Lady Diana Frances Spencer (1961-1997)

Hon. Diana Frances Spencer was born on the 1st July 1961 at Park House on the Sandringham Estate to Edward John Spencer, Viscount Althorp (1924-1992) and Hon. Frances Ruth Burke Roche (1936-2004). She was given the title 'Lady' when her father became the 8th Earl Spencer on the death of her grandfather. She married Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (1948-), the heir to the throne, on the 29th July 1981 at St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Together, they had two children: William (1982-) and Henry (1984-). They were married for fifteen years, until their divorce on the 28th August 1996. A year later, she died as a result of a car crash in Paris at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital.