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How The Queen reacted to Diana and Sarah's 'arrest'

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9th June 2024
One wouldn’t expect amusement when one’s told that two members of the British Royal Family have been arrested, but according to Sarah, Duchess of York, that’s exactly what happened in 1986.The former royal shared the story of hers and Diana, Princess of Wales’s arrests at Sarah’s hen party a week before her wedding to Prince Andrew on the White Wine Question Time podcast last…
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Tributes for Diana past and present

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2nd September 2023
Following Diana, Princess of Wales’s untimely death in August 1997, thousands of flowers famously were placed in front of Kensington and Buckingham Palace. At Kensington, 60 million flowers were placed, spanning 30 feet from the gates. While those flowers are no longer…
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26 years later: A look back on the day the people lost "their princess"

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31st August 2023
Another 31 August and another year since the untimely passing of Diana, Princess of Wales. She was known as “the people’s princess,” and her death took a toll on people worldwide. As another sombre anniversary passes, Royal Central looks at how that fateful day played out – hour by hour.At 11:30 a.m. local time, Diana and her rumoured boyfriend, Dodi Al-Fayed, were…
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Diana's last summer

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29th August 2023
Diana, Princess of Wales had just divorced Prince Charles and was ready for a fresh start when her life was cut short in a Paris car crash in August 1997.Her final months were spent advocating for a number of humanitarian issues. As another sombre anniversary passes…
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Famous gown worn by Diana sells for hundreds of thousands of dollars

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30th January 2023
A piece of royal fashion history has sold for over five times its auction estimate at a Sotheby’s auction on Friday.A gown belonging to the late Princess of Wales was included in a Sotheby’s auction in New York. The auction, titled The One, is described by Sotheby’s as “an auction showcasing an unprecedented selection of the finest products of human achievement in history, which…
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Back to school with Diana, Princess of Wales

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31st August 2022
Diana, Princess of Wales, was born Diana Frances Spencer on 1 July 1961, in Park House on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, the fourth of five children of John Spencer, later the 8th Earl Spencer, and his first wife, Frances.She was initially home-schooled by her mother’s governess, Gertrude Allen, known in the family as ‘Ally’. She began her formal education in 1968 at Silfield Private…
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