By day, she was Diana Prince who, with a quick spin, transformed into Wonder Woman, ready to destroy Nazi enemies, foil Japanese plots and expose international spy rings.
Prince Philip, the queen's husband, wrote Diana kind letters denouncing Prince Charles's preferred companion, Mrs Camilla Parker-Bowles?
In July 2007, Catherine sat in the royal box at Wembley Stadium in London for the Concert for Diana, a massive charity concert to remember Prince William's mother, Princess Diana, 10 years after her death in a car crash.
Nearly 30 years ago, heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles married Diana Spencer in Royal Navy attire, sword included.
By comparison, about 750 million viewed the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana in 1981.
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But TV audiences did not witness an exchange of vows until 21 years later, when Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer.
Prince Charles and Princess Diana, Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan all improved their moral standing by appearing in public beside her.
Mariah Carey modeled her opulent 1993 wedding to Sony Music chief Tommy Mottola after the nuptials of Prince Charles and Lady Diana--replete with tiara and 27-foot train on her wedding dress.
The only indication of date is a stamp on the back of the print saying 26 February 1981, two days after the engagement of Diana, then 19, and Prince Charles was announced by Buckingham Palace.
Prince William has announced his engagement to Kate Middleton, setting the stage for a royal wedding expected to be the biggest event of its kind since the wedding of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer nearly 30 years ago.
The only indication of date is a stamp on the back of the print saying 26 February 1981 -- two days after the engagement of Diana, then 19, and Prince Charles was announced by Buckingham Palace.
He was a tall, fair-haired matinee idol who was also a Class One driver, trained by the SAS. Tebbutt knew that by going to work for Diana he was effectively shutting the door to any future work with the Prince of Wales, but he had a soft spot for Diana.
Their baby would be the first grandchild of Prince Charles and the late Diana, Princess of Wales.
In 1981, 800 million people watched Prince Charles marry the innocent Diana Spencer.
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The couple got engaged while on holiday in Kenya in October, with the prince proposing with his mother Diana's diamond and sapphire engagement ring.
The following year, the council created a storm by featuring a fresh-faced Prince Charles kissing a blushing Princess Diana.
Perhaps, optimists might also hope, the British feel a twinge of collective remorse over the short, pitilessly scrutinised life of Prince William's mother, Diana, Princess of Wales.
At any rate Prince William, son of Charles and Diana, has come out of it well.
Prince Charles reached a compromise marrying Lady Diana, because although she was not royal she did come from a noble family.
As a girl, she stood on a nearby street to catch a glimpse of Princess Diana on the day of her 1981 marriage to Prince Charles.
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Speaking in a joint television interview, the prince said he gave his fiance his mother Diana's engagement ring, having carried it in a rucksack for three weeks.
Ex-police chief John Stalker has said Prince Charles should be quizzed over a letter in which Diana reportedly suggested he was plotting to kill her.
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In 1981, Charles, Prince of Wales and heir to the British throne, married Diana Spencer at St.
That, essentially, is already the case, although by his environmental activism Prince Charles has occasionally strayed towards politics, as did Princess Diana in her much-lauded campaign against landmine production.
She sang at the Concert for Diana at Wembley Stadium in 2007 and at another charity event after being asked by Prince Harry.
The photos by Mario Testino, who recently photographed Prince William and Kate Middleton for their engagement photo, reveal a freshly divorced Diana with a new look and a new energy.
Diana sold dozens of her dresses at a New York charity auction at the suggestion of her son, Prince William, in 1997 three months before she died in a Paris car crash.
The prince held a private audience with Pope John Paul II in April 1985, along with his then wife Diana.
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