{{cite news|title=Brown launches Diana Award as charity|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1542700/Brown-launches-Diana-Award-as-charity.html|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=15 February 2007|location=London|first=Andrew|last=Pierce|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517125427/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1542700/Brown-launches-Diana-Award-as-charity.html|archive-date=17 May 2011|url-access=subscription}}</ref> the [[Statue of Diana, Princess of Wales]], in the Sunken Garden of Kensington Palace;<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57684597|title=William and Harry unite to unveil Diana statue at Kensington Palace|work=BBC News|first=Hazel|last=Shearing|date=1 July 2021|accessdate=1 July 2021|archive-date=1 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701135505/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57684597|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[Princess Diana Memorial]] in the garden of Schloss Cobenzl in Vienna, making it the first memorial dedicated to Diana in a German-speaking country.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-23933093|title=Austrians unveil memorial to Princess Diana|work=BBC News|date=2 September 2013|access-date=31 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113074735/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-23933093|archive-date=13 January 2017}}</ref> The ''[[Flame of Liberty]]'' was erected in 1989 on the Place de l'Alma in Paris above the entrance to the tunnel in which the fatal crash later occurred. It became an unofficial memorial to Diana.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/31/europe/flame.php|title=In Paris, 'pilgrims of the flame' remember Diana|date=31 August 2007|first=Katrin|last=Bennhold|work=International Herald Tribune|access-date=23 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214141658/http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/31/europe/flame.php|archive-date=14 February 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,624681,00.html|title=Paris Honors Diana with Two Memorials|date=28 August 2002|first=Stephen M.|last=Silverman|magazine=People |access-date=30 January 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207081010/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,624681,00.html|archive-date=7 February 2016}}</ref> The Place de l'Alma was renamed [[Place Diana|Place Diana princesse de Galles]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/05/30/paris-pays-homage-princess-diana-naming-square-22-years-fatal/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/05/30/paris-pays-homage-princess-diana-naming-square-22-years-fatal/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Paris pays homage to Princess Diana by naming a square after her, 22 years after fatal car crash|work=The Telegraph|date=30 May 2019|first=David|last=Chazan|access-date=14 February 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Following her death, several countries issued postage stamps commemorating Diana, including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Somalia, and Congo.<ref>{{cite web |title=Princess Diana Honored on Postage Stamps: Online Sales from The Collectible Stamps Gallery |url=http://www.collectiblestampsgallery.com/Princess_Diana_on_Stamps.asp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123000742/http://www.collectiblestampsgallery.com/Princess_Diana_on_Stamps.asp |archive-date=23 January 2016 |access-date=1 February 2016 |work=The Collectible Stamps Gallery}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1998&nbsp;– (140) To the Memory of Princess Diana |url=http://www.haypost.am/view-lang-eng-product-591.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121025057/http://www.haypost.am/view-lang-eng-product-591.html |archive-date=21 January 2014 |access-date=23 April 2016 |work=HayPost}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1998, February, 4. Princess Diana. |url=http://www.azermarka.az/en/search.php?misc=search&subaction=showfull&id=1131002712&archive=&cnshow=news&ucat=14&start_from=& |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511143527/http://www.azermarka.az/en/search.php?misc=search&subaction=showfull&id=1131002712&archive=&cnshow=news&ucat=14&start_from=& |archive-date=11 May 2015 |access-date=23 August 2013 |work=Azermarka}}</ref> A bronze plaque was unveiled by Earl Spencer at [[Northampton Guildhall]] in 2002 as a memorial to his sister.<ref name="Northampton-Memorial2">{{cite news |date=7 November 2002 |title=Diana memorial unveiled |work=BBC News |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2416409.stm |access-date=29 May 2018}}</ref>

There were two memorials inside [[Harrods]] department store, commissioned by Dodi Fayed's father, who owned the store from 1985 to 2010. The first memorial was a pyramid-shaped display containing photos of Diana and al-Fayed's son, a wine glass said to be from their last dinner, and a ring purchased by Dodi the day prior to the crash. The second, ''[[Innocent Victims]]'', unveiled in 2005, was a bronze statue of Fayed dancing with Diana on a beach beneath the wings of an albatross.<ref name="CNN090105">{{Cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/09/01/diana.dodi.statue/index.html|title=Harrods unveils Diana, Dodi statue|date=1 September 2005|access-date=30 January 2016|work=CNN|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031720/http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/09/01/diana.dodi.statue/index.html|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> In January 2018, it was announced that the statue would be returned to the al-Fayed family.<ref name="Johnston-2018">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jan/13/tacky-statue-of-diana-and-dodi-fayed-to-be-removed-from-harrods|title='Tacky' statue of Diana and Dodi Fayed to be removed from Harrods|first=Chris|last=Johnston|date=13 January 2018|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=23 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113231513/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jan/13/tacky-statue-of-diana-and-dodi-fayed-to-be-removed-from-harrods|archive-date=13 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Diana's granddaughters, [[Charlotte Elizabeth Diana]] (born 2015)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32583432|title=Royal princess named Charlotte Elizabeth Diana|work=BBC News|location=London|date=4 May 2015|access-date=16 May 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507193118/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32583432|archive-date=7 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/princess-charlotte/11581712/Princess-Charlotte-Elizabeth-Diana-why-William-and-Kate-made-their-name-choices-for-the-royal-baby.html|title=Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana: why William and Kate made their name choices for royal baby|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=London|date=4 May 2015|access-date=16 May 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506222259/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/princess-charlotte/11581712/Princess-Charlotte-Elizabeth-Diana-why-William-and-Kate-made-their-name-choices-for-the-royal-baby.html|archive-date=6 May 2015|url-access=subscription}}</ref> and [[Lilibet Diana]] (born 2021),<ref>{{cite news |last1=Foster |first1=Max |last2=Said-Moorhouse |first2=Lauren |title=Meghan and Prince Harry welcome second child |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/06/europe/meghan-harry-baby-girl-news-intl-scli/index.html |access-date=6 June 2021 |work=CNN |date=6 June 2021}}</ref> as well as her niece, [[Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer#Personal life|Charlotte Diana Spencer]] (born 2012),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/9455832/Earl-Spencer-names-baby-daughter-after-Diana-Princess-of-Wales.html|title=Earl Spencer names baby daughter after Diana, Princess of Wales|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=UK|date=6 August 2012|access-date=5 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205184920/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/9455832/Earl-Spencer-names-baby-daughter-after-Diana-Princess-of-Wales.html|archive-date=5 February 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref> are named after her.

