1. SHE WAS HOMESCHOOLED UNTIL AGE 9
At the time, it was been common for upper-class children to be taught at home by a tutor. After her parents got divorced, Diana had attended Riddlesworth Hall in Norfolk, where her family resided. At age of 12, she was sent to an exclusive boarding school, the West Heath School.
2. SHE WAS NOT A STRONG STUDENT
After she failed on two exams, she left the West Heath School when she was 16. Her father had enrolled her in a Swedish finishing school, but she insisted on returning home.
3. SHE WAS A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER
After she left the finishing school in Sweden, Diana had worked part-time as a cleaning woman and babysitter before she found a job at the Young England School.
4. HER SISTER DATED PRINCE CHARLES FIRST
While Lady Sarah Spencer and Prince Charles were seeing each other, Diana met the Prince at a family gathering. She was then 16.
5. SHE BECAME ENGAGED TO PRINCE CHARLES AT AGE 19 AND MARRIED HIM AT AGE 20
The Prince, who was 12 years her senior, was then under an increasing pressure to find a bride.
6. SHE SELECTED HER ENGAGEMENT RING FROM A CATALOG
Although royal engagement rings are being usually custom made, Diana had selected hers from the Garrard jewelry collection catalog. The ring, which consists of 14 solitaire diamonds, and around a 12-carat sapphire set in white gold, now belongs to Duchess Kate Middleton.
7. THE HEAVY, 25-FOOT SILK TRAIN ON HER WEDDING DRESS IS THE LONGEST IN ROYAL HISTORY
The dress was being decorated with sequins, embroidery, and 10,000 pearls.Therefore, Diana had several practice sessions walking in it.
8. SHE CHOSE TO ABANDON THE ROYAL WEDDING VOW TRADITION OF SAYING SHE WOULD “OBEY” PRINCE CHARLES
Three decades later, William and Kate has followed Princess Di’s lead.
9. SHE TOOK HER SONS ON OUTINGS NOT TYPICAL FOR ROYAL CHILDREN
They had ranged from Disney World and McDonald’s to AIDS clinics and homeless shelters. Here, the Princess was riding a log flume with her both boys at Thorpe Park in Chertsey, England.
10. HER FAVORITE COLOR WAS PINK
And she has been often seen wearing outfits in all shades of color.
11. SHE BEARS A STRIKING RESEMBLANCE TO HER NIECE
Lady Kitty, the daughter of Charles Spencer, the younger brother of Princess Diana, was being most recently spotted at Milan Fashion Week.
12. SHE AUCTIONED OFF 79 OF HER DRESSES, RAISING $5.76 MILLION FOR AIDS AND BREAST CANCER CHARITIES
Prince William had actually suggested to his mother that she should sell some of her dresses to raise money for charity. Christie’s New York had held the auction just two months before the Princess Diana’s death.
13. SHE’S BURIED ON AN ISLAND
The island sits in the middle of Oval Lake on the grounds of Althorp Park, at her family home. Originally, Diana had to be buried in the Spencer family vault of a church, but the plan was being altered to find a more private location.