Princess Diana once said, “Carry out a random act of kindness with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you” (“Diana Princess of Wales Quotes”). Princess Diana was a kind hearted and loving person. She felt the need to help others without receiving anything in return. This quality, among other qualities, made Princess Diana a great human being. Princess Diana was an extremely noteworthy person and was an important figure in society. Diana Spencer had a very interesting background as to how she came to be princess and as to how she had a very normal life growing up. Diana Spencer also used her fame to spread awareness about causes and people in need. Lastly, Princess Diana’s death was tragic and unexpected, but she left a lasting legacy in her place. Princess Diana was a very noteworthy person who changed the lives of many people.
Princess Diana grew up to become one of the most known princesses in history. She was born on July 1, 1961. She was born into a family of five children. When she was six, her parents went through a divorce. Her father ended up winning custody of her and her siblings. Diana’s father ended remarrying Raine, Countess of Dartmouth. The children disliked her very much and even called her ‘Acid Raine’ (“Princess Diana Biography”). Then, in 1975, Diana’s father became the Earl of Spencer, and the family moved and Diana also received the title Lady Diana Spencer. At first, Diana attended school at Riddlesworth Hall Preparatory School, and then later attended West Health Girls’ School. At age 16, Lady Diana dropped out of school, and in that same year, she met Prince Charles, her future husband, for the first time because he was a friend of Diana’s sister ...
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... before hand. Although she lived a glamorous life in the public eye, Princess Diana really cared about the people whose lives were not as great as hers. Some people would not expect someone who is a princess to be so willing to go out to other countries and fight for people and their safety and health. Despite this doubt, she created a lasting impression on people that shall live on for many years.
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When one thinks of becoming a princess or even royalty, the idea of the magical childhood, fantasy wedding and perfect marriage, seems to accompany the indication of a royal, but yet this was not the case for Diana. Ever since she was eight, her parents had been divorced and little Diana just “longed for the love of a united home” (Wright). Her school grades were not up to par, “an academically below-average student” (Princess Diana Biography Biography) and her family life was in shackles, so later becoming a princess and huge icon was such a powerful message for those with rough starts; this was not the first stereotype she would break. From straightforwardly addressing tough, international medical issues to her torn personal life, the people sympathized with her, because she was such real, true and honest princess. When Diana entered into the public view by her marriage to Charles, her life appeared to be perfect especially when followed by two, healthy sons, William and Harry, but...
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Not only her family and her friends but the whole nation to whom she had become an icon.. The forth rule in tragedy is that it is partly brought about by the victims own actions. For Diana it was the fact that she had been taking a slight risk in asking her driver to try and escape from the pa... ... middle of paper ... ... y come a few seconds earlier she could have prevented
Diana, the youngest in her family of four, remained close to the Royal Family of Britain even at a young age. She may not of been royalty in her younger years, but she came from a wealthy family; “Born Diana Spencer on July 1, 1961, Princess Diana became Lady Diana Spencer after her father inherited the title of Earl Spencer in 1975” (“Princess”). Diana had a noble birth because she came from such an aristocratic background. Diana became a public icon and the press, along with her people, loved her. In Diana’s childhood her mother and father divorced, her father won the custody battle of all four children. Not until later did Diana go on to marry Prince Charles, the ceremony took place on July 29,
FIRST: Let me first begin by telling you about Princess Diana’s life. In a book by Andrew Morton titled “Diana: Her True Story In Her Own Words” published by Simon and Shuster, Morton talks into great detail about Diana’s life. He says that Diana, Princess of Wales, was born Diana Frances Spencer on July 1st, 1961. Her parents divorced at a young age, leaving her and her siblings in a bitter custody battle. When her father inherited the title of Earl Spencer, she became Lady Diana Spencer. After she finished with school, she worked as a nanny and a kindergarten teacher. She had a passion for taking care of children. She grew up knowing the Royal family quite well. Princess Diana’s younger brother is the Queen’s godson. Morton also talks about Princess Diana’s relationship with Prince Charles. Although their families had known each other for a long time, Prince Charles of Wales and Lady Diana met again at a party in 1977. In F...
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Princess Diana was born into a royal family and had a rather tough time growing up. She was the youngest daughter of Edward Spencer, Viscount Althorp, and, Frances Spencer, Viscountess Althorp. During her parents' bitter divorce over Diana’s mother’s adultery with wallpaper successor Peter Kydd, Diana's mother sued for custody of her children. Diana went into many battles with her mother over this which led Diana to dislike her mother. Diana’s father’s rank was supported by Diana’s grandmother, on her mother’s side, in which her testimony against her daughter during the trial, meant custody of Diana and her brother went to their father.
...g as an ambassador for England, Diana desperately sought out peace for herself and others throughout the course of her life, which in my opinion has earned her the permanent title as “the people’s princess.”
Throughout her life Diana displayed a very insecure nature. Psychologists think this was rooted in her childhood (Smith). When she was six, her mom left her family (Smith). After her parent’s high-profile divorce was finalized, she remembered her father’s distant, lonely silences, and her mother’s constant crying (Morton 35). Diana described this as a “wish-washy and painful experience” (33). Due to these circumstances she felt detached and different from others at a very young age (34). For Diana’s engagement party to the Prince of Wales, she wore a black dress that she thought was “pretty and smart” (51-52). When Prince Charles saw her, he said with disgust, “only people in mourning wear black” (170-171). She was destroyed by this comment. She needed people’s constant support and compliments (170). Later in her marriage, her husband’s lack of attention led her to suffer from bulimia and to make several suicide attempts (85-86). Once, when she was attempting to gain Prince Charles’ attention, she took a penknife and cut her chest and thighs (77). Seeing the bloody sight he said, “You are crying wolf.” This comment added to her negative self-esteem (188). The constant press coverage put her under lots of pressure. “It warped her sense of who she was through its unrealistic expectations, distortions, exaggerations and outright inventions” (Smith). It made her believe she had to live up to the impossible expectations that were being forced on her (Smith). Diana was easily influenced and very sensitive. She let other people’s views of her and life’s uncontrollable circumstances affect her self-image.
Princess Diana of Wales, a rebel with a cause from the day she stepped into the limelight of the royal family. She was known as the independent thinker and became to be known as the People’s Princess. Diana used her position in the royal family to spotlight major world issues and she succeeded. She was never afraid of promoting difficult causes such as AIDS, leprosy or politically sensitive issues like landmines.
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