===In popular culture and art===
[[File:Lady Diana Madame Tussauds.jpg|thumb|upright|Wax statue of Diana at [[Madame Tussauds]] in London]]
Before and after her death, Diana has been the subject of films and television series and depicted in [[contemporary art]]. The first [[biopics]] about Diana and Charles were ''[[Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story]]'' and ''[[The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana]]'' that were broadcast on American TV channels on 17 and 20 September 1981, respectively.<ref name=bastin>{{cite journal|last=Bastin|first=Giselle|title=Filming the Ineffable: Biopics of the British Royal Family|journal=Auto/Biography Studies|date=Summer 2009|volume=24|issue=1|pages=34–52|url=http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/abs/summary/v024/24.1.bastin.html|access-date=21 August 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119025128/http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/abs/summary/v024/24.1.bastin.html|archive-date=19 November 2015|doi=10.1080/08989575.2009.10846787|s2cid=220313542}}</ref> In December 1992, [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] aired ''[[Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After]]'', a TV movie about marital discord between Diana and Charles.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Tucker|first=Ken|title=Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After|url=https://ew.com/article/1992/12/11/charles-and-diana-unhappily-ever-after/|access-date=14 August 2013|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=11 December 1992|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021052129/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,312673,00.html|archive-date=21 October 2013}}</ref> Actresses who have portrayed Diana include [[Serena Scott Thomas]] (in ''[[Diana: Her True Story (film)|Diana: Her True Story]]'', 1993),<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://people.com/archive/serena-scott-thomas-vol-63-no-12/|title=Serena Scott Thomas|magazine=People|date=28 March 2005|access-date=4 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204170915/http://people.com/archive/serena-scott-thomas-vol-63-no-12/|archive-date=4 February 2017}}</ref> [[Julie Cox]] (in ''Princess in Love'', 1996),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/princess_in_love/|title=Princess in Love|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=4 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205013220/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/princess_in_love/|archive-date=5 February 2017}}</ref> Amy Seccombe (in ''[[Diana: A Tribute to the People's Princess]]'', 1998),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/legal-fight-to-safeguard-dianas-voice-from-exploitation-by-soundalike-s-1141146.html|title=Legal fight to safeguard Diana's voice from exploitation by 'soundalike s'|work=The Independent|date=27 January 1998|access-date=4 February 2017|first=Kathy|last=Marks|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205013234/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/legal-fight-to-safeguard-dianas-voice-from-exploitation-by-soundalike-s-1141146.html|archive-date=5 February 2017}}</ref> [[Michelle Duncan]] (in ''[[Whatever Love Means]]'', 2005),<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3648069/Affairs-to-remember.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3648069/Affairs-to-remember.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Affairs to remember|work=The Telegraph|first=Bernadette|last=McNulty|date=19 November 2005|access-date=25 December 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Genevieve O'Reilly]] (in ''[[Diana: Last Days of a Princess]]'', 2007),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5cl6z76wLpZJrN1z63fxDcG/mrs-mary-johnson|title=Banished&nbsp;– Mrs Mary Johnson|work=BBC Two|access-date=4 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309001428/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5cl6z76wLpZJrN1z63fxDcG/mrs-mary-johnson|archive-date=9 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="Genevieve-Doc">{{cite web |title=Diana: Last Days of a Princess TV Show |url=https://tvguide.com/tvshows/diana-last-days-of-a-princess/cast/289644 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120044829/http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/diana-last-days-of-a-princess/cast/289644 |archive-date=20 January 2013 |access-date=24 December 2012 |work=TV Guide}}</ref> Nathalie Brocker (in ''[[The Murder of Princess Diana]]'', 2007),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvguide.com/tvshows/the-murder-of-princess-diana/cast/289843/|title=The Murder of Princess Diana|work=TV Guide|access-date=4 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204172021/http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/the-murder-of-princess-diana/cast/289843/|archive-date=4 February 2017}}</ref> [[Naomi Watts]] (in ''[[Diana (2013 film)|Diana]]'', 2013),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-23985665|title=Diana film slammed by British press|work=BBC News|date=6 September 2013|access-date=4 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827144420/http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-23985665|archive-date=27 August 2017}}</ref> [[Jeanna de Waal]] (in ''[[Diana: The Musical]]'', 2019–2021),<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://variety.com/2021/legit/reviews/diana-musical-review-broadway-1235114301/|title='Diana, The Musical' Review: A Royal Tragedy Turned Vacuous Rom-Com|magazine=Variety|date=17 November 2021|last=Kumar|first=Naveen}}</ref> [[Emma Corrin]] (2020) and [[Elizabeth Debicki]] (in ''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]'', 2022–2023),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ellievhall/the-crown-casts-princess-diana-season-4|title='The Crown' Just Cast Its Princess Diana|last=Hall|first=Ellie|work=BuzzFeed|date=9 April 2019|access-date=10 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2020/08/the-crown-adds-elizabeth-debicki-as-princess-diana-for-final-two-seasons-1203014754/|title='The Crown' Adds Elizabeth Debicki As Princess Diana For Final Two Seasons|last=Haring|first=Bruce|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=16 August 2020|access-date=16 August 2020|archive-date=16 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816210502/https://deadline.com/2020/08/the-crown-adds-elizabeth-debicki-as-princess-diana-for-final-two-seasons-1203014754/|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Kristen Stewart]] (in ''[[Spencer (film)|Spencer]]'', 2021).<ref name="Cineuropa">{{cite news |last1=Katz |first1=David |title=Kristen Stewart joins the British royal family in Spencer |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/396546/|access-date=25 August 2021|work=Cineuropa.org |date=14 January 2021}}</ref>

