When Diana's was born her father was disappointed she was a girl. He was hoping for his third children to finally be a male heir to carry on the Spencer name. Diana's father and the rest of the family wanted to know why her mother was only producing girls. Because of this, her mother was sent to a clinic for tests (Morton 10). She was only 23 at the time. This is ironic because today we now know the sex of the baby is determined by the father. Even though she was too young to understand, Diana believed she was to blame for her father's disappointment. Finally, a few years later her mother delivered a boy to carry on the Spencer name. Although Diana had a beauti

Princess Diana will be missed not only by her two sons but also by many around the world. Perhaps the best lesson she taught was all people, even those in high positions such as hers are able to help make a difference in the world. She will be missed.

ful christening at Sandringham Church with well-to-do Godparents, her brother Charles's christening was a major event at Westminster Abbey. The Queen was the principal Godparent.

During the engagement, Diana's bulimia started to flare up. One week before the wedding Charles gave Camilla a bracelet. Diana found out about it and was upset. She even considered calling off the wedding but felt too far involved to back out now.

Princess Diana's funeral took place on Saturday, September 6, 1997. It was estimated 31 million people in Britain and two and a half billion people around the world watched the funeral on television. Her brother, Earl Spencer gave a tearful eulogy for Diana. His closed the eulogy by saying "Above all we give thanks for the life of a woman I am so proud to be able to call my sister, the unique, the complex, the extraordinary and irreplaceable Diana whose beauty, both internal and external, will never be extinguished from our minds" (Davies 304). The Princess was buried in sanctified ground on an island in the center of an ornamental lake in the Spencer home at Althorp. Her grave faces east, towards the rising sun (British Royal Government website).

After high school, Diana went to a finishing school in Switzerland. Although she loved skiing, her grades were still poor and she missed home. She begged her parents to send her home. At first they wouldn't allow it, but after Diana's persistent requests that they were wasting their money by sending her there, they allowed Diana to return home. Diana was happy to be home and have her schooling behind her. Her oldest sister's friends starting to take notice of Diana saying she was maturing and was fun to be around. Sarah became jealous of Diana because she wanted to be the spotlight of London.

When Diana came home she begged her parents to rent her an apartment. Her parents were worried because she had no high school or college education and only a vague idea that she wanted to work with children. Since Diana had come home from school without a degree, her parents hoped her to marry soon. This was the norm for girls her age to begin searching for a suitable husband. Diana was also interested in finding her Prince Charming. For her coming-of-age present Diana's parents rented her an apartment at Coleherne Court in London (Morton 42). She shared it with three of her friends. This is where she lived during her courtship to Prince Charles. For work, Diana worked at a kindergarten and also looked after an American oil executive's children a few days a week. Diana says these carefree days were the happiest of her life (Morton, 43). Diana had a few boyfriends at the time, but none turned into serious relationships.

In the year before her death, the Princess was an active campaigner for a ban on the manufacture and use of land mines (British Royal Government website). In fact, this was her last public engagement, which took place in Bosnia. Diana was able to met Mother Teresa in New York in the summer of 1997 before her death. Mother Teresa congratulated her for her charitable works.

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