CURRICULUM VITAE
DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES
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1961, July 1th
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Birth: Lady Diana Frances Spencer, named
after her mother and one of her female ancestors
Time: late in the afternoon, weight: 7 pounds
Age father: 37, mother: 25
Daughter of Frances Roche and Edward John Spencer, Earl of Spencer / Althorp,
married in 1954
Sister: Lady Jane Fellowes, married with Sir Robert Fellowes
Sister: Lady Sarah McCorquodale, married with Neil McCorquodale, may 1980
Brother: Charles, Earl of Spencer/Althorp, born in 1964, married in 1989
Victoria Lockwood, divorced 1997
Children: Kitty 1991, Amelia and Eliza (twins) 1993
Grandmother: Ruth, Lady Fermoy, death: autumn 1993
Grandfather: The 7th Earl of Spencer, deceased: June 9th
1975
Diana stayed her early years in Parkhouse, Norfolk |
1967
|
Marriage parents in decline,
Frances started a relationship with Peter Shand Kydd (businessman / heir
of a wall-paper-factory) |
1968 |
Siffield school, King's Lynn |
1969, April |
Divorce parents, mother remarried with Peter
Shand Kydd, later divorced
They lived in Buckinghamshire, later they moved to Appleshore in Itchenor,
coast West Sussex
Peter Kydd gave Diana her nickname Duchess
Father remarried with Lady Raine Spencer on July 14th1977, Lady
Raine is the formal Lady Lewisham and Duchess of Darhmouth, daughter of
Barbara Cartland, writer |
1970 |
Boardingschool, Riddlesworth Hall near Diss
in Norfolk |
1972
|
Frances and Peter Shand Kydd bought a farm
on the island Seil, Oban in Argyllshire, Frances still lives here |
1972 |
Prince Charles met Camilla Parker-Bowles |
1972 |
Diana's grandmother, The Countess Spencer
deceased |
1972 |
Diana went to Riddlesworth Hall, Diss Norfolk |
1973
|
Marriage Andrew and Camilla Parker-Bowles
|
1973 |
West Heath boardingschool, Sevenoaks, Kent,
founded in 1865
Diana met Carolyn Bartholomew, who became a close friend |
1975 |
Family moved to Althorp House, Althorp, Northampton
|
1975 June 9th |
Diana's grandfather, the 7th Earl
of Spencer deceased, aged 83
Diana got the title Lady Diana Spencer |
1977, July 14th |
Diana, aged 16, met Charles, Prince of Wales
|
1978 |
Institute Alpin Videmanette, near Gstaad,
finishing-school in Switzerland
Living on her own in London
Jobs: waitress, baby-sitter/nanny and charwoman, assistant Young England
crèche in Plimco |
1978 |
Marriage sister Jane to Robert Fellowes,
Guards Chapel, Diana was bridesmaid
Robert became the steward of Queen Elisabeth II |
1979, July |
Father bought Diana an apartment in London,
Coleherne Court 60, Kensington London for her 18th, costs £50.000,-
Carolyn Bartholomew lived with her |
1979 |
Jobs: waitress, baby-sitter/nanny and cleaninglady
assistant Young England Crèche in Plimco |
1980, July |
Diana met Prince Charles, Petworth, West
Sussex
First rumors about an affair between them |
1980,
February 6th |
Windsor Castle: Charles proposed |
1980 |
Sister Sarah married to Neil Mccorquodale,
ex-officer of the Coldstream Guards |
1981,
February 24th |
Engagement
Diana moved to Clarence House to stay with the Queen-Mother |
1981,
July 29th |
Marriage in St. Paul's Cathedral, London,
750.000.000 spectators
Design wedding dress: David & Elizabeth Emanuel
Hairdresser: Kevin Shanley
Visagist: Barbera Daly |
1981 |
Houses: Highgrove, Gloucestershire, Cornwall
Kensington Palace, London |
1981, November 5th |
Announcement Diana's pregnancy of Prince
William |
1982,
June 21th |
Birth of Prince William Arthur, 21:03, (Lindo)
St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington
August 4th 1982: baptism Prince William |
1984,
September 15th |
Birth of Prince Harry Albert, 16:20, (Lindo)
St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington |
1986, July |
Marriage Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew
|
1989 |
Recording conversation between Diana and
James Gilby, Sandringham (Squidgy-tape) |
1991 |
Accident Prince William |
1991 |
Christmas: Queen Elizabeth declared not to
have any intention to resign soon |
1984-1992 |
Decline in relationship Diana and Charles,
Diana claimed that after the birth of Prince Harry serious marriage-trouble
started
Diana was supposed to have affairs with James Hewitt (1986-1991), James
Gilby auto-dealer, Will Carlin, rugbyplayer (1993), David Waterhouse, major
garde-regiment, Oliver Hoare, Art-dealer and Hasnat Khan, surgeon and Christopher
Whalley, stockbroker.
She only admitted to have an affair with James Hewitt (Panorama-interview,
1994)
Charles had a relationship with Camilla Parker-Bowles, before, during and
after their marriage.