In 2017, William and Harry commissioned two documentaries to mark the 20th anniversary of her death. The first of the two, ''[[Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy]]'', was broadcast on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] and [[HBO]] on 24 July 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/diana-our-mother-her-life-and-legacy/synopsis/synopsis.html|title=About page for the HBO Documentary Film Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy|website=HBO|access-date=25 July 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723071454/http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/diana-our-mother-her-life-and-legacy/synopsis/synopsis.html|archive-date=23 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/diana-our-mother-her-life-and-legacy-new-documentary-promo-airs-itv-tonight|title=Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy.|work=ITV Press Centre|access-date=25 July 2017}}</ref> This film focuses on Diana's legacy and humanitarian efforts for causes such as AIDS, landmines, homelessness and cancer. The second documentary, ''[[Diana, 7 Days]]'', aired on 27 August on BBC and focused on Diana's death and the subsequent outpouring of grief.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/princess-diana-documentary-prince-william-harry-memories_uk_5909b0d9e4b02655f84259a9|title=William And Harry To Share Memories Of Mother Diana In Intimate TV Documentary|date=3 May 2017|work=HuffPost UK|access-date=25 July 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827131415/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/princess-diana-documentary-prince-william-harry-memories_uk_5909b0d9e4b02655f84259a9|archive-date=27 August 2017}}</ref>

Wax statues of Diana include ones at [[Madame Tussauds]] in London and the [[Musée Grévin]] in Paris.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/france-paris-princess-diana-wax-museum-bdd9b2052772aafccfcdb0273f586803|title=Wax Diana in ‘revenge dress’ is unveiled in Paris decades after her death in the city|first1=Thomas|last1=Adamson|first2=Oleg|last2=Cetinic|date=20 November 2025|work=AP News|access-date=6 December 2025}}</ref>

==Titles, styles, honours and arms==

===Titles and styles===
[[File:Royal Monogram of Princess Diana of Wales.svg|thumb|upright|[[Royal monogram]]]]

Diana was born with the style of "The Honourable Diana Frances Spencer". When her father inherited the Earldom of Spencer in 1975, she became entitled to the style of "Lady Diana Spencer".<ref name="royal">{{cite web|url=https://www.royal.uk/diana-princess-wales|title=Diana, Princess of Wales|work=The Royal Family|access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref> During her marriage, Diana was styled as "Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales". She additionally bore the titles [[Duchess of Rothesay]],<ref name="Titles-Guardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/mar/12/featuresreviews.guardianreview2|title=Lay of the last duchess|work=The Guardian|first=Ian|last=Jack|date=11 March 2005|accessdate=29 April 2021|quote=Diana Spencer had also been the Duchess of Rothesay, and of Cornwall, the Baroness Renfrew, etc, as well as the Princess of Wales.}}</ref> [[Duchess of Cornwall]],<ref name="Titles-Guardian" /> [[Countess of Chester (title)|Countess of Chester]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/diana-death-how-chester-reacted-13551062|title=How Chester came to a standstill in the aftermath of Princess Diana's untimely death|date=31 August 2017|work=Chester Chronicle|accessdate=29 April 2021|first=Carmella|last=de Lucia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia-30-years-princess-diana-7290382|title= Help hospital recreate historic day|date=19 June 2014|work=Chester Chronicle|accessdate=29 April 2021|first=Carmella|last=de Lucia|quote=This year the hospital is celebrating three decades since Diana, Princess of Wales officially opened the building, and as a result it was named in her honour.}}</ref> and [[Baroness of Renfrew]].<ref name="Titles-Guardian" /> After her divorce in 1996 and until her death, she was known as "Diana, Princess of Wales", without the style of "Her Royal Highness".<ref name="royal" /> Though popularly referred to as "Princess Diana", that style is incorrect and one she never held officially.{{efn|With rare exceptions (such as [[Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester]], who was given permission by Queen Elizabeth II), only princesses by birth use the title "Princess" before their given names.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42150762|title=Why Prince Harry's wife will not be called Princess Meghan|work=BBC News|date=30 November 2017|accessdate=31 March 2023}}</ref>}} She is still sometimes referred to in the media as "Lady Diana Spencer" or colloquially as "Lady Di". In a speech after her death, Tony Blair referred to Diana as "the people's princess".<ref name="title3">{{Cite news|url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1556863/Tony-coined-the-peoples-princess.html|title = Tony coined the 'people's princess{{'-}}|newspaper = The Telegraph|location = London|date = 9 July 2007|access-date = 23 June 2015|url-status=live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150622155727/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1556863/Tony-coined-the-peoples-princess.html|archive-date = 22 June 2015|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hare |first=Breeanna |date=31 August 2020 |title=How Diana became known as 'the people's princess' |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/31/world/princess-diana-death-the-windsors-series/index.html |access-date=19 May 2024 |work=CNN}}</ref> Discussions were also held with the Spencer family and the British royal family as to whether Diana's HRH style needed to be restored posthumously, but Diana's family decided that it would be against her wishes and, thus, no formal offer was made.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/hrh.html|title=Palace and Spencers Agree: No HRH|work=BBC News|date=8 September 1997|access-date=17 April 2021}}</ref>

