Trivia

Once referred to Queen Camilla as a rottweiler.

Told an intimate friend that, while walking down the aisle in Saint Paul's Cathedral, she thought about turning back like "Elaine" did in The Graduate (1967).

She was a close friend of Michael Jackson and Elton John. "Candle in the Wind", John's song about Marilyn Monroe, was changed to fit her, and performed by him at her funeral. Coincidentally, both women died at age 36.

When Diana went to the LA Fitness Centre in Isleworth, the owner Bryce Taylor planted a camera and caught her exercising in a leotard. The photos were sold for over £100,000 to The Mirror. They printed them saying they were exposing the lapse in royal security, but Diana didn't buy the explanation and took them to court. They reached an out-of-court settlement. This incident impelled Diana to withdraw from public life.

Invited Supermodel Cindy Crawford to Buckingham Palace for dinner, when Prince William of Wales had a secret crush on the model.

Appeared on the cover of People Weekly magazine a record-breaking 81 times. The "Goodbye Diana" issue (9/22/97) racked up sales of almost $3m making the issue the magazine's best-seller in its existence.

Buried on an island in Althorp, Northamptonshire, England, UK.

Distantly related to actor Humphrey Bogart, who was her seventh cousin.

Loved animated movies, especially the ones that were musicals.

She was a huge fan of pop music. The British press made much of her love for Duran Duran, who were said to be her favorite band. She was also a fan of ABBA, Tom Jones, Bryan Ferry and Supertramp. Her favorite song was reportedly Chris De Burgh's 1986 ballad "The Lady in Red". Phil Collins also claimed she told him that she was a big fan of his duet with Marilyn Martin, "Separate Lives".

Her death was used by Jean-Pierre Jeunet as a plot device for Amélie (2001).

Diana's last holiday with her two sons was in the South of France in July 1997.

Her favorite color was pink and she wore a lot of pink dresses.

Best friends with Lúcia Flecha de Lima, Rosa Monckton, Sarah Ferguson, Lana Marks, Lady Annabel Goldsmith and her daughter Jemima Khan, Selina Scott.

Although she is often referred to as Princess Diana, this style is incorrect and a title she never held as only British princesses by birth can precede their given name with the title "princess". She is correctly referred to as Diana, Princess of Wales. She could have used the title "Princess Charles of Wales" but never chose to.

Fell in love with Dodi Fayed after a food fight on his father's yacht Jonikal.

When her photo made the cover of Time magazine after her untimely death, the Commemorative Issue sold more than 1 million copies at the newsstands.

Diana's interview with Martin Bashir was watched by 23 million people in the United Kingdom.

Among the reported two thousand attendees at Westminster Abbey for the funeral ceremonies were:

British Ministers:

• Tony Blair
• John Major
• Margaret Thatcher
• James Callaghan
• Edward Heath

• Prince William of Wales & Prince Harry (Diana's sons)
• Charles Spencer (Diana's brother)

• Hillary Clinton
• Henry Kissinger
• William J. Crowe Jr.
• Queen Noor of Jordan
• Bernadette Chirac

• Steven Spielberg
• Richard Attenborough
• Tom Hanks
• Tom Cruise
• Nicole Kidman
• Elton John
• David Furnish
• George Michael
• Mariah Carey
• Chris De Burgh
• Richard Branson
• Michael Barrymore
• Luciano Pavarotti
• Nelson Mandela

• George Carey (Archbishop of Canterbury)
• Wesley Carr (Dean of Westminster).

Second cousin of Guy Van Pelt. Their great-great grandfather was Franklin Work (1819-1911), American stockbroker and protégé of Cornelius Vanderbilt.

Visited South Africa and met with President Nelson Mandela.[March 1997].

Her original childhood ambition was to be a ballerina, but she grew too tall. She continued to practice ballet, among other forms of dance throughout her life. And she spent much of her time becoming a tireless supporter of the English National Ballet. She visited and personally supported them many times. She would show up for many of their performances.

She loved ballet and made it her biggest scholastic passion, even studying it in school.

Grandmother of Prince George of Wales, Princess Charlotte of Wales, Prince Louis of Wales, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor and Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor.

Step-granddaughter of Barbara Cartland.

Her original childhood dream was to be a professional Prima Ballerina. She studied ballet (and other forms of dance quite fervently), but she grew too tall. She still practiced ballet, as well as other forms of dance and even performed on the stage in pas de deuxs with dancers such as John Travolta and Wayne Sleep. She spent a lot of time attending the productions of England's Royal Ballet. She also spending a lot of efforts befriending and encouraging much of the company. "as if she'd been doing it for hundreds of years". Her dance slippers/shoes are on display at museums.

Portrayed by Naomi Watts in Diana (2013).

Daughter of Earl John Spencer, and Frances Shand Kydd.

Has two sons with Prince Charles: Prince William of Wales (b. 21 June 1982) and Prince Harry (b. 15 September 1984).

Sister of Charles Spencer (b. 1964), Sarah Spencer (b. 1955) and Jane Spencer (b. 1957).

Stepdaughter of Raine McCorquodale (9/9/1929-21/10/2016) who was known first as Lady Lewisham then divorced Gerald Legge who had become Earl of Darmouth and married Diana's father in 1976 and thus became Diana's stepmother. She was in own right an elected member of the London County Council and later of the Greater London Council.

In 1996, following her divorce from Charles, she lost the style of "Her Royal Highness" after Queen Elizabeth II issued letters patent stating that divorced wives of British princes were no longer entitled to the style. The change meant she was no longer entitled to security provided by the crown, and people no longer had to bow or curtsy in her presence. Sarah Ferguson, another former daughter-in-law of Elizabeth who had divorced months earlier, also lost the style.

She had a poor relationship with her stepmother, Raine Spencer, whom she called "Acid Raine". Diana even admitted to pushing Raine down a flight of stairs in 1989. The two reconciled and grew closer during Diana's divorce from Prince Charles, and would meet every few weeks for lunch. Diana was also estranged from her own mother Frances at the time.

Of the many, many tributes that were done in her honor, one of them was a ballet of her life entitled "Diana".

Did her best to make sure that her sons were able to have some semblance of a normal life, which included taking them to water parks and have lunch at McDonald's.

Her 1994 dark green Audi convertible that was used her and her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, was purchased by an anonymous buyer for $75,000.[July 2017].

Former daughter-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.

During her wedding to Prince Charles, she was so she said his name wrong at the altar. Instead of saying Charles Philip Arthur George she said Philip Charles Arthur George. This prompted Prince Andrew to say that she just married his father since those were Prince Philip's names.

A South Asian song, called "Diana Diana", was featured in the Tamil film, Kaadhal Kavidai (1998). It was sung by South Asian singer Hariharan in her memory.

Portrayed by Catherine Oxenberg, Edita Brychta, Julie Cox, Nicola Formby and Kristen Stewart.

Had her look-alike puppet in the French show Les Guignols de l'info (1988).

Portrayed by Kristen Stewart in Spencer (2021).

Diana's personal favorite photographer was Mario Testino.

Born at 7:45PM-GDT.

Shoe Size: 9 (U.S.).

Dress Size: 8.

Cup Size: A.