July 1, 1961
Diana Frances Spencer born in Norfolk, England
1969
Diana's parents divorced; her mother ran away with an heir to a wallpaper fortune
1970
After being educated at home by tutors, Diana was sent to Riddlesworth Hall, Norfolk, a boarding school
1973
Diana began her education at the West Heath Girls School, Kent, an exclusive girls' boarding school
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 Girls Heath School; her 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, where she worked as a housekeeper, nanny, and kindergarten teacher's aide; she 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 to the public
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.
