Топик «Princess Diana. Творческая работа учащихся по английскому языку (6 класс) на тему: Принцесса Диана
Diana Spencer was born on the first of July 1961 in Sandringham in England. She had two older sisters and a younger brother. In childhood she liked games, swimming, running and dancing. She wanted to become a dancer. Besides she loved children very much and at the age of sixteen she worked in schools for very young children. Diana became princess, when Prince Charles, the Queen"s son, asked her to be his wife and they got married. They seemed to be a happy couple at first. They had two sons. They travelled a lot they worked a lot, they visited many countries together. But Diana was not quite happy because they liked different things and Charles didn"t understand her. Why was Diana the most famous, the most beautiful, the most photographed woman in the world? Why did she win the hearts of millions and millions of people in many countries? Why did so many people come to London to remember her when she died? Why did the car accident which took her life, become such a total shock to crowds of people? Why did people feel the need to be in London at the funeral? Why did the tears and love at the funeral move the world? The answer is so simple. Matthew Wall, a student at St. Michael"s College in Burlington said: "She was such a lovely lady. She did so much for those people less fortunate that herself". She was a kind woman. Hundreds of people talked about Diana"s kindnesses. She liked ordinary people, though she was rich and had many rich friends. Wherever she was, she was always ready to lend a hand. She was devoted to the sick and the poor. She visited hospitals for people with AIDS and for lepers and wasn"t afraid to touch them, talk to them, listen to them. She worked on children"s charities, and had teamed up with Hillary Clinton in an effort to ban landmines. And it"s not only money, that she wanted to give people. She wanted to give them a part of her soul, to make them happy because she was unhappy herself. She wanted to give them love, because she needed love herself. Rock stars (Sting, Elton John), pop singer George Michael, film stars and producers (Tom Hanks, Steven Spilberg, Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise) and other famous people were among her friends. But she had more friends among ordinary people. Diana was seen many times in floods of tears, because of the pressures of her loveless 15-year marriage. It is not a secret that Diana was hounded and humiliated to the point of mental breakdown and was able to pull through only because she knew she had the love of the people to buoy her in her darkest hours.She was, indeed, the People"s Princess.
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Ранние годы
Диана Спенсер родилась 1 июля 1961 года в Сандринхэм в Англии. У нее были две старшие сестры и младший брат. Ее родители развелись, когда ей было 8 лет. В возрасте 16 Диана уехала в Швейцарию и закончила там школу. Вернувшись в Лондон, она зарабатывала на жизнь, работая поваром и няней, а затем воспитателем в детском саду.
Замужество и развод
Диана стала принцессой, когда принц Чарльз, королевский сын, попросил ее стать его женой, и они обвенчались в Кафедральном Соборе святого Павла 29 июля 1981. Сначала они казались счастливой парой. Однако после медового месяца их отношения стали ухудшаться. У Дианы и Чарльза родились два сына: принц Уильям в 1982 и принц Генри в 1984. Королевская семья надеялись, что с их рождением мир в семье восстановится. Однако этого не случилось. Официальный развод Дианы и Чарльза состоялся в августе 1996.
Популярность
Диана была самой знаменитой, красивой и фотографируемой женщиной в мире. Она завоевала сердца миллионов людей во многих странах. Тысячи людей говорили о доброте Дианы. Как принцесса Уэльса, Диана видела возможность делать добро на протяжении всей своей жизни, в то время как другие на ее месте были бы удовлетворены своим комфортным образом жизни и двумя здоровыми сыновьями. Когда ее уверенность усилилась, она осознала, что может использовать свою известность и влияние, чтобы сделать жизнь людей счастливее.
Общественная работа
Основные заботы Дианы были о старых, о молодых и о тех, кто находился в больницах и приютах. Она посещала больницы для больных СПИДом и прокаженных и не боялась дотрагиваться до них, разговаривать с ними, слушать их. Она была покровительницей «Поворотной точки», организации, которая помогала людям избавиться наркотической или алкогольной зависимости. Она много делала для бездомных. Проблема злоупотребления наркотиками также волновала Диану, и она хотела принимать участие в борьбе против этого. Она также выказывала обеспокоенность судьбой глухих и стала искусной в языке жестов, так чтобы можно было с ними общаться.
Смерть
31 августа 1997 года принцесса Диана погибла в автомобильной катастрофе. Ее смерть была огромной трагедией и потерей для всей британской нации.
Заключение
Она хотела давать людям не только деньги. Она хотела отдавать им часть своей души. У нее было много друзей среди знаменитостей, но еще больше среди обычных людей.
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Princess Diana
Early years
Diana Spencer was born on the first of July 1961 in Sandringham in England. She had two older sisters and a younger brother. Her parents divorced when she was eight. At the age of 16 Diana left for Switzerland and finished school there. Having returned to London, she earned her living working as a cook or nanny and then as a teacher in a kindergarten.
Marriage and divorce
Diana became princess, when Prince Charles, the Queen’s son, asked her to be his wife and they got married at St. Paul’s Cathedral on July 29, 1981. They seemed to be a happy couple at first. However, after the honeymoon their relations started getting worse. Diana and Charles had two sons: Prince William in 1982 and Prince Henry in 1984.The Royal family hoped that with their births peace would reign again in the family. However, it didn’t happen. The official divorce of Diana and Charles was held in August, 1996.
Popularity
Diana was the most famous, the most beautiful, and the most photographed woman in the world. She won the hearts of millions and millions of people in many countries anf became people’s princess. Thousands of people talked about Diana’s kindnesses. As the Princess of Wales, Diana saw the opportunity to do good throughout her life when others in her position might have been satisfied with a comfortable lifestyle and two healthy sons.
Support
As she grew in confidence, Diana realized that she could use her fame and her influence to make people’s lives better. Princess Diana’s main interests were with the very old, the very young, and those in hospitals or hospices. She visited hospitals for people with AIDS and for lepers and wasn’t afraid to touch them, talk to them, listen to them. She was patron of Turning Point, an organization that helps people recovering from drug or alcohol addiction. She did much work for the homeless. Drug abuse was of Diana’s concerns and she wanted to be involved in the fight against it. She also showed great concern for the deaf and became proficient in sign language so she would be able to communicate with them.
Death
On August 31, 1997 Princess Diana was killed in a car accident. Her death was a great tragedy and loss for the whole British Nation.
Conclusion
It wasn’t only money that she wanted to give people. She wanted to give them a part of her soul. She had lots of friends among stars but even more among ordinary people.
AN EARL’S DAUGHTER
Diana Frances Spencer was not royal by birth. She was born on 1 July 1961 at Park House on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk. She was the third daughter of the future viscount Althorp and Frances Ruth, who was one of The Queen Mother’s ladies-in-waiting.
Diana had two elder sisters, Sarah and Jane, and a younger brother, Charles; there was also a brother called John, born in 1960, who survived only ten hours.
Diana spent her early children’s years in Sandringham, where she had home education. Her first teacher was Gertrude Allen, who taught Diana’s mother. Life at Park House was orderly, traditional and aristocratic. The Spencer children saw their parents only for an hour in the morning and at tea time. When Diana was just six years old her parents separated and later divorced, the children remaining with their father.
Diana continued her education in Sulfide, in
private school near the Kings Lynn, then in preparatory Ridlsuort School. When Diana was 12 years old, she went to the privileged school for the girls in West Heath,
county Kent.
Her life changed a lot in
1975 when Viscount Althorp becoming 8 th Earl Spencer, and Diana
becoming Lady Diana, and they moved to the stately home at Althorp in
Northamtonshire. The following year Earl Spencer married Raine, Countess of
Dartmouth, whose mother was the romantic novelist, Barbara Cartland. Diana went
to a finishing school in Switzerland, where she studied domestic science,
typing and correspondence, and found plenty of time to enjoy skiing.
LADY DIANA SPENCER
When Diana returned to Britain from Switzerland she lived in London, sharing apartment with old school friends. She moved naturally in the society that was described by someone as ‘Sloane Rangers’, so called because much of their leisure time was spend in the fashionable shops and restaurants around Sloane Square. Diana became a nanny to a number of children, and took a three-month cookery course, before joining the Young England Kindergarten as a helper. She enjoyed the social whirl, attending parties in the evenings and going to the country every weekend. Diana would stay with friends, or occasionally go back to Althorp where she would visit her sister Jane, and her husband Sir Robert Fellows, at their house on the estate.