===Honours===

;Orders
* 1981: [[Royal Family Order of Elizabeth II]]<ref name="Vickers1994p147"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page5143.asp|title=Royal Insight|work=The British Monarchy|accessdate=2 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070806122649/http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page5143.asp|archive-date=6 August 2007}}</ref><!--The first source says that she was given the order in 1981, whereas the second source says that she was seen wearing it for the first time in 1982.-->

;Foreign honours
* 1982: Supreme Class of the [[Order of the Virtues (Egypt)|Order of the Virtues]] (or Order of al-Kamal) (Egypt)<ref name=burke/>
* 18 November 1982: Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Crown (Netherlands)|Order of the Crown]], bestowed by Queen [[Beatrix of the Netherlands]]<ref name=burke>{{cite book|editor=[[Charles Mosley (genealogist)|Mosley, Charles]]|year=2003|title=Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage|edition=107th|publisher=Burke's Peerage and Gentry LLC|location=Wilmington, Delaware|isbn=978-0-97-119662-9|volume=III|page=3696}}</ref>

;Appointments
* 1988: [[Bencher|Royal Bencher]] of the Honourable Society of the [[Middle Temple]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/5762173/Prince-William-becomes-honorary-barrister.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/5762173/Prince-William-becomes-honorary-barrister.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Prince William becomes honorary barrister|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=7 July 2009|access-date=27 June 2019|quote=The Prince is the sixth member of the Royal Family to be called to the Bench as a Royal Bencher and is following in the footsteps of the Queen Mother, called in 1944, and his mother Diana, Princess of Wales, called in 1988.}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

;Fellowships
* 1988: The [[Royal College of Surgeons of England]], Honorary Fellow in Dental Surgery<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/-/media/files/rcs/fds/faculty/rcs_deans_newsletter_july_2016_web.pdf|title=RCS: Faculty of Dental Surgery|work=The Royal College of Surgeons|date=July 2016|access-date=16 August 2018|quote=There were records of such diverse events of the endowment of the Nuffield Research Professor in Dental Science, the admission of HRH Diana Princess of Wales as an Honorary Fellow in Dental Surgery and{{nbsp}}...}}</ref>

;Freedom of the City
* 29 October 1981: [[Cardiff]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-17151418|title=Freedom of Cardiff: List of recipients from 1886|work=BBC News|date=24 February 2012|access-date=12 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ENG/Your-Council/Lord-Mayor/honorary-freedom/Documents/freedom%20roll%20list%20June%202014.pdf|title=Honorary Freeman of the City and County of Cardiff|website=cardiff.gov.uk|access-date=9 January 2020|archive-date=27 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727071227/https://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ENG/Your-Council/Lord-Mayor/honorary-freedom/Documents/freedom%20roll%20list%20June%202014.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 29 January 1986: [[Carlisle]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.in/detail/news-photo/princess-diana-in-carlisle-where-she-received-the-freedom-news-photo/52103954|title=Diana Daffodils|work=Getty Images|date=February 2005 |access-date=26 May 2021}}</ref>
* 1987: [[Freedom of the City of London|London]]<ref name="London-Freeman"/>
* 8 June 1989: [[Northampton|Northampton Borough]]<ref name="Northampton-Memorial2"/><ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCmaiTMpUUc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/OCmaiTMpUUc| archive-date=11 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Princess Diana in Northampton|website=YouTube|access-date=26 May 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/princess-diana-in-northampton-receiving-the-freedom-of-the-news-photo/52101662|title=Diana And Her Father Earl Spencer|work=Getty Images|date=February 2005 |access-date=26 May 2021}}</ref>
* 16 October 1992: [[Portsmouth]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/ext/your-council/your-city/freedom-of-the-city-keys-of-the-city|title=Freedom of the city & keys of the city|work=Portsmouth City Council|access-date=27 October 2018|date=27 November 2013}}</ref>

