Lady Diana

Lady Diana

Princess Diana

• Biography:

          Date of birth (and death): She was born on the 1st July 1961 and she died on the 31 August 1997

          Place of birth: She was born in Sandringham (England)  

          Place of death: She died in Paris in Georges Pompidou tunnel

• She was the first wife of Prince Charles who’s Prince of Wales. She was married on 29 July 1981 and she divorced on 28 August 1996. 750 million people watched her wedding(1) on television.  She had two children: Prince William (21st June 1982) and Prince Harry (15th September 1984).

Diana between African children

• She worked for international charities and received recognition for her fund-raising(2) work for international charities. She was the president of Great Ormond Street hospital for children. She was emblem of fashion and she created a lot of associations to defend the fight against AIDS. She was photographed with one person who was victim of AIDS(3) to change the public's opinions of people on AIDS.

• Her funerals(4) were celebrated in Westminster Abbey on 6th September 1997. 3 million people were to gather(5) in London and many people sent flowers behind her house. The singer Elton John has sing the song "Candle in the Wind" during her funerals. It was the same song has the Marilyn Monroe's funerals. In England and Wales, a lot of persons committed suicide two weeks after Diana's funerals.

Tribute of many people for Princess Diana behind her house on

 6th September

A procession of Diana funerals on 6th 

September 1997

• In my opinion, Diana has the virtue(6) to be Princess because she created many associations for the others and the people who have difficulties. She was much criticized by her in-laws(7). Kate Middleton follows her example.

• Sources: 

- http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Spencer

- www.pinterest.com/

- dailymail.co.uk

- lady-diana-spencer.skyrock.com
- fr.wikipedia.org

- lci.tf1.fr

• Vocabulary:

 (1)Wedding : marriage
 (2) Fund-raising : collecte de fonds
 (3) AIDS : SIDA
 (4) Funerals : funérailles
 (5) To gather : se réunir
 (6) Virtue : vertu
 (7) In-laws : belle famille