Most of Diana’s circle of
friends came from similar backgrounds, and when her relationship with The
Prince of Wales began they automatically provided her protection. Once the
media suspected Lady Diana and Prince Charles’ new romance, press reporters and
cameramen pursued her relentlessly. They besieged her flat at Coleherne Court and followed her everywhere. It was a very testing time for the young Diana.
Diana learned to keep her
head down, literally, becoming known as ‘Shy Di’. So the highly intensive media
attention which was to continue throughout her life began. But ones the
engagement was official, Diana moved into an apartment in Clarence House, home
of the late Queen Mother, where she would be under the protection of the Royal
Press Office.
A FAIRY-TALE BRIDE
The wedding of The Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer took place at St Paul’s Cathedral on 29 July 1981, barely a month after the Brides 20 th birthday. It was a day of joy for everyone: the bride and groom, their families and the millions of people watching on television all over the world. The occasion was a combination of pageantry, high emotion, formal ceremony and vociferous enthusiasm.
Diana was everyone’s idea
of a fairy-tail bride; her dress, designed by David and Elizabeth Emanuel, was a
triumph of ivory silk taffeta, hand embroidered with thousands of tiny
mother-of-pearl sequins and pearls, and with a 25-foot train trimmed with
sparking old lace. Diana wore the Spencer family tiara, and diamond earrings
borrowed from her mother.
She left Clarence House in
the Glass Coach accompanied by her father, to the thunderous cheers of the
crowds lining The Mall. At St Paul’s the groom was waiting, dressed in uniform
of a royal Navy commander, with a splendid blue sash of the Order of the
Garter. Seated behind him were the 2,650 guests who had been invited to the
wedding, including nearly all the crowned heads of Europe.
After the ceremony the
couple returned to Buckingham Palace in the 1902 State Landau, while vast
crowds pressed against the railings to catch a glimpse of the new Prince of
Wales.
They left the Palace in a balloon-bedecked carriage, starting their honeymoon at Broadlands, the Hampshire home of the late Lord Mountbatten, then flying to Gibraltar to join the Royal Yacht Britannia for a Mediterranean cruise, and finally joining the Royal Family at Balmoral.
PRINCESS OF WALES
From the moment they were married, The Prince and Princess of Wales became the focus of public attention to an extent never before experienced in Britain, even by the Royal Family. They became the most closely watched couple in the world, and while Prince Charles was used to being in the spotlight, for Diana it was a new experience. She coped impressively, and soon became the most photographed woman in the world.
Her early days as Princess
of Wales were not always easy. She was coming to grips with being a working
member of the Royal Family, finding ways to impress her own style upon her new
homes at Kensington Palace and Highgrove, and also getting used to the idea
that she was now public property, with very little private life.
For one so young, Diana
displayed an extraordinary sense of duty, yet she insisted that her prime role
in life was to be a good mother to her children. When she and Prince Charles
visited Australia in 1983 she refused to leave Prince William behind, saying
she was not going to be separated from her baby for such a long period and miss
what she regarded as one of the most important parts of his life. It showed
that The Princess had a mind of her own and was not prepared to be merely a
pretty accessory.
A DEVOTED MOTHER
Diana’s natural role in
life was motherhood. She had always had a special affinity with children of all
ages and she never doubted for a moment that she was intended to be a mother.
Speaking about her children she once said, ‘They mean everything to me’ and
later added, ‘I always feed my children love and affection - it’s so
important’.
Although the royal marriage ended in divorce there were many times when the couple enjoyed great happiness together. One such time was at 9.03 p.m. on 21 June 1982, when Diana gave birth to her first son, Prince William, in the private Lindo Wing of St. Mary’s Hospital in London. Prince Charles broke with royal tradition by being present at the birth, and it was also the first time that an heir-presumptive had been born in hospital. Both Diana and Prince Charles were overjoyed.
Off duty Diana would
attempt to shrug off the rigid controls of royal protocol and relax with her
sons. She was determined that, although they would never forget who they were,
they should have as normal an upbringing as possible. She took them to the
cinema, letting them choose the films they wanted to see, and introduced them
to the delights of fast food hamburger cafes, where she queued with other parents
to serve herself. She was a thoroughly modern mother who refused to allow her
royal role to interfere with the ordinary, every day joys of bringing up her
children.
Diana turned up at the
prices’ annual sports day, kicked off her shoes and ran barefoot in the
mothers’ race - which the won, to her sons’ great delight. When the time came
for Prince William to go away to school, Diana expressed a very clear reference
for Eton. It was near enough to London that she could see him frequently, while
allowing him to become an ordinary boarder. Both she and Prince Charles
insisted that he should be treated the same way as the other pupils.
Diana impressed upon her sons their connection with the principality whose name they shared, telling them never to forget what they were: Prince William and Prince Harry of Wales. She took William on his first official visit to Wales - on St David’s Day 1991 - and later took both boys to Cardiff to watch the Welsh rugby team in action.
She instilled in her sons her own sense of public awareness from an early age, and showed them, at first hand, how the underprivileged are forced to live by taking them with her to a Seamen’s Mission centre for the homeless. It was a salutary experience for the young princes, but one which she felt was necessary in their ongoing training for their future lives.
Diana will be remembered in
many different ways, but undoubtedly the most important legacy of her
extraordinary life is her two sons, William and Harry.
A SPECIAL TOUCH
As she freely admitted,
Diana was not an intellectual. But despite her lack of academic achievement she
possessed a quick wit and an understanding that enabled her to survive those
early years and adapt to her new role, while her empathy with the public
prevented her from being dismissed as merely a ‘walking clothes-horse’.
Diana believed that the monarchy should be in touch with the people, and she won many hearts with her spontaneity and genuine warmth. She was a tactile person who loved to give a hug or a kiss, whether to a child in a Nigerian village or an old lady in a British geriatric ward. People from all walks of life and of all ages identified with her, for her sense of style as well as for the compassion she showed to the sick and the suffering, and to those who had been the outcasts of society.
The public turned out in droves whenever and wherever she appeared, and she always found time to stop and talk, often delaying her official programme in order to chat with people who had waited hours to see her.
It was her common touch,
combined with her grace and aristocracy, which made her so popular with the
press. They adored her, and followed her wherever she went, knowing that she
would always provide them with a winning 
picture or story. She never let them down. Some of
them whom she grew to trust, and took into her confidence, became personal
friends who would mourn her in death as much as they had respected her in life.
PRINCESS OF STYLE
If ever a person could rightly claim to be a one-woman fashion industry, that person mast have been Diana, Princess of Wales. Almost single-handed she rejuvenated the British fashion scene, practically from the moment she first stepped onto the royal stage.
Legions of women, from Japan to Jersey, faithfully copied her style down to the tiniest detail. When she appeared in a ‘Robin Hood’ type of hat in the early 80s, identical copies were bought in their thousands, and when she, mischievously, wore a diamond necklace as a headband, jewelers throughout the world were inundated the next day with enquiries for replicas.
Diana never saw herself as a fashion icon and she disliked the description, believing it detracted from more serious side. She said she never followed fashion, only dressing ‘for the job in hand’. It is true that she was not a follower but a trend-setter, and if she was set up as an icon it was only because women so admired her innate sense of style and her ability to choose what was right for her. She managed to combine a modern look with the requirements of royal dignity and cool elegance. The demands of her position necessitated a large wardrobe, and Diana was determined to show the very best of British design and manufacture wherever she went on her overseas tours, performing an extraordinary service for the fashion industry and bringing a new glamorous image to the Royal Family.
She was not dressed
exclusively by British designers. Diana was often seen, in recent years, in
outfits by Christian Dior, John Galliano, Gianni Versace and Jacques Azagury,
as well as those she wore from Bruce Oldfield and Catherine Walker.
