Images: The life of Princess Diana
LONDON (AP) - It has been 20 years since the death of Princess Diana in a car crash in Paris and the outpouring of grief that followed. Here are photos and a timeline from key moments in Princess Diana's life:
• July 1, 1961: Diana Frances Spencer is born into an aristocratic family.
• February 24, 1981: Lady Diana's engagement to Prince Charles, 32, is announced.
• July 29, 1981: Diana, 20, marries Prince Charles at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. The wedding was broadcast around the world, watched by hundreds of millions on television.
• June 21, 1982: Princess Diana's first son, William Arthur Philip Louis, is born. He is known as Prince William.
• September 15, 1984: The royal couple's second son, Henry Charles Albert David, is born. He is known as Prince Harry.
• June 1992: Andrew Morton's book, "Diana, Her True Story," is published. It reveals she attempted suicide and suffered from an eating disorder.
• December 9, 1992: Charles and Diana's formal separation is announced to Parliament by Prime Minister John Major
• November 20, 1995: Diana speaks about her marital problems, affairs, postnatal depression, and tensions with the royal family in a widely-watched interview on the BBC.
• December 20, 1995: Buckingham Palace says the Queen wrote to the couple earlier that week calling on them to divorce.
• August 28, 1996: Diana and Charles divorce.
• August 31, 1997: Diana and her companion Dodi Fayed die in a high-speed car crash in Paris.
• September 6, 1997: Thousands attend Diana's funeral in London.
FILE - In this Feb. 24, 1981 file photo, Britain's Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer pose following the announcement of their engagement.
(AP Photo/Ron Bell, Pool, File)
FILE - In this July 29, 1981 file photo, Britain's Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer are shown at their wedding at St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
(AP Photo, File)
FILE - This Nov. 7, 1985 file photo shows Britain's Prince Charles with his wife Princess Diana in front of Lodge Canberra, Australia. It has been 20 years since the death of Princess Diana in a car crash in Paris and the outpouring of grief that followed the death of the "people's princess."
(AP Photo, File)
FILE - In this June 22, 1982 file photo Britain's Prince Charles, and his wife Princess Diana look at their newborn son Prince William, as they leave St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London. It has been 20 years since the death of Princess Diana in a car crash in Paris and the outpouring of grief that followed the death of the "people's princess."
(AP Photo/John Redman, File)
FILE - In this Sept. 16, 1984 file photo, Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana, leave St. Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London, with their new baby son. Princess Diana carries new baby, Prince Harry who was born on Sept. 15.
(AP Photo, File)
FILE - In this Aug. 4, 1987 file photo, Britain's Diana, Princess of Wales, left, and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II smile to well-wishers outside Clarence House in London. The crowd wanted to wish Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, a happy 87th birthday.
(AP Photo/Martin Cleaver, File)
FILE - In this July 9, 1986 file photo, Britain's Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, with his wife Diana, the Princess of Wales, and their sons Prince Harry, lower left and Prince William, are seated on the steps during a photo call at the Marivent Palace, in Palma de Mallorca.
(AP Photo/Michel Lipchitz, File)
FILE - In this June 1, 1989 file photo, Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana and their sons, Princes William, right, and Harry begin a cycle ride around the island of Tresco, one of the Scilly Isles, England. The royal family was vacationing in the islands, located off the southwest tip of Britain.
(AP Photo, File)
FILE - In this Thursday July 17, 1997 file photo, Britain's Princess Diana rides a personal watercraft with her son Prince Harry, steering, in Saint Tropez, on the French Riviera, where she is spending a few days holidaying.
(AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)
FILE - In this Aug. 19, 1995 file photo, from left, Princess Diana, her sons Prince Harry and Prince William and Prince Charles, from left, watch a veteran's parade during the 50th anniversary of V-J Day commemorations in London.
(AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 2, 1987 file photo, Britain's Diana, the Princess of Wales, is pictured during an evening reception given by the West German President Richard von Weizsacker in honor of the British Royal guests in the Godesberg Redoute in Bonn, Germany.
(AP Photo/Herman Knippertz, File)
FILE - In this July 30, 1992 file photo, Britain's Princess Diana, the Princess of Wales, right, meets actor Tom Cruise and his co-star wife actress Nicole Kidman at the Charity Premiere of the film Far and Away in London's West End.
