English Heritage will place a blue plaque outside Diana, Princess of Wales’ apartment at Coleherne Court in London. She lived in the apartment prior to her marriage to the Prince of Wales. She was nominated for the blue plaque by the London Assembly. How very lovely that this blue plaque will be going up outside [read more]
Even though most of the people have never known any other British monarch than Queen Elizabeth II, she was never given the title of the heir to the throne – Prince(ss) of Wales. Why was that? The title was granted to Welsh princes before the 12th century, and it was first used as the title [read more]
Read part one here. Read part two here. Read part three here. When Prince Charles turned 30 years, pressure intensified for him to marry. He had met Lady Diana Spencer previously – he had dated her sister Sarah – but it wasn’t until July 1980 that their romance began. He was 12 years older than [read more]
Diana, Princess of Wales, was born The Honourable Diana Frances Spencer on 1 July 1961 as the daughter of John Spencer, the Viscount Althorp, later 8th Earl Spencer and Frances Ruth Roche. She was born in Park House in Sandringham, Norfolk. She had two elder sisters, Jane and Sarah. Her elder brother John lived for just 10 [read more]
The Duchess of Cornwall was born Camilla Rosemary Shand on 17 July 1947 as the daughter of Major Bruce Shand and his wife The Honourable Rosalind Cubitt at King’s College Hospital in London. Her mother was the daughter of Roland Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe and Sonia Rosemary Keppel, who in turn was the daughter of Alice Keppel, the mistress of King [read more]
A new statue of Diana, Princess of Wales is to be created by the sculptor whose portrait of the Queen also appears on the coins, Kensington Palace has announced. Princes William and Harry announced last January they had commissioned a statue of their mother and they have now selected arts Ian Rank-Broadley to carry out [read more]
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