| Diana, princess of Wales, the former consort (1981–96) of Charles, prince of Wales, and mother of the heir second in line to the British throne, Prince William of Wales, was born this day in 1961. Charles and Diana, whose globally televised wedding was witnessed by hundreds of millions, were divorced in 1996. Tremendously popular and one of the world's most photographed women, the “people's princess” was killed in an automobile accident as she and a companion attempted to evade paparazzi. |