====Honorary military appointments====
As Princess of Wales, Diana held the following military appointments:
;Australia
* Colonel-in-Chief of the [[Royal Australian Survey Corps]]<ref>{{cite book|author=C.D. Coulthard-Clark|title=Australia's Military Mapmakers|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2000|isbn=978-0-19-551343-1}}</ref>
;Canada
* Colonel-in-Chief of the [[Princess of Wales' Own Regiment]]<ref name="Tel-army">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/5871774/Diana-Princess-of-Wales.html|newspaper=The Telegraph|title=Diana, Princess of Wales|date=31 August 1997|access-date=25 February 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925102324/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/5871774/Diana-Princess-of-Wales.html|archive-date=25 September 2015|url-access=subscription}}</ref> (17 August 1985 to 16 July 1996)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pwor.ca/pwor/honoraries/|title=Honorary Appointments|work=Princess of Wales Own Regiment|accessdate=30 April 2021}}</ref>
* Colonel-in-Chief of the [[West Nova Scotia Regiment]]
;United Kingdom
* Colonel-in-Chief of the [[Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment]]<ref name=army>{{London Gazette|issue=52834|page=2581|supp=y|date=13 February 1992}}</ref>
* Colonel-in-Chief of the [[Light Dragoons]]<ref name=army/>
* Colonel-in-Chief of the [[Royal Hampshire Regiment]]<ref name="Tel-army"/>
* Colonel-in-Chief of the [[13th/18th Royal Hussars]] (Queen Mary's Own)<ref name="Tel-army"/>
* Honorary Air Commodore, [[RAF Wittering]]<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=50148|page=8028|date=10 June 1985}}</ref>
* Lady Sponsor of {{HMS|Cornwall|F99}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forces.net/royals/unpublished-pictures-princess-diana-launching-hms-cornwall-1985-auction|title=Unpublished pictures of Princess Diana launching HMS Cornwall in 1985 up for auction|work=Forces Network|date=14 January 2023|access-date=11 June 2024}}</ref>
* Lady Sponsor of {{HMS|Vanguard|S28}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060024194|title=HMS VANGUARD NAMING CEREMONY WITH HRH DIANA THE PRINCESS OF WALES, BARROW-IN-FURNESS, 30 APRIL 1992 [Allocated Title]|work=Imperial War Museums|date=30 April 1992|accessdate=20 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060024215|title=HMS VANGUARD COMMISSIONING CEREMONY WITH HRH DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES, BARROW-IN-FURNESS, 14 AUGUST 1993 [Allocated Title]|work=Imperial War Museums|date=14 August 1993|accessdate=20 May 2022}}</ref>
She relinquished these appointments following her divorce.<ref name="TeenageRoyal"/><ref name="NYT-Divorce"/>

====Other appointments====
* <!-- NOT a military ship -->15 November 1984: Lady Sponsor of ''[[MV Artania|Royal Princess]]''<!-- NOT a military ship --><ref>{{cite news | title = Two royal princesses share a day in the limelight | date = 16 November 1984 | first = Alan | last = Hamilton | newspaper = The Times | location = London | page = 36 }}</ref>

===Arms===
{{Infobox COA wide
|image =Coat of Arms of Diana, Princess of Wales (1981-1996).svg
|bannerimage =
|badgeimage =
|notes = During her marriage, Diana used the [[Charles&nbsp;III#Arms as Prince of Wales|arms of the Prince of Wales]] impaled (side by side) with those of [[Earl Spencer (peerage)|her father]]. This version of her arms was imprinted on the order of service for her funeral.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/media/5174/princess-diana-funeral-1997.pdf|title=Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales|work=Westminster Abbey|date=6 September 1997|accessdate=17 April 2021|archive-date=23 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823044945/https://www.westminster-abbey.org/media/5174/princess-diana-funeral-1997.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|year_adopted = 1981
|coronet = [[Coronet]] of the heir apparent
|torse =
|helm =
|escutcheon = The [[Royal Arms]] differenced by a label of three points argent overall an inescutcheon quarterly gules and or, four lions passant guardant counterchanged (for the [[Principality of Wales]] / [[Llywelyn the Great]] ensigned by the coronet of [Prince Charles's] degree);<ref>{{cite book |title=Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage |first=Patrick |last=Montague-Smith |publisher=[[Kelly's Directories]] |year=1968 |page=24 }}</ref> impaled with quarterly argent and gules in the 2nd and 3rd quarters a [[Fret (heraldry)|fret]] or over all on a bend sable three [[Heraldic animal|escallops]] of the first [argent]<ref name="WilliamHarry-Arms">{{cite web|url=http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/news-grants/grants/item/71-coat-of-arms-prince-william|title=The Coat of Arms of HRH Prince William and HRH Prince Harry of Wales|work=College of Arms|access-date=2 November 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114214859/http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/news-grants/grants/item/71-coat-of-arms-prince-william|archive-date=14 November 2014}}</ref>
|supporters = Dexter a lion rampant guardant Or crowned with the coronet of the Prince of Wales Proper, sinister a griffin Ermine winged Erminois unguled and gorged with a coronet composed of crosses patée and fleurs de lis a chain affixed thereto passing between the forelegs and reflexed over the back of the First.
|compartment =
|motto = '''DIEU DEFEND LE DROIT'''<br />([[Anglo-Norman language|Anglo-Norman]]: ''God defends the right'')
|orders =
|other_elements =
|banner =
|badge =
|symbolism = The Spencers were granted a coat of arms in 1504 (Azure a fess Ermine between 6 sea-mews' heads erased Argent), which bears no resemblance to that used by the family after {{Circa|1595}}, which was derived from the Despencer arms. Writer J. H. Round argued that the Despencer descent was fabricated by Richard Lee, a corrupt [[Clarenceux King of Arms]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Round|first=J.H.|year=1901|title=Studies in Peerage and Family History|publisher=A. Constable and Company|location=London|pages=292–309}}</ref>
|previous_versions = [[File:Arms of Diana, Princess of Wales (1996-1997).svg|right|100px]] Diana's coat of arms before her marriage was the Spencer coat of arms depicted on a [[Lozenge (heraldry)|lozenge]]. It included three escallops argent of the Spencer coat of arms. This version was used only before her marriage and was also applied by her sisters.
|other_versions = [[File:Coat of Arms of Diana, Princess of Wales (1996-1997).svg|right|100px]] After her divorce, Diana had resumed her paternal arms with the addition of a royal [[coronet]] and two griffin supporters, each gorged with a royal coronet.<ref name="WilliamHarry-Arms"/>
}}

