On August 31 this year, 21 years have passed since the tragic death of the queen of people's hearts, the British Princess Diana. Even during her marriage to Prince Charles, she was under the scrutiny of the media, and interest in her did not die down either after her divorce from the prince in 1996 or after her death in a car accident in Paris in August 1997. She still stirs up ghosts today and is the subject of many conspiracy theories. which come to the fore right on the anniversary of her death. But we're not going to talk about conspiracy theories this time. We have prepared interesting facts about Princess Diana that you certainly did not know.
Read something interesting facts about Princess Diana, which you probably didn't know about yet.
Diana was homeschooled until the age of 9.
At that time, it was customary for upper-class children to be home-schooled. After her parents divorced, Diana was enrolled at Riddlesworth Hall in Norfolk, where her family resided. From the age of 12, she was sent to the exclusive boarding school West Heath School.
She was not among the best students.
After failing two exams, Diana left West Heath School. Her father enrolled her in a Swedish girls' school, but Diana did not last long there.
Diana was a teacher.
When Diana left a Swedish girls' school, she worked as a cleaner and as a nanny. Then she got a job at the Young England School.
She wanted to become a ballerina.
She took ballet classes as a child, but soon became too tall. Her love for classical dance never faded. She became a supporter of the English National Ballet School and remained so until her death.
Her grandmother, Ruth Fermoy, was a lady-in-waiting to the Queen Mother.
Lady Fermoy served the Royal Family for almost 40 years. She was a good friend of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, and many believe that they are 'to blame' for their grandchildren's marriage. They themselves denied it, and Diana is said not to have spoken to Lady Fermoy, who died in 1993.
Her sister dated Prince Charles.
Even before Charles met Diana, he was romantically involved with her sister, Lady Sarah Spencer. That's how he and Diana met at a family gathering, she was 16 years old.
She got engaged to Prince Charles at 19 and married at 20.
The prince, who was 12 years Diana's senior, was under unprecedented pressure to find a bride.
Diana chose the engagement ring right from the catalog.
Although royal engagement rings are usually custom-made, Diana chose hers from the Garrard jewelry catalog. The ring consists of 14 diamonds surrounding a 12-carat sapphire. Today, the ring is owned by Kate Middleton.
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The heavy, nearly 8-meter-long train on her wedding dress was the longest in royal history.
Diana's wedding dress was decorated with as many as 10 thousand pearls, various embroideries and sequins. Diana thus had walking exercises in her wedding dress.
Diana broke the tradition of royal family wedding vows.
Diana omitted the vow to 'obey' her husband from her wedding vows. Three decades later, Kate Middleton did the same.
Her favorite dessert was bread pudding.
Princess Diana's personal chef, Darren McGrady, said that Diana came into the kitchen several times while he was making bread pudding and ate the raisins from the top of the dessert.
She tried to raise her sons as little royally as possible.
Princess Diana took her sons to McDonald's, AIDS clinics, homeless shelters and amusement parks.
Her favorite color was pink.
Diana could often be seen in different shades of pink.
Her niece looks a lot like her.
Lady Kitty, the daughter of Diana's younger brother Charles Spencer, bears a real resemblance to the late princess.
She was a devoted godmother.
Diana also had a goddaughter, Domenico Lawson, with Down syndrome, who is 22 years old today.
She auctioned off 79 of her dresses and raised $5.67 million for charities fighting AIDS and cancer.
It was Prince William who suggested to mum that she could sell her dresses to raise money for charities. They held an auction at Christie's New York two days before her death.
Princess Diana is buried on the island.
The island is located in the middle of Oval Lake on the Althorp Park property, which is her family's home. Diana was supposed to be buried in the church with the other members of the Spencer family, but they later decided to give her remains a more private location.
