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Within the family, she was sometimes referred to unofficially as " | Within the family, she was sometimes referred to unofficially as " | ||
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+ | ===== Siblings ===== | ||
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+ | Sarah, Jane, and Charles were her three siblings. One year before Diana was born, her little brother, John, died shortly after delivery.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Vacation In Sandringham ===== | ||
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+ | The royal family usually vacationed at nearby Sandringham House, where Diana spent time with the Queen' | ||
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+ | ===== Parents' | ||
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+ | Diana' | ||
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+ | ===== Peter Shand Kydd ===== | ||
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+ | Her mother then started dating Peter Shand Kydd and married him in 1969.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== London ===== | ||
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+ | During her parents' | ||
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+ | ===== Relantionship With Stepmother ===== | ||
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+ | Lord Althorp married Raine, Countess of Dartmouth, in 1976. Diana had an especially strained connection with her stepmother. She despised Raine, whom she referred to as a " | ||
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+ | ===== Lady Diana ===== | ||
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+ | Lady Diana was given the title after her father obtained the title of Earl Spencer in 1975, when he relocated the entire family from Park House to Althorp, the Spencer seat in Northamptonshire.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Homeschooled ===== | ||
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+ | Diana was homeschooled at first under the supervision of her governess, Gertrude Allen.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Primary Education ===== | ||
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+ | She began her official education at Silfield Private School in King's Lynn, Norfolk, and when she was nine, she transferred to Riddlesworth Hall School, an all-girls boarding school in Thetford.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== West Heath Girls' School ===== | ||
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+ | In 1973, she enrolled in West Heath Girls' School in Sevenoaks, Kent, with her sisters.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Failing ===== | ||
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+ | She struggled academically, | ||
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+ | ===== Community Spirit ===== | ||
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+ | West Heath recognized her remarkable community spirit with an award. She moved out of West Heath when she was sixteen.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Talent For Music ===== | ||
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+ | As a skilled pianist, she demonstrated musical talent. She was also an excellent swimmer and diver, and she learned ballet and tap dancing.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Nanny ===== | ||
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+ | Diana worked as a nanny for Philippa and Jeremy Whitaker in Hampshire for three months in 1978.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Back To London ===== | ||
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+ | Diana moved back to London and shared her mother' | ||
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+ | ===== Advanced Cooking Course ===== | ||
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+ | She completed an advanced cooking course in London, although she rarely cooked for her housemates.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Low-Paying Jobs ===== | ||
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+ | She accepted a number of low-paying jobs, including one as a youth dance instructor until a skiing mishap forced her to miss three months of work. She subsequently worked as a playgroup pre-school helper, cleaned for her sister Sarah and many of her friends, and served as a hostess at events.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Nanny And Nursery Teacher ===== | ||
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+ | She worked as a nanny for the Robertsons, an American family in London, and as a nursery teacher' | ||
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+ | ===== Coleherne Court ===== | ||
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+ | Her mother purchased her a home in Coleherne Court in Earl's Court for her 18th birthday in July 1979.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Flatmates ===== | ||
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+ | She shared an apartment in Earl's Court with three other people till February 25, 1981.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Meeting Prince Charles ===== | ||
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+ | While dating Diana' | ||
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+ | ===== Would Marry Prince Charles ===== | ||
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+ | While her older sister may not have been smitten, 16-year-old Diana clearly was, telling her friends that one day she would marry Prince Charles and giggling that he was "the one guy on the earth who is not permitted to divorce me," according to The Diana Chronicles.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Age Difference ===== | ||
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+ | There was a 12-year age gap between Charles and Diana.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Sad Man ===== | ||
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+ | In later years, she told author Andrew Morton for his book Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words that her first impression upon seeing the Prince of Wales was, "God, what a sad man" |