Princess Diana: A Real Life Fairy Tale

In Norfolk, England on July 1, 1961 a baby girl was born into the Spencer family, and after one week she was given the name Diana. She grew up in a very respectable family in Northhamptonshire. There her and her siblings were mainly raised by her father, Lord Spencer.

As she got older Diana know she only wanted to get married once, and once for love. She had seen how her parents had ended up in result from a loveless marriage. Diana wished for something more, she wished for her prince charming. At age 20 it seemed like everything had fallen into place. She was getting married in London at St. Paul’s Cathedral to Charles, the Prince of Wales. On July 29, 2981 she was a very shy bride and the cameras and television crews were everywhere, but that was the price she had to pay to be Her Royal Highness Diana, Princess of Wales.

Very quickly she became very popular among the masses of England; people fell in love with her beauty, her grace, and her compassion. Wherever she went people poured their hearts to her and showed her how much she was loved. But with this new found fame she also had to deal with the paparazzi documenting her life every step of the way. At times all the cameras seemed to be too much but she tried her best to ignore them and live her life.

In the late 1980’s things in the marriage appeared to be less than perfect. It seemed as if the marriage that the whole world had fallen in love with and looked to as the picture perfect match was just that, it was crumbling right below the surface. Things carried on for years like this with Prince Charles and Princess Diana simply existing next to each other. During this time it is assumed that Prince Charles resumed his love for Camilla Parker Bowles, an affair that many people believed never truly died during his and Diana’s marriage. Diana is remembered quoting to the BBC “Well there were three of us in this marriage so it was a bit crowded”.

Eventually on August 28, 1996 the divorce between Prince Charles and Princess Diana was finalized and the divorce brought even more pain with the paparazzi following Diana’s every step. The marriage she had wanted to be filled with love failed and she was dismissed by the royal family.

After the divorce Charles went back to Camilla Parker Bowles, the woman he had loved all along, and Diana went on alone. She dated around a bit until she met Dodi Al-Fayed. Their whirlwind romance brought them to Paris on August 31, 1997. On this fateful night Princess Di, Dodi, and the security manager Henri Paul were leaving Hotel Ritz when they were being chased by the paparazzi who hoped to get a glimpse of Princess Di. Paul tried to lose them but by the time the Mercedes-Benz reached the Pont de l’Alma road tunnel the car had gotten out of control and hit a pillar in the tunnel. Both Diana and Dodi ended up dying.

The whole world mourned her death, she was the people’s princess and she had left the mortal world forever. Even to this day if you go to England you will find bits of Princess Di everywhere from pictures of her in people’s homes, her quarters in Kensington Palace preserved with her most famous dresses to everyone’s fond memory of her. Her memory will never fade as long as there are people in England who still remember and love her.