Diana was fascinated by showbusiness and the arts and missed no opportunity to mix with stars of stage and screen. Ballet was her first love, and as Patron of the English National Ballet she played an active role in the organization, often turning up to watch rehearsals and staying behind to talk with the dancers. She once wistfully remarked that she would have loved to have been a ballet dancer but ‘at 5ft joins I’m too tall’. So when she sprang a surprise Christmas present for Prince Charles in 1985 by dancing on stage with Wayne Sleep, she was also achieving a life-time ambition. Some years later at a reception at the White House in Washington she partnered John Travolta on the dance floor and afterwards both said it was a ‘dream come true’.
It was Diana’s first change
in hairstyle that seemed to transform her the most. Just after the birth of
Prince Harry her pageboy hair-cut was replaced by a new style that was classic,
sophisticated and totally stunning. The Diana look had arrived; the
photographic image had been created.
In June 1997, responding to a suggestion by Prince William, Diana assigned Christie’s to auction 79 of her dresses, raising £1,960,150 for charity. They ranged from short cocktail dresses to formal ball-gowns and included her favourite: a Victor Edelstein creation in duchesse satin with matching bolero jacket, which sold for £54,436.
A MODERN PRINCESS
With the collapse of her
marriage in 1992 - separation, followed in 1996 by divorce - Diana set out to
find a new life for herself as a single parent. She wanted to create an
independent role outside the Royal Family but, as the mother of a future King,
she was never completely able to shed her responsibilities, or her imagine throughout
the world as ‘Princess Di’.
She formed a number of unfortunate relationships which were quickly terminated and she realized that unqualified love and loyalty would come only from her sons. Diana worked hard at keeping physically fit by visiting a gymnasium most days, and she sought the company of people whom she believed would not try to exploit her.
She made many visits to the United States where her popularity never waned, and where she continued to be treated as royalty. Americans saw her as both an innocent victim and a winner in the divorce battle, and acclaimed her as a great survivor and the successful single mother.
Once the publicity of the
marriage break-up had died down Diana began to working towards her goal, which
was to be taken seriously in her own right. She had discussions with political
leaders, such as President Nelson Mandela of South Africa, and finally she
achieved her aim, talking a role of the international stage as an unofficial
but highly influential ambassadress.
A QUEEN OF HEARTS
At one time the Princess of
Wales was involved with over a hundred charities, which she liked to call her
‘Family of Organizations’.
At the height of her working life, her patronages included such disparate bodies as Barnardos, Birthright, and the British Deaf Association (for whom she leant sign language), the Leprosy Mission, the Malcolm Sargent Cancer Fund for Children, The Princess of Wales Children’s Health Camp in Rotorua (New Zealand), Turning Point, Help the Aged, Centrepoint, AIDS Crisis Trust and the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children.
When the accepted an invitation to become patron of a charity, she became a tireless worker.
Turning Point was perhaps
one of the most unlikely groups for a member of the Royal Family to support. It
was the largest national voluntary organization providing help for men and
woman with drug and alcohol-related problems, and for people recovering from
mental illness. When Diana was asked to join them she agreed without
hesitation, on the condition that she was not to be merely another royal
figurehead, but an active participant in all their work. She raised the profile
of Turning Point dramatically and as their Chief Executive, Les Rudd,
explained, ‘We have an unpopular client group and without The Princess’s
personal involvement we would never have attracted the public’s sympathy to
such an extent’.
Diana chose to become actively involved with Centrepoint, a charity which concentrates on providing accommodation for homeless young people who are considered to be at risk. She said ‘Nothing dives me greater pleasure than to try to help the most vulnerable people in society’.
In 1993 Diana announced her retirement from public life and relinquished her position with nearly all her charities. She retained and handful which she continued to support and work for until the day she died.
One of the most courageous
and important of Diana’s public appearances was undoubtedly when she decided to
open the first specialist AIDS ward in Britain. AIDS was, at the time, the
unmentionable disease and few people were prepared to be associated with its
care and treatment. The Princess sent shock waves throughout the world when she
shook hands with patients suffering from AIDS - and did so without wearing
gloves. By that single action she demonstrated that people had no need to fear
that the disease might be transmitted simply by touch. From that moment her
commitment to the cause was total; she helped raise millions of pounds and,
more importantly, she increased the public’s awareness and understanding at a
time when fear and prejudice were commonplace.
