Diana Spencer was born in 1961 in England.
As her family had been close to the British Royal family, she got to marry👰 the heir to the British throne👑, Prince Charles in 1981.
Nearly one billion people across the world🌎 watched her wedding on TV, in what was considered as the ‘wedding of the century👍.’
Post-wedding, Diana began to be called Diana, Princess of Wales.
The couple had two sons🧒 William and Harry.
Her socially activism
Diana used her influence and popularity in contributing to the global efforts to help the underprivileged children, the AIDS victims😇 and campaigned against the use of landmines.
Got too much to handle
Over time, Diana felt overwhelmed😒 by her royal duties and the intense media coverage🧐 of her life.
She and Charles began to have martial disputes🗣 with and the couple eventually divorced😠 in 1996.
A new relation
After her divorce, Diana began dating💑 Egyptian film producer and socialite, Dodi Fayed.
Their affair was widely covered in the tabloids📃.
A Tragic End
On the early morning of Aug. 31 1997🗓, when Diana and Dodi set off from a Paris hotel, paparazzi on motorcycles🏍 began aggressively following their car.
In a bid to get away from them, the car’s driver lost control and crashed💥 into a pillar in a road tunnel.
While he and Fayed died at the scene, Diana succumbed to her injuries at a hospital🏥.
A global shockwave
Diana’s sudden death caused a substantial outpouring of worldwide grief😢.
Thousands of mourners lined along the streets to witness her funeral procession.
Her funeral was watched by over 2 billion people on TV📺.
Though the media blamed the paparazzi📸 for this tragedy, investigations revealed the exact reason to be the car’s driver being under the influence of alcohol🍷 and prescription drugs.
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