==Issue==
{{Excerpt|Charles III|Issue}}

==Ancestry==
Diana was born into the British [[Spencer family]], different branches of which hold the titles of [[Duke of Marlborough (title)|Duke of Marlborough]], [[Earl Spencer (peerage)|Earl Spencer]], [[Earl of Sunderland]], and [[Baron Churchill (1815 creation)|Baron Churchill]].<ref>{{cite news|newspaper = [[The Times]]|date = 25 July 2013|title = A Modern Monarchy&nbsp;– The Royal Family appears to have overcome its troubles and the new generation has adapted skilfully to a changing Britain|at = Leading articles|quote = Prince George of Cambridge, born on Monday, now has in his relatively recent line miners and labourers; something hard to contemplate a generation ago.}}</ref><ref name=TimesAncestry>{{cite news|newspaper =The Times|author = David White ([[Somerset Herald]])|date = 23 July 2013|title = The Windsors & the Middletons&nbsp;– A family tree|at = Pull-out supplement}}</ref> The Spencers claimed descent from a cadet branch of the powerful medieval Despenser family, but its validity is questioned.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lowe|first=Mark Anthony|title=Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-fhtxH5vKV8C&pg=PA325|year=1860|page=325|publisher=Heritage Books, Inc.|location=London|isbn=9780788404566|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204222433/https://books.google.com/books?id=-fhtxH5vKV8C&pg=PA325|archive-date=4 December 2017}}</ref> Her great-grandmother was Margaret Baring, a member of the German-British [[Baring family]] of bankers and the daughter of [[Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Ziegler |first=Philip |title=The Sixth Great Power: Barings 1762–1929 |publisher=Collins|location=London|year=1988|isbn=978-0-00-217508-1|author-link=Philip Ziegler}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baringarchive.org.uk/barings_people/brief_history/|title=A Brief History of Barings|work=Baring Archive|access-date=11 April 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130211224944/http://www.baringarchive.org.uk/barings_people/brief_history/|archive-date=11 February 2013}}</ref> Diana's distant noble ancestors included the first [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough|Duke]] and [[Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough|Duchess of Marlborough]].{{sfn|Bradford|2006|p=31}} Diana and Charles were distantly related, as they were both descended from the [[House of Tudor]] through [[Henry VII of England]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Charles 'amazed' by Lady Di's yes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117034757/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/1981/feb/25/monarchy.alanrusbridger|archive-date=17 November 2015|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1981/feb/25/monarchy.alanrusbridger|date=25 February 1981|access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref> She was also descended from the [[House of Stuart]] through [[Charles II of England]] by [[Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond]], and [[Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton]], and his brother [[James II of England]] by [[Henrietta FitzJames]].<ref name="robinson"/><ref>{{cite book|last=Moncreiffe of that Ilk|first=Sir Iain|year=1982|title=Royal Highness|location=London|publisher=Hamish Hamilton|page=38}}</ref> Other noble ancestors include [[Margaret Kerdeston]], granddaughter of [[Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk]]; [[Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex]], an English nobleman and a [[favourite]] of [[Elizabeth I of England]]; and [[Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset]], a descendant of [[Edward III of England]] through his son [[Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence]].<ref name="American-Ancestors"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Roberts |first1=Gary Boyd |title=The Royal Ancestry of Meghan Markle |url=https://www.americanancestors.org/Royal-Ancestry-of-Meghan-Markle.aspx |work=New England Historic Genealogical Society |access-date=16 December 2017 |quote=The Rev. William Skipper's ancestors Sir Philip Wentworth (died 1464) and Mary Clifford are ancestors also, in various lines, of both H.M. the late Queen Mother (and thus H.M. the Queen, the Prince of Wales, and Prince Harry) and of the late Diana, Princess of Wales. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201081716/https://www.americanancestors.org/Royal-Ancestry-of-Meghan-Markle.aspx |archive-date=1 December 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Roberts |first1=Gary Boyd |title=The Shared Ancestry of (Rachel) Meghan Markle and Prince Harry |journal=American Ancestors |date=30 November 2017 |url=https://www.americanancestors.org/uploadedfiles/content/features/meghan-markle-chart.pdf |access-date=7 December 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208122320/https://www.americanancestors.org/uploadedfiles/content/features/meghan-markle-chart.pdf |archive-date=8 December 2017 }}</ref> Diana's Scottish roots came from her maternal grandmother, Lady Fermoy.<ref name="American-Ancestors"/> Her Scottish ancestors included [[Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon]], and his wife [[Jane Gordon, Duchess of Gordon|Jane]], and [[Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll]].<ref name="American-Ancestors"/>