When Diana visited a leprosy hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia and another in Nigeria, and comforted those suffering from this most disfiguring of diseases, she never once flinched or drew away from close contract. She said, ‘I’m trying to show in a simple action that they are not reviled, nor we repulsed’.
It is difficult to overestimate the impact that Diana made on the causes she espoused. As a fundraiser she was unequalled; her presence at a function ensured that all the tickets would be sold in hours.
She worked indefatigably
for the Royal Marsden Hospital Cancer Fund and insisted that part of the
proceeds of the auction of her dresses in New York should go to the hospital.
The rest of the money went to another of her favourite charities, AIDS Crisis
Trust.
Diana’s concern for the dispossessed and the under-privileged knew no national boundaries. Together with her friends Imran and Jemima Khan she visited Pakistan to support their efforts in famine relief; and after meeting Mother Teresa in New York, she traveled to India to see for herself the living conditions of some of the poorest people in the world.
But it was when she visited Angola and Bosnia that people realized how sound her instinct was. She had begun her campaign for the banning of landmines without any official backing, but soon governments around the world were responding to her call. In Bosnia she met and comforted mutilated victims and bereaved widows and orphans with a sensitive professionalism that showed clearly how much she understood the anguish all around her. It was to be her last crusade.
When she was accused of
interfering in political issues, Diana replied, ‘I’m a humanitarian, I lead
from the heart’.
ENGLAND’S ROSE
Diana died in a car crash with Dodi Fayed
on 31 of August 1997, in Paris. Few events in Britain’s history have produced a
sense of national dismay and bewilderment that followed. People traveled for
all parts of the country to pay tribute to The Princess. Thousands of flowers
were placed at the gates of Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace, and people queued for up to twelve hours to sign the books of condolence at St. James’s
Palace.
The Queen appeared on television and spoke
movingly of her former daughter-in-law. ‘She was an exceptional and gifted
human being. In good times and bad, she never lost her capacity to smile and
laugh, nor to inspire others with her warmth and kindness’.
The funeral, described by Buckingham Palace as ‘a unique service for a unique person’, was an inspiring combination of
traditional ritual and informality. The coffin containing Diana’s body was
carried on a First World War gun-carriage drawn by six black horses and nine
members of The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery, and flanked by a bearer
party of Welsh Guardsmen. 
Thousands, many of whom had camped out overnight in
order to get a good position, watched silently, and threw flowers into their
path. As the cortege passed thought Wellington Arch and down Constitution Hill,
The Queen and three generations of the Royal Family emerged from Buckingham Palace.
The Prince of Wales, Prince Philip, Prince
William and Prince Harry, together with Diana’s brother, Earl Spencer, joined
the cortege and walked behind the coffin to Westminster Abbey. They were
followed by a throng of representatives of many of her charities.
The service was simple and dignified, with Diana’s favourite hymns and poems read by her sisters. Diana’s brother gave a penetrating and passionate address. The 2,000-strong congregation included politicians, showbusiness celebrities, personal friends and representatives from her charities.
For many the most poignant element of the ceremony was the Princes’ wreath on the coffin: a small ring of white roses bearing the word ‘Mummy’.
As the choir sang a haunting anthem the
coffin was carried away. At the door the procession stopped and an absolute
silence descended - a silence that was respected by millions throughout the
world.
THE PEOPLE’S PRINCESS
The death of Diana, Princess of Wales unleashed an expression of public feeling on an unprecedented scale. Nothing had prepared the people for the shock of losing such a vital, beautiful young women who had everything to live for. People of all ages had been able to identify with this member of the Royal Family, as a glamorous leader of fashion, a dedicated mother and more recently as the undisputed champion of the under-privileged, the handicapped and the elderly. She did more than had ever been done before to focus attention on what were previously unmentionable subjects, and the practical and constructive way in which she displayed her compassion and sympathy was a fine demonstration of modern royalty at work.
