July 1, 1961
- Diana Frances Spencer born in Norfolk
1969
- Diana's parents divorced; mother ran away with an heir to a wallpaper fortune
1970
- After being educated at home by tutors, Diana was sent to Riddlesworth Hall
1973
- Diana began her education at West Heath School (Kent)
1974
- Diana moved to the Spencer family estate in Althorp
1976
- Diana's father married Raine Legge, whose mother was Barbara Cartland, romance novelist
1977
- Diana dropped out of West Heath School; father sent her to a Swiss finishing school, Chateau d'Oex, but she only stayed a few months
1977
- Charles and Diana met again; she taught him to tap-dance
1979
- Diana moved to London, worked as a housekeeper, nanny, and kindergarten teacher's aide; lived with three other girls in a three-bedroom flat purchased by her father
1980
- On a visit to see her sister Jane, who was married to Robert Fellowes, an assistant secretary to the Queen, Diana and Charles met again; soon, Charles asked Diana for a date
February 3, 1981
- Prince Charles proposed to Lady Diana Spencer at a dinner for two at Buckingham Palace
February 8, 1981
- Lady Diana left for a previously-planned vacation in Australia
July 29, 1981
- wedding of Lady Diana Spencer and Charles, Prince of Wales, at St. Paul's Cathedral; broadcast worldwide
November 5, 1981
- official announcement that Diana was pregnant
June 21, 1982
- Prince William born (William Arthur Philip Louis)
September 15, 1984
- Prince Harry born (Henry Charles Albert David)
1986
- strains in the marriage began to be obvious
March 29, 1992
- Diana's father died
June 16, 1992
- publication of Morton's book Diana: Her True Story, including the story of Charles' long affair with Camilla Parker Bowles and allegations of five suicide attempts including once during Diana's first pregnancy; it later became apparent that Diana or at least her family had cooperated with the author, her father contributing many family photographs
December 9, 1992
- formal announcement of the legal separation of Diana and Charles
1994
- Prince Charles interviewed by Jonathan Dimbleby, admitted he had had a relationship with Camilla Parker Bowles since 1986 (later, it was questioned whether his attraction to her had been rekindled earlier) -- the British television audience was 14 million
November 20, 1995
- Princess Diana interviewed on BBC, with 21.1 million audience in Britain
February 29, 1996
- Princess Diana announced she'd agreed to a divorce
August 28, 1996
- divorce of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Charles, Prince of Wales, final; Diana received about $23 million settlement plus $600,000 per year, retained the title "Princess of Wales" but not the title "Her Royal Highness," continued to live at Kensington Palace; agreement was that both parents were to be active in their children's lives
late 1996
- Diana became involved with the issue of landmines
1997
- Nobel Peace Prize went to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, for which Diana had worked and traveled
June 1997
- Christie's in New York auctioned 79 of Diana's evening gowns; proceeds of about $3.5 million went to cancer and AIDS charities.
1997
- linked romantically with 42-year-old "Dodi" Fayed, whose father, Mohammed al-Fayed, owned Harrod's Department Store and Paris' Ritz Hotel
August 31, 1997
- Diana, Princess of Wales, died of injuries sustained in a car accident, in Paris, France
September 6, 1997
- Princess Diana's funeral. She was buried at the Spencer estate at Althorp, on an island in a lake.