(AP Photo/Martin Cleaver, File)
FILE - In this Aug. 29, 1985 file photo, Pope John Paul II and Diana, Princess of Wales, are seen on occasion of the private audience at the Vatican with her husband Prince Charles.
(AP Photo/Ron Bell, File)
FILE - This Thursday, Dec. 21 1995 file photo shows the London newspapers front page headlines.
(AP Photo/Martin Cleaver, File)
FILE - In this April 24, 1991 file photo, Britain's Princess Diana, the Princess of Wales, hugs and plays with an HIV positive baby in Faban Hostel, San Paulo, on the second day of her visit to Brazil.
(AP Photo/Dave Caulkin, File)
FILE - In this Wednesday, June 18, 1997 file photo, Mother Teresa, left, says goodbye to Britain's Princess Diana after receiving a visit from her in New York. Princess Diana met privately for 40 minutes with Mother Teresa at The Missionaries of Charity in the South Bronx section of New York.
(AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
FILE - In this Monday, March 17, 1997 file photo, South African President Nelson Mandela, left, shows the way to Princess Diana, during a meeting in Cape Town.
(AP Photo/Sasa Kralj, File)
FILE - In this Tuesday, January 14, 1997 file photo, Britain's Diana, Princess of Wales, talks to amputees at the Neves Bendinha Orthopedic Workshop in the outskirts of Luanda, Angola.
(AP Photo/Joao Silva, File)
FILE- In this Monday, June 2, 1997 file photo, Britain's Diana, Princess of Wales, arrives at Christie's Auction house in London to attend a private viewing and reception in aid of AIDS Crisis Trust and The Royal Marsden Hospital Cancer Fund.
(AP Photo/Jacqueline Arzt, File)
FILE - In this Tuesday Sept. 24, 1996 file photo, Britain's Diana, Princess of Wales, arrives for dinner in Washington. It has been 20 years since the death of Princess Diana in a car crash in Paris and the outpouring of grief that followed the death of the "people's princess." (AP Photo/Denis Paquin, File)
FILE- In this Tuesday, June 17, 1997 file photo, Princess Diana arrives at the Red Cross in Washington where she was scheduled to meet with American Red Cross President Elizabeth Dole to discuss land-mines.
(AP Photo/Doug Mills, File)
FILE- In this Friday, Aug. 22, 1997 file photo, Britain's Diana, Princess of Wales, and her companion Dodi Fayed, walk on a pontoon in the French Riviera resort of St. Tropez.(AP Photo/Patrick Bar-Nice Matin, File)
FILE - In this Sunday July 20, 1997 file photo, Britain's Diana, Princess of Wales on the quay of the residence of Mohamed Al Fayed in Saint Tropez, French Riviera, where she spends a few days holidaying.
(AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)
FILE- In this early Sunday, Aug. 31, 1997 file photo, police services prepare to take away the car in which Britain's Diana, Princess of Wales, died in Paris, in a car crash that also killed her boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, and the chauffeur. The crash happened shortly after midnight in a tunnel along the Seine River at the Pont de l Alma bridge, while paparazzi on motorcycles were following her car.
(AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
FILE- In this Saturday, Sept. 6, 1997 file photo, Britain's Prince Charles, Prince Harry, Earl Charles Spencer, Prince William and Prince Philip, from left, stand as the coffin bearing the body of Princess Diana is taken into Westminster Abbey in London.
(AP Photo/John Gaps III, Pool, File)
FILE - This is an aerial view showing the large pile of flowers at the gates of Kensington Palace in London, as the crowds continue to arrive to pay their respects to the late Princess Diana, in this Thursday, Sept. 4, 1997 file photo.
(AP Photo/Adrian Dennis, File)
FILE- In this Aug. 9, 1987 file photo, Britain's Princess Diana of Wales smiles as she sits with her sons, Princes Harry, front, and William, on the steps of the Royal Palace on the island of Mallorca, Spain, where the British Royal family is on holiday with the Spanish King Juan Carlos and his family.
(AP Photo/John Redman, File)
FILE - In this November, 1995 file photo, Britain's Diana, Princess of Wales, is shown.
(AP Photo/Eduardo Di Baia, File)
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