Diana was star quality, of that there was
no doubt. She became the most pursued woman in the world and gave the
impression of enjoying her celebrity status, even though she claimed not to
understand why so many people felt so affectionate towards her. Perhaps it was
this very innocence that made her so attractive. She occasionally gave the
outward appearance of being tough, and she herself said she would ‘fight like a
tiger’ for what she believed in. But another of the qualities that emerged was
her vulnerability, and it was this made so many people spring to her defence.
She never lacked friends to take her part and champion her cause, and there was
never a shortage of volunteers anxious to protect and cherish her. Much of her
international appeal came about because those who came into contract with her
felt a natural instinct to look after her, even when she protested that she did
not need protecting.
Diana was always a woman who acted from the heart, and the world loved her for it. She possessed a natural aura of accessibility, and was never afraid to show her emotion. Ordinary men and woman felt they could approach her without any fear of rebuttal; she positively encouraged people to talk to her and touch her.
Diana has been described as one of the nation’s greatest assets and her appearance was one of her most important attributes. Even when her behaviour was unpredictable, she was forgiven because of her beauty and style.
Her most important role was raising her small family. Everything else was secondary to the welfare of her sons and no one was ever left in any doubt as to her priorities. William and Harry came first and in spite of the pressures she lived under - that would not have change. She knew that the encouragement and help she could give him. She was prepared to subjugate her own ambitions to his happiness and security.
If Diana seemed to rebel against a protocol and tradition that appeared to be stuffy and restrictive, it struck a chord with young people, who felt she was striking a blow for them as well as for herself. And when she comforted the sick, the maimed and the abused, those around her knew that this was not an act, neither was she merely going though the routine of a well-rehearsed and programmed public appearance. Although her duties were necessarily choreographed down to the last detail, her concern was obviously genuine and she managed to communicate her true feelings.
How will she be remembered and what were her most significant achievements? It would be invidious to single out from her many good works just one and name it as the most important. On the international scene, if there is a successful conclusion to her landmines campaign, that would be a fitting memorial; or if there is a breakthrough in the treatment of AIDS or cancer. Perhaps her involvement in child care and famine relief will result in greater public awareness.
Diana will be remembered as an inspirational woman who once said she wanted to be known as a ‘Queen of Hearts’. Perhaps in death that is exactly what she has become.
By Mother Teresa
1910-1997
Love"s Eyes
I see a bird in flight,
Or a baby"s gentle smile.
The beauty that I see in them
Reminds me of your face.
The compassion and the caring
So softly chiseled there.
The love and understanding
Painted on by God"s own hand.
Your face is a priceless treasure,
With a perfection of its own.
I look into your face
To see Love"s own eyes
gazing back at me.
1990 - By me
Literature: ‘Diana, Princess of Wales’ by Brian Hoey
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Princess Diana
Diana was born in 1961,into a very wealthy and aristocratic family. Her ancestors acquired the title of earl from king Charles I in the 17 th century. For the next three centuries they felt comfortable at the royal court, holding various positions and bearing various titles.
In 1980 Diana appeared on the world stage as the future bride of Charles, the next king of England. They married on July 29, 1981 in St. Paul’s Cathedral in London.
Even though they had two children, William and Harry, Diana and Charles soon became unhappy together.
Diana was a very modern woman who enjoyed pop music, romantic novels and charity work. Charles enjoyed many different interests, but their age difference and mentalities clashed. After a very public separation in 1989, an equally public divorce followed in 1996.
As a single woman Diana put all of her energy into her two sons and her charity work
In 1997 she started a romance with Dodi Fayed, son of the owner of Harrods. Soon after the two were tragically killed in a car crash in Paris. She was a very English Rose, whose early death stunned a nation into silence.
As her brother said at her funeral, she was "the unique, the complex, the extraordinary and irreplaceable Diana, whose beauty, both internal and external, will never be extinguished from our minds."
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]Diana Frances Spencer was born on 1 July, 1961 in the estate of the Spencers in Norfolk. Diana"s parents were from aristocratic families: her father"s name is Viscount Althrop and her mother"s name is Frances Roche. The ancestors of her father Earl Spencer were relatives of a royal dynasty. The mother had a noble title too. When Diana was six, her mother left the family and in 1969 the marriage of her parents was officially dissolved.
In