“I remember her telling me one of the worst paparazzo guys in London had actually said to her: 'I will be there every day of your life until you are dead, and then I will be filming your grave." Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer and the princess's brother. #PrincessDiana
short holiday. She recalled: "Diana was very sweet and giggly but quite shy and unconfident. When she spoke to me about the future, she said she was hoping to persuade her father to let her move to London and do a cookery course."
She was introduced to the couple by her close friend William van Straubenzee, Philippa's brother, and looked after their daughter for three months. This photograph was taken by Marion ter Reehorst, the family's Dutch former au pair, when she returned to visit the Whitakers for a
1978: 17 year old Lady Diana folding the laundry as part of her £16-a-week nanny job. In her first job as a nanny, #PrincessDiana looked after Major Jeremy Whitaker and his wife Philippa's two year old daughter, Alexandra at their country home in Hampshire.
“She asked, `What are your colors? ‘ I said, ‘Green and silver.’ She said, `Those are my favorite colors.’ ”
Edelstein promised to send her some T-shirts. The Eagles acted quickly, gathering a package of workout shorts, golf shirts, and caps adorned w/ Eagles logos to send her.
How #PrincessDiana got her Eagles jacket: Diana, princess of Wales, was representing the British crown at the September 1982 funeral for Grace when she met Jack Edelstein, the statistician for the Eagles.
“I knew that something profound was coming my way and I was just treading water, waiting for it. I didn't know what it was. I didn't know where it was. I didn't know if it was coming next year or next month. But I knew I was different from my friends in where I was going."
1966: Charles empties sand over Diana’s car as the family look in with patient smiles. [Left to Right: Lord Althorp, heir to Earl Spencer, Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire; Diana (5), Sarah (11), Charles (2), Viscountess Althorp, and Jane (9). #PrincessDiana
09 November 1989: #PrincessDiana retrieves a cane dropped by an elderly woman among the crowd who came to catch a glimpse of her after her visit to the Hong Kong Police Training School.
She would be sitting, posing, and suddenly you'd see she'd be thinking of something painful. Her face flushed and tears welled up in her eyes. She often arrived to the studio crying."
I think she was more hurt by this omission than by anything he did say. She remained in love with him, or with an idea of him. It took her a long time to realize it was over.
while her green taffeta skirt was draped on a mannequin. Remembering her, Nelson said: "It was a painful time for Diana. Charles had just done that TV interview in which he'd admitted adultery but failed to mention that he'd ever loved her.
#PrincessDiana in 1994 during an oil painting session at American painter Nelson Shanks's studio in London. It was taken by his wife, Leona. In the session, the princess sat in front of the painter wearing only a petticoat and a white chiffon blouse designed by Tomasz Starzewski,
In her own words: “And when he [Her Father] left, he kissed me goodbye [West Heath Boarding School]. That day I said to him: 'If you leave me now, you don't love me,' which is a crippler, isn't it? But I meant it." #PrincessDiana