Coroner: No evidence of Di... Apr 12, 2008 20:52:13 LONDON, England (CNN) -- The coroner who is leading an inquest
into the death of Princess Diana says there is "no evidence" that the
British secret service -- or any other government agency -- had
anything to do with the princess' death in 1997...
Diana's bodyguard points fi... Jan 27, 2008 03:50:33 LONDON: Princess Diana's boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, was behind the couple's disastrous plan to escape hordes of photographers the night they died in Pa...
Princess Diana Oct 09, 2007 06:32:32 Princess Diana, Lady Diana, Prince Charles, William and Harry, Prince William, Prince Harry, Queen Elizabeth,
A public figure from the announcement of her engagement to Prince Charles, Diana remained the focus of near-constant media scrutiny in the UnitedKingdom and around the world up to and during her marriage, and after her subsequent divorce. Her sudden death in a car accident was followed by a spontaneous and prolonged show of public mourning. Contemporary responses to Diana's life and legacy have been mixed but a popular fascination with the Princess endures, and conspiracy theories about her death are currently the subject of an inquest.
Prince Charles' love life had always been the subject of press speculation, and he was linked to numerous glamorous and aristocratic women. In his early thirties, he was under increasing pressure to marry. Legally, the only requirement was that he could not marry a RomanCatholic; a member of the Church of England was preferred. In order to gain the approval of his family and their advisers, any potential bride was expected to have a royal or aristocratic background, be a virgin, as well as be Protestant. Diana met these qualifications. Their engagement became official February 24, 1981 and they married at St Paul's Cathedral on 29 July 1981, watched by a global audience of 28.40 million.
In the late 1980s, the marriage of Diana and Charlesfell apart, an event at first suppressed, then sensationalised, by the world media. Both the Prince and Princess of Wales allegedly spoke to the press through friends, each blaming the other for the marriage's demise. Charles resumed his old, pre-marital affair with CamillaParkerBowles, while Diana had an affair with her riding instructor, James Hewitt, which She later confirmed in a television interview with Martin Bashir for the BBC programme Panorama. Charles had confirmed his own affair over a year earlier in a televised interview with Jonathan Dimbleby. Although no charges were ever considered, adultery with the Queen consort or Princess of Wales has been high treason for both parties in England at least since the Treason Act 1351.
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