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Princess Diana
Birth
Diana, Princess of Wales, was born on July 1st, 1961.1)
First Name
Before she married Prince Charles, her given name was Diana Frances Spencer.2)
4th Child
John Spencer, Viscount Althorp (1924-1992), and Frances Spencer, Viscountess Althorp had five children.3)
Close To Royal Family
For numerous generations, the Spencer family had been connected to the British royal family.4)
Hoped To Be Male
Her parents hoped for a male to continue on the family line, and no name was decided for a week before settling on Diana Frances, named after her mother and Lady Diana Spencer, a many-times-great-aunt who was also a future Princess of Wales.5)
Duch
Within the family, she was sometimes referred to unofficially as “Duch,” a tribute to her duchess-like demeanor as a youngster.6)