DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES


Meaning of DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES in English

Diana, Princess of Wales BrE AmE ( also Princess Di, Princess Diana, Lady Di )

(1961–97) the former wife of Prince Charles and the mother of Prince William and Prince Harry. She was originally called Lady Diana Spencer and she married Prince Charles in 1981. Eventually their marriage failed and they got a ↑ divorce in 1996. She was known for wearing fashionable expensive clothes, but she was also known as a caring person who worked actively for many different ↑ charity organizations, especially those which supported people with AIDS or opposed the use of ↑ landmine s . In 1997, she started a romantic relationship with the businessman Dodi al-Fayed, and they were both killed in a car crash in Paris.

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