Princess Diana Research Paper

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Princess Diana was born Diana Francis Spencer on July 1, 1961 near Sandringham, England into a family of British nobility. She was one of five children born to Edward John Spencer, Viscount Althorp, and Frances Ruth Burke Roche, Viscountess Althorp. She grew up in Park House, an estate her family leased from Queen Elizabeth II and as a child she would play with Prince Andrew and Prince Edward. Her parents later divorced when Diana was seven years old and her father had custody of Diana and her siblings. Diana was homeschooled then attended Riddlesworth Hall School continued on to West Heath School. In 1975 when her father inherited the title Earl Spencer, Diana became Lady Diana Spencer. She was a very shy growing up but displayed an interest …show more content…

She became a philanthropic force. Diana dedicated herself first to her children and trying to give them as normal a childhood as she could but also to many charities around the world raising awareness to humanitarian issues that many royals would not bring attention to. She showed how royalty could be one with the people rendering her the “People’s Princess.” In 1987, Diana was photographed shaking the hands of HIV Patients without wearing gloves. This called into question the idea that that HIV/AIDS was transfer from person to person by touch. Her kindness and compassion for those inflicted with this disease showed how caring she was. She not only wanted to change the stigma about HIV/AIDS, she also visited countries with high leprosy rates. Her humanitarian acts did not stop there. In 1997, Princess Diana visited Angola while there she visited a landmine site. After this visit she became an anti-landmine activist. She led a campaign for a worldwide ban on landmines. She was very passionate about the people and helping in any possible. She embraced the needy, sick and less fortunate. She would visit London’s homeless shelters during her reign as Princess and afterwards. Diana became the patron of Centrepoint, which provides accommodations and support to homeless people ages sixteen to twenty-five, in 1992 until her death 1997. Her love for children which was displayed earlier in her life continued which was evident before she married Prince Charles. Diana became the patron of The Royal Marsden Hospital, which treated childhood cancers and the Great Ormand Street Hospital for Children, the largest center for child heart surgery and one of the largest heart transplant

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