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Queen Camilla was once referred to by Diana as a rottweiler.
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She was a close friend of Michael Jackson and Elton John. John’s song Candle in the Wind, originally about Marilyn Monroe, was changed to fit her and performed at her funeral. Both women died at age 36.
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Diana told an intimate friend that while walking down the aisle in St Paul’s Cathedral, she thought about turning back like Elaine in The Graduate 1967.
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When she went to the LA Fitness Centre in Isleworth, owner Bryce Taylor planted a camera and caught her exercising in a leotard. The photos were sold for over £100,000 to The Mirror, leading to an out-of-court settlement and her withdrawal from public life.
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She appeared on the cover of People Weekly magazine a record-breaking 81 times. The Goodbye Diana issue of September 22, 1997 sold almost $3 million, making it the magazine’s best-seller.
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She is buried on an island at Althorp, Northamptonshire, England.
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She invited supermodel Cindy Crawford to Buckingham Palace for dinner when Prince William had a secret crush on the model.
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She was distantly related to actor Humphrey Bogart, her seventh cousin.
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Loved animated movies, especially musicals.
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A huge fan of pop music, her favorite band was reportedly Duran Duran. She also loved ABBA, Tom Jones, Bryan Ferry, and Supertramp, and her favorite song was Chris De Burgh’s The Lady in Red. Phil Collins claimed she said she was a big fan of his duet Separate Lives.
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Her last holiday with her two sons was in the South of France in July 1997.
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Her death was used as a plot device in Amélie 2001.
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Her favorite color was pink, and she wore many pink dresses.
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Her interview with Martin Bashir was watched by 23 million people in the UK.
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She was a second cousin of Guy Van Pelt through their great-great-grandfather Franklin Work.
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Although often called Princess Diana, she never held that title officially. The correct style is Diana, Princess of Wales.
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Among the 2,000 attendees at her funeral were Tony Blair, John Major, Margaret Thatcher, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Elton John, George Michael, Maria Carey, and Nelson Mandela.
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She visited South Africa and met President Nelson Mandela in March 1997.
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Her original childhood ambition was to be a ballerina, but she grew too tall. She continued ballet and dance throughout her life, supporting the English National Ballet.
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She loved ballet and made it her biggest scholastic passion, studying it in school.
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After her death, a commemorative issue of Time magazine sold more than 1 million copies.
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Grandmother of Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, and Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor.
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Step-granddaughter of novelist Barbara Cartland.
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Best friends included Lúcia Flecha de Lima, Rosa Monckton, Sarah Ferguson, Lana Marks, Lady Annabel Goldsmith, and Selina Scott.
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Portrayed by Naomi Watts in Diana 2013.
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Fell in love with Dodi Fayed after a food fight on his father’s yacht Jonikal.
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Her original childhood dream was to be a professional prima ballerina. She studied ballet fervently and even performed pas de deuxs with dancers like John Travolta and Wayne Sleep. Her dance slippers are on display in museums.
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Daughter of Earl John Spencer and Frances Shand Kydd.
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She had a poor relationship with her stepmother, Raine Spencer, whom she called Acid Raine, even admitting to pushing her down stairs in 1989. They reconciled during her divorce.
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Sister of Charles Spencer, Sarah Spencer, and Jane Spencer.
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Has two sons with Prince Charles: Prince William born 21 June 1982 and Prince Harry born 15 September 1984.
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A ballet of her life, titled Diana, was one of many tributes.
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Stepdaughter of Raine McCorquodale, who married her father in 1976.
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She made efforts to give her sons a normal life, taking them to water parks and McDonald’s.
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Her 1994 dark green Audi convertible was bought by an anonymous buyer for $75,000 in July 2017.
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A South Asian song called Diana Diana featured in the Tamil film Kaadhal Kavidai 1998, sung by Hariharan.
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Portrayed by Catherine Oxenberg, Edita Brychta, Julie Cox, Nicola Formby, Kristen Stewart in Spencer 2021, and others.
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Former daughter-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.
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In 1996, after her divorce, she lost the style HRH, meaning she no longer received crown security or required bows/curtsies.
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Had a look-alike puppet in the French show Les Guignols de l’info.
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During her wedding, she accidentally said Philip Charles Arthur George instead of Charles Philip Arthur George.
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Her personal favorite photographer was Mario Testino.
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Born at 7:45 PM GDT.
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Shoe size: 9 U.S..
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Dress size: 8.
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Cup size: A.
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Shares same ancestor with Clara Paget and Winston Churchill: Henry Bayly-Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge.
