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Personal data Diana Frances Spencer 

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Household of Diana Frances Spencer

She is married to (Not public).

They got married on July 29, 1981 at St.Paul's, London, England, United Kingdom, she was 20 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. (Not public)
  2. (Not public)

The couple were divorced from August 28, 1996 at London, England, United Kingdom.


Notes about Diana Frances Spencer

Diana Frances Spencer (1 juli 1961 - 31 augustus 1997) was de eerste echtgenote van de Britse kroonprins Charles en is de moeder van de Britse prinsen William en Harry.

Diana was de jongste dochter van de Hon. Frances Ruth Burke-Roche (dochter van de 4de baron Fermoy) en de Hon. Edward John Spencer, Viscount Althorp, waardoor Diana een afstammeling was van de vele koningen van Engeland. Diana had twee zusters, Sarah en Jane, en een broer, Charles.

Na de dood van haar grootvader aan vaders zijde, de zevende Graaf Spencer in 1975, werd Lord Althorp de achtste Graaf Spencer, en zijn dochter kreeg de titel 'Lady Diana Spencer'. Ze kreeg haar opleiding in Norfolk en aan een kostschool in Kent, en werd beschouwd als een gemiddelde leerlinge. Toen ze 16 jaar was ging ze naar het Institut Alpin Videmanette, in Rougemont, Zwitserland, voor het laatste jaar van haar opleiding.

In 1980, toen ze 19 jaar oud was, werd ze opgemerkt door de Prins van Wales, Prins Charles, die haar uitnodigde voor een polowedstrijd. Een romance begon, en het stel verloofde zich op 24 februari 1981. Zij trouwden op 29 juli van datzelfde jaar onder grote publieke belangstelling in de St Paul's Cathedral in Londen. Er wordt wel honend gezegd dat Charles met Diana wilde trouwen omdat zij de enige adellijke dame in Europa zou zijn die op die leeftijd nog maagd was.

Diana kreeg twee kinderen: Prins William in 1982, en Prins Harry in 1984. Aan het eind van de tachtiger jaren kreeg ze steeds meer bekendheid door haar steun voor goede doelen. Ze heeft veel betekend in campagnes tegen het gebruik van landmijnen en in het verminderen van het stigma rondom Aids. In 1995 ontving ze de Humanitarian of the Year award.

Aan het begin van de negentiger jaren liep het huwelijk op de klippen, en hoewel het koppel al in 1992 uit elkaar ging, werd de scheiding pas in 1996 afgerond.

Auto-ongeluk

Diana kwam om het leven op 31 augustus 1997 bij een auto-ongeluk in de Alma tunnel in Parijs, samen met haar vriend Dodi Al-Fayed. Alhoewel er veel samenzweringstheorieën zijn opgeworpen in de media, wordt over het algemeen aangenomen dat het een ongeluk was, veroorzaakt door een chauffeur die alcohol had gedronken en met hoge snelheid paparazzi probeerde te ontlopen.

Haar dood veroorzaakte een bijzonder publiekelijke rouwperiode en naar schatting 6 miljoen mensen waren getuige van de begrafenisplechtigheden. Diana werd begraven in Althorp in Groot-Brittannië, op een eiland in het midden van een meer op het landgoed van haar broer. Bezoekers kunnen om het meer lopen, en kunnen een tentoonstelling over Diana bekijken in een bezoekerscentrum.

Op 6 juli 2004 werd een monument voor haar geopend in Hyde Park (Londen). Het is een fontein in de vorm van een ovalen ring van steen.

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    Historical events

    Birthday July 1, 1961

    • The temperature on July 1, 1961 was between 15.2 °C and 31.5 °C and averaged 23.8 °C. There was 14.8 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
      • January 9 » British authorities announce they have uncovered the Soviet Portland Spy Ring in London.
      • April 23 » Algiers putsch by French generals.
      • April 30 » K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned.
      • May 9 » FCC Chairman Newton N. Minow gives his Wasteland Speech.
      • June 16 » While on tour with the Kirov Ballet in Paris, Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union.
      • October 17 » Directed by their chief Maurice Papon, Paris police massacre scores of Algerian protesters.

    Christening day August 30, 1961

    • The temperature on August 30, 1961 was between 17.4 °C and 30.9 °C and averaged 22.3 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (85%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
      • January 3 » A protest by agricultural workers in Baixa de Cassanje, Portuguese Angola, turns into a revolt, opening the Angolan War of Independence, the first of the Portuguese Colonial Wars.
      • January 27 » The Soviet submarine S-80 sinks when its snorkel malfunctions, flooding the boat.
      • March 29 » The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
      • May 14 » Civil rights movement: A white mob twice attacks a Freedom Riders bus near Anniston, Alabama, before fire-bombing the bus and attacking the civil rights protesters who flee the burning vehicle.
      • June 1 » The Canadian Bank of Commerce and Imperial Bank of Canada merge to form the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the largest bank merger in Canadian history.
      • October 20 » The Soviet Union performs the first armed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, launching an R-13 from a Golf-class submarine.

    Day of marriage July 29, 1981

    • The temperature on July 29, 1981 was between 12.5 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1981: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 14.2 million citizens.
      • January 10 » Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments
      • April 4 » Iran–Iraq War: The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force mounts an attack on H-3 Airbase and destroys about 50 Iraqi aircraft.
      • April 25 » More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of at the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.
      • May 21 » Transamerica Corporation agrees to sell United Artists to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for $380million after the box office failure of the 1980 film Heaven's Gate.
      • July 7 » US President Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States.
      • October 6 » Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.

    Day of death August 31, 1997

    • The temperature on August 31, 1997 was between 15.7 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
      • February 5 » The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.
      • June 12 » Queen Elizabeth II reopens the Globe Theatre in London.
      • July 10 » Miguel Ángel Blanco, a member of Partido Popular (Spain), is kidnapped (and later murdered) in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests.
      • August 29 » Netflix is launched as an internet DVD rental service.
      • December 22 » Acteal massacre: Attendees at a prayer meeting of Roman Catholic activists for indigenous causes in the small village of Acteal in the Mexican state of Chiapas are massacred by paramilitary forces.
      • December 27 » Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

    Day of burial September 6, 1997

    

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