Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances; née Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997), was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, who is the eldest child and heir apparent of British Monarch Queen Elizabeth II.

Diana was born into a family of British nobility with royal ancestry as The Honourable Diana Spencer.

She was the fourth child and third daughter of John Spencer, Viscount Althorp and the Honourable Frances Roche.

She grew up in Park House, situated on the Sandringham estate, and was educated in England and Switzerland.

In 1975, after her father inherited the title of Earl Spencer, she became Lady Diana Spencer.

Her wedding to the Prince of Wales on 29 July 1981, held at St Paul's Cathedral, reached a global television audience of over 750 million people.

While married, Diana bore the titles Princess of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Duchess of Rothesay, Countess of Chester, and Baroness of Renfrew.

The marriage produced two sons, the princes William and Harry, who were then respectively second and third in the line of succession to the British throne.

As Princess of Wales, Diana undertook royal duties on behalf of the Queen and represented her at functions overseas.

She was celebrated for her charity work and for her support of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines.

From 1989, she was the president of Great Ormond Street Hospital for children, in addition to dozens of other charities.

Diana remained the object of worldwide media scrutiny during and after her marriage, which ended in divorce on 28 August 1996.

Her death in a car crash in Paris on 31 August 1997 and her funeral were accompanied by intense public mourning.

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