Princess Diana: Immortal essence of beauty and grace! (never seen before pics)

Lady Di on her marriage: "Here was a fairytale story that everybody wanted to work. You had to either sink or swim and you had to learn that very fast. I swam."The day I die, shall be the day world starts getting Born to Lord and Lady Althorp of Sandringham estate, Norfolk on 1st of July 1961. She was fourth of her five siblings, Sarah, Jane, and Charles, one of her brother John died just a year before she was born.Lord and Lady Althorp always had a pressure of having a heir, which ultimately took its toll on their marriage and the couple got divorced. Lady Althorp took Diana away with her but later Lord Althorp won her (Diana's) custody, after which Diana grew up in the Park house, Sandringham estate.Diana was entitled 'Lady', when her father was bestowed with the titled Earl Spencer. Lady Diana who was quite popular among her friends and family, began her education both academics and arts.Diana was academically below average and performed utterly poor in all her O-levels. But, she had an immense passion for music and dance. This led her to join West Heath Girls' School (now The New School at West Heath), here she shined out in the field of dance & music and was recognized with an award.When she was 17, Lady Diana got her first job as a nanny to baby Alexandra, daughter of Major Jeremy Whitaker and his wife Philippa, as Diana was close to Philippa's brother William. She loved children and often spent her time ‘Baby-sitting' the kids around her estate for fun.Meanwhile, she tried her hands at learning cooking, and Skiing. She always had a passion for Ballet dancing, but had to give up her dreams when she literally grew too tall for it.About the same time, Diana's elder sister Sarah was dating Prince Charles (her going to-be future brother-in-law).Lady Diana and Prince Charles were introduced to each other by Sarah.Prince Charles took interest in her when he saw her during the summers of 1980, one afternoon on the day of his polo match. Prince Charles and Diana began their courtship and soon the couple got engaged, but their affair was kept under wraps citing royal protocol. Their official engagement was announced on 24th Feb 1981.Later Lady Diana was bestowed with the titled Princess of Wales; she married Prince of Wales, Charles on 29th July 1981 at St. Paul's Cathedral. Every royal wedding except of Prince Charles and Lady Diana took place at Westminster Abbey.St Paul's Cathedral was chosen due to large gathering of guests at the wedding, Westminster Abbey had limited seats for royals.Until their marriage Diana stayed at the Buckingham Palace. Theirs' was a 'Fairytale Wedding' watched by an audience of 750 million people. About 6000 people gathered outside the church to catch the first glimpse of the newly-wed.The couple post marriage settled for Kensington Palace and High grove House, near Tetbury as their official residence.On November 5 1981, Lady Diana's first pregnancy was officially announced. Later in January 1982, Diana had met an unfortunate incident; she fell down the stairs in Buckingham Palace and suffered grievous injuries and bruises, though the fetus was uninjured.On June 12 1982, Princess Diana gave naturally birth to the couple's first son, and heir William Arthur Philip Louis. Two years later, the couple welcomed another bundle of joy, Henry Charles Albert David, nicknamed Harry on September 15, 1984. Princess Diana revealed that at the time she was pregnant with Harry, she and Prince Charles came very close and no other than her (not even Prince Charles) knew that the unborn was a boy.Lady Diana all her life was devoted to her kids and royal duties. She never bothered about weather, her health, or even circumstances to visit and get engaged in charitable work.Princess was an amalgamation of beauty and finesse. Lady Diana used to choose her wardrobe according to the place that she visited. She loved to be around kids, she helped them through various charities.Princess Diana was an image of selfless love, passion for humanity, and incessant desire to help.As famous and popular she was Princess's dresses too had the same fortunate. All the dresses ever worn by Diana were titled 'Diana Dresses' and were evidently copied by thousand of women across the world who tried to copy the exact grace and elegance that Princess displayed.See more rare pics...

Princess Diana: Immortal essence of beauty and grace! (never seen before pics)

Lady Di on her marriage: "Here was a fairytale story that everybody wanted to work. You had to either sink or swim and you had to learn that very fast. I swam."The day I die,

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