Diana's American lineage came from her great-grandmother [[Frances Ellen Work]], daughter of wealthy American stockbroker Franklin H. Work from [[Ohio]], who was married to her great-grandfather [[James Roche, 3rd Baron Fermoy]], an Irish peer.<ref name="American-Ancestors">{{cite book|last=Evans|first=Richard K.|title=The Ancestry of Diana, Princess of Wales|year=2007|publisher=New England Historic Genealogical Society|location=Boston|isbn=9780880822084|url=http://www.americanancestors.org/Product.aspx?id=14815|access-date=12 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210205411/http://americanancestors.org/Product.aspx?id=14815|archive-date=10 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42141518|title=The other American in Prince Harry's family|work=BBC News|first=Owen|last=Amos|date=27 November 2017|access-date=12 November 2018}}</ref> Diana's fourth great-grandmother in her [[Matrilineality|direct maternal line]], Eliza Kewark, was matrilineally of Indian descent.<ref>{{cite web|title=New genetic evidence that Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, is the direct descendant of an Indian woman and that he carries her mitochondrial DNA.|url=https://www.britainsdna.com/files/press-release/Indian%20Ancestry%20of%20William.pdf|work=BritainsDNA|access-date=10 April 2015|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701132540/http://britainsdna.com/files/press-release/Indian%20Ancestry%20of%20William.pdf|archive-date=1 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=DNA tests reveal Prince William's Indian ancestry|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/14/world/europe/britain-prince-william-india/index.html|work=CNN|date=14 June 2013|access-date=9 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910125205/http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/14/world/europe/britain-prince-william-india/index.html|archive-date=10 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Times|date=14 June 2013|title=Revealed: the Indian ancestry of William|first1=David|last1=Brown|page=1|url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/asia-travel/india/revealed-the-indian-ancestry-of-william-ldvsjmc9w59|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Sinha|first=Kounteya|title=Hunt on for Prince William's distant cousins in Surat|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/Hunt-on-for-Prince-Williams-distant-cousins-in-Surat/articleshow/20611810.cms?referral=PM|access-date=11 August 2013|newspaper=The Times of India|date=16 June 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319150215/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/Hunt-on-for-Prince-Williams-distant-cousins-in-Surat/articleshow/20611810.cms?referral=PM|archive-date=19 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Hern|first=Alex|title=Are there ethical lapses in the Times' story on William's 'Indian ancestry'?|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2013/06/are-there-ethical-lapses-times-story-williams-indian-ancestry|access-date=11 August 2013|newspaper=New Statesman|date=14 June 2013|quote=Although Eliza Kewark was indeed thought of as Armenian, it's not particularly surprising that she would have had Indian ancestors; the Armenian diaspora had been in India for centuries at the time of her birth, and even the most insular communities tend to experience genetic mixing over in that timescale.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820173757/http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2013/06/are-there-ethical-lapses-times-story-williams-indian-ancestry|archive-date=20 August 2013}}</ref> She is variously described in contemporary documents as "a dark-skinned native woman" and "an [[Armenians|Armenian]] woman from [[Bombay]]".{{sfn|Williamson|1981a|p= }}{{sfn|Williamson|1981b|p= }}

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== Notes, references and sources ==
===Notes===
{{notelist}}

===References===
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===Sources===
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite book|last=Bradford |first=Sarah |author-link=Sarah Bradford |year=2006 |title=Diana |publisher=Viking |location=New York; Toronto; London |isbn=978-0-670-03807-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/diana00sara }}
* {{cite book |last=Brandreth |first=Gyles |author-link=Gyles Brandreth |year=2004 |title=Philip and Elizabeth: Portrait of a Marriage | publisher=Century |location=London | isbn=978-0-71-266103-4 }}
* {{cite book|last=Brown |first=Tina |author-link=Tina Brown |year=2007 |title=The Diana Chronicles |publisher=Doubleday |location=London; New York |isbn=978-0-385-51708-9 |url=https://archive.org/details/dianachronicles00brow_0 }}
* {{cite book|last=Dimbleby |first=Jonathan |author-link=Jonathan Dimbleby |year=1994 |title=The Prince of Wales: A Biography |location=New York |publisher=William Morrow and Company |isbn=978-0-68-812996-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/princeofwalesbio00dimb }}
* {{cite book |last=Morton |first=Andrew |author-link=Andrew Morton (writer) |year=1997 |orig-year=1992 |title=Diana: Her True Story&nbsp;– In Her Own Words |url=https://archive.org/details/dianahertruestor00mort |url-access=registration |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |isbn=978-0-68-485080-1 }}
* {{cite book|last=Smith |first=Sally Bedell |author-link=Sally Bedell Smith |year=2000 |orig-year=1999 |title=Diana in Search of Herself: Portrait of a Troubled Princess |publisher=Signet |isbn=978-0-451-20108-9 |url=https://archive.org/details/dianainsearchofh00sall }}
* {{cite journal |last=Williamson |first=D. |year=1981a |title=The Ancestry of Lady Diana Spencer |journal=Genealogist's Magazine |volume=20 |number=6 |pages=192–199 }}
* {{cite journal |last=Williamson |first=D. |year=1981b |title=The Ancestry of Lady Diana Spencer |journal=Genealogist's Magazine |volume=20 |number=8 |pages=281–282 }}
{{refend}}

