Diana Spencer was Diana Spencer was born on the first of born on the first of

July 1961 in July 1961 in Sandringham in Sandringham in

England.England.She wanted to She wanted to

become a dancer. become a dancer. Besides she loved Besides she loved

children very much children very much and at the age of and at the age of

sixteen she worked sixteen she worked in schools for very in schools for very young children.young children.

Diana became princess, when Prince Diana became princess, when Prince Charles, the Queen's son, asked her to be his Charles, the Queen's son, asked her to be his wife and they got married. They seemed to be wife and they got married. They seemed to be

a happy couple. They travelled a lot, they a happy couple. They travelled a lot, they worked a lot, they visited many countries worked a lot, they visited many countries

together.together.

They had two sonsThey had two sons..

21 June 1982, 21 June 1982, Diana gave Diana gave birth to her birth to her first son and first son and

heir, William.heir, William.

The second son, Harry, was born a

little over two years after

William on 15 September 1984.

She was a kind woman. Hundreds of people She was a kind woman. Hundreds of people talked about Diana's kindnesses. She talked about Diana's kindnesses. She

worked on children's charities,worked on children's charities, she liked she liked ordinary people, though she was rich and ordinary people, though she was rich and had many rich friends. Wherever she was, had many rich friends. Wherever she was, she was always ready to lend a hand. She she was always ready to lend a hand. She was devoted to the sick and the poor. She was devoted to the sick and the poor. She visited hospitals for people with AIDS and visited hospitals for people with AIDS and for lepers and wasn't afraid to touch them, for lepers and wasn't afraid to touch them,

talk to them, listen to them.talk to them, listen to them.

15-16 June 1995 Princess Diana came to Moscow.

She visited «Tushinskuy child's hospital» and presented some medical equipment to

the hospital.

16 June 1995 in the Embassy of Great Britain in Moscow Princess Diana was

awarded International Leonardo-premium.

On 31 August 1997, Diana died after a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris along with her friend Dodi Al-Fayed.

Diana was most of all famous in the last year of her life: she became the most visible supporter of the International

Campaign to Ban Landmines, a campaign that went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 after her death, which many believed was a posthumous tribute to the Princess.

She was, indeed, the People's Princess.

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