Parker-Bowles is the daughter of Major Bruce Shand, winetrader, game-keeper,
Vice-represent of the Crown in East-Sussex. She is the granddaughter of
Alice Keppel, mistress of Edward VII. Charles admitted this 'affair' from
1985, when he supposed his marriage was over. |
1992-1991, June |
Publication "Diana; Her True Story",
Andrew Morton,
Diana co-operated on this book, answering questions on tapes
June 7th publication in the Sunday Times |
1992 |
Publication Squidy-tapes; telephone-conversations
with James Gilby, her lover, The Sun. Recorded in 1989 at Sandringham |
1992, March |
Divorce Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson |
1992,
March 29th |
Diana's father, the Earl of Spencer, deceased
|
1992,
December 9th |
Prime minister John Major announced that
Diana and Charles would be separated |
1992 |
Queen declared that 1992 was her Annus Horribilis |
1993 |
Publication Camilla-tapes; telephone-conversations
between Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles |
1993, May |
Reconciliation with Lady Raine |
1993, June |
Charles admitted his adultery with Camilla
Parker-Bowles in a TV-interview with Jonathan Dimberley, 13.000.000 spectators
Lady Fermoy, Diana's grandmother deceased |
1993, December |
Diana reduced the number of charity-goals
from 150 to 6; The British Red Cross, The Anti-Personnel Land Mines Campaign
/ Centrepoint Soho / English National Ballet / The Leprosy Mission / National
Aids Trust / Royal Marsden NHS-trust / Great Ormond St. Hospital for Children
NHS Trust / American Red Cross |
1994, November 20th
|
Interview "Panorama" BBC, Martin
Bashir
Diana admitted her bulimia-disease, her affair with James Hewitt and her
consent for "Diana; Her True Story". |
1996,
February 28th |
St James´s Palace
Diana agreed to have an official divorce |
1996, July 15th |
Divorce from bed and board |
1996,
August 28th |
Official divorce; Diana received £17.000.000,
but lost her royal tittle. Her new tittle became: Diana, Princess of Wales
|
1996, December |
New York
Diana received 'The Humanitarian of the Year'-Award from Henry Kissinger
Diana reduced the number of charity-goals from 150 to 5: Centrepoint
Soho / The Leprosy Mission / National Aids Trust / Royal Marsden NHS-trust
/ Great Ormond St. Hospital for Children NHS Trust |
1997 |
Diana met Sir Richard Attenborough, at the
premiere of the film 'In Love and War'. The theme of the film was the causes
of landmines. Mike Whitlam, director-general of the Red Cross persuaded
Diana to support this issue and to do trips to Angola and Bosnia. One of
the results was the British prohibition on export and use of landmines.
Bill Clinton also considered this for the USA. |
1997, May |
Diana discussed her future-role with Tony
Blair, goal: Humanitarian Ambassador for England |
1997, summer |
Auction Diana's dresses at Christie's, New
York
gain: Fl. 7.000.000,-- for the Aids Trust |
1997, August |
Affair Emad Al-Fayed (Dodi Fayed), born April
15th 1956
Dodi was the son of Mohammed El Fayed and Samira Kashoggi, sister of Adnan,
weapon-trader |
1997,
August 4th |
Picture of the kiss, made by Mario Brenna,
Italian paparazzo |
1997
August 30th |
Dodi bought Diana a ring; 'Dis-Moi Oui',
designed by Alberto Repossi, probable an engagement ring, cost: £130.000,
place Beaumarchais
Dodi's servant Rene Delorm declared Dodi never gave it to her, he intended
to give it on the night of the accident, as he also wanted to propose to
her. After the accident Delorm found the ring in Dodi's apartment at the
Champs Elysees in Paris and handled it over to Mohammed El Fayed. |
1997,
August 30th |
18:30 Diana called Richard Kay, royalty-correspondent
of the Daily Mail. She told him she wanted to diminish her engagements in
November. She didn't told him the specific reason for her decision. Kay
assumed she intended to marry Dodi.
The Spencer-family didn't confirm this, but Charles Spencer remembered their
relationship in his funeral-speech. |
1997,
August 31th |
Diana deceased, age 36, at Pitié-Salpêtrière
hospital at 04:00
Cause: Car-crash
Location: Pont de l'Alma, Paris
Car: Mercedes S-280 (688 LTV 75), build in 1994
Dodi Fayed deceased, age 41, at 01.30, Fayed is buried in Brookwood Woking,
England
Driver Henri Paul (born in 3/7/1956) deceased
Trevor Rees-Jones, bodyguard, survived |
1997,
September 6th |
Funeral Diana
Quests Westminster Abby: 1900
Procession: 2.000.000
Spectators England: 25.000.000
The Netherlands: 4.000.000
Worldwide: 2,5 milliard
Diana was buried in a cocktaildress, designed by Catherine Walker |
Sources:
Diana, Her true Story, Andrew Morton 1997
A tribute to the People´s Princess Diana, Peter Donnelly, 1997
Death of a Princess, Thomas Sancton & Scott Macload, 1998 |