==Further reading==
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite book |last=Anderson |first=Christopher |author-link=Christopher Andersen |title=Diana's Boys: William and Harry and the Mother they Loved |year=2001 |publisher=William Morrow |edition=1st |location=United States |isbn=978-0-688-17204-6}}
* {{cite book |last=Bedell Smith |first=Sally |year=1999 |title=Diana in Search of Herself: Portrait of a Troubled Princess |publisher=Times Books |isbn=978-0-81-293030-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/dianainsearchofh00smit}}
* {{cite book |last=Brennan |first=Kristine |title=Diana, Princess of Wales |year=1998 |publisher=Chelsea House |location=Philadelphia |isbn=978-0-79-104714-9}}
* {{cite book |last=Burrell |first=Paul |author-link=Paul Burrell |title=A Royal Duty |year=2003 |publisher=HarperCollins Entertainment |location=United States |isbn=978-0-00-725263-3}}
* {{cite book |last=Burrell |first=Paul |author-link=Paul Burrell |title=The Way We Were: Remembering Diana |year=2007 |publisher=HarperCollins Entertainment |location=United States |isbn=978-0-06-113895-9 |url=https://archive.org/details/waywewereremembe00burr}}
* {{cite book |last=Campbell |first=Lady Colin |author-link=Lady Colin Campbell |title=Diana in Private: The Princess Nobody Knows |year=1992 |publisher=St Martins Pr |location=London |isbn=978-0-3120-8180-5}}
* {{cite book |last=Caradec'h |first=Jean-Michel |author-link=Jean-Michel Caradec'h |title=Diana. L'enquête criminelle |language=fr |year=2006 |publisher=Michel Lafon |location=Neuilly-sur-Seine |isbn=978-2-7499-0479-5}}
* {{cite book |last=Corby |first=Tom |title=Diana, Princess of Wales: A Tribute |year=1997 |publisher=Benford Books |location=United States |isbn=978-1-56649-599-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/dianaprincessofw00grah}}
* {{cite book |last=Coward |first=Rosalind |author-link=Rosalind Coward |title=Diana: The Portrait |year=2004 |publisher=HarperCollins |location=United Kingdom (other publishers worldwide) |isbn=978-0-00-718203-9}}
* {{cite book |last=Davies |first=Jude |title=Diana, A Cultural History: Gender, Race, Nation, and the People's Princess |year=2001 |publisher=Palgrave |location=Houndmills, Hampshire; New York |isbn=978-0-33-373688-3 |oclc=46565010}}
* {{cite book |last=Denney |first=Colleen |title=Representing Diana, Princess of Wales: Cultural Memory and Fairy Tales Revisited |year=2005 |publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson University Press |location=Madison, New Jersey |isbn=978-0-83-864023-4 |oclc=56490960}}
* {{cite book |last=Edwards |first=Anne |author-link=Anne Edwards |title=Ever After: Diana and the Life She Led |year=2001 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0-312-25314-1 |oclc=43867312}}
* {{cite book |last=Frum |first=David |author-link=David Frum |year=2000 |title=How We Got bare: The '70s |publisher=Basic Books |location=New York |isbn=978-0-46-504195-4 |url=https://archive.org/details/howwegothere70sd00frum}}
* {{cite book |last=Mattern |first=Joanne |year=2006 |title=Princess Diana |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780756616137 |url-access=registration |series=DK Biography |publisher=DK Publishing |location=New York |isbn=978-0-756-61614-4}}
* {{cite book |last=Morton |first=Andrew |author-link=Andrew Morton (writer) |title=Diana: In Pursuit of Love |year=2004 |publisher=Michael O'Mara Books |location=United States |isbn=978-1-84317-084-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/diana00andr}}
* {{cite book |last=Rees-Jones |first=Trevor |author-link=Trevor Rees-Jones (bodyguard) |title=The Bodyguard's Story: Diana, the Crash, and the Sole Survivor |year=2000 |publisher=Little, Brown |location=United States |isbn=978-0-316-85508-2}}
* {{cite book |last=Steinberg |first=Deborah Lynn |title=Mourning Diana: Nation, Culture and the Performance of Grief |url=https://archive.org/details/mourningdiana00adri |url-access=registration |year=1999 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |isbn=978-0-41-519393-1}}
* {{cite book |last=Taylor |first=John A. |title=Diana, Self-Interest, and British National Identity |year=2000 |publisher=Praeger |location=Westport, CN |isbn=978-0-27-596826-7 |oclc=42935749}}
* {{cite book |last=Thomas |first=James |title=Diana's Mourning: A People's History |year=2002 |publisher=University of Wales Press |location=Cardiff |isbn=978-0-70-831753-2 |oclc=50099981}}
* {{cite book |last=Turnock |first=Robert |title=Interpreting Diana: Television Audiences and the Death of a Princess |year=2000 |publisher=British Film Institute |location=London |isbn=978-0-85-170788-4 |oclc=43819614 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/interpretingdian0000turn}}
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==External links==
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* [https://www.royal.uk/diana-princess-wales Diana, Princess of Wales] at the official website of the Royal Family
* {{NPG name|name=Diana, Princess of Wales}}
* {{IMDb name|0697740|Diana, Princess of Wales}}
* [https://vault.fbi.gov/Diana%2C%20Princess%20of%20Wales FBI Records: The Vault&nbsp;– Diana, Princess of Wales] at fbi.gov
* {{C-SPAN|1016848}}

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