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1961
Diana Frances Spencer is born into an aristocratic family -
1981
Lady Diana’s engagement to Prince Charles, 32, is announced. -
1981
Diana, 20, marries Prince Charles at St Paul’s Cathedral in London. The wedding was broadcast around the world, watched by hundreds of millions on television. -
1982
Princess Diana’s first son, William Arthur Philip Louis, is born. He is known as Prince William. -
1984
The royal couple’s second son, Henry Charles Albert David, is born. He is known as Prince Harry. -
1992
Charles and Diana’s formal separation is announced to Parliament by Prime Minister John Major. -
1995
Diana speaks about her marital problems, affairs, postnatal depression, and tensions with the royal family in a widely-watched interview on the BBC. -
1995
Buckingham Palace says the Queen wrote to the couple earlier that week calling on them to divorce. -
1996
Diana and Charles divorce. -
1997
Diana and her companion Dodi Fayed die in a high-speed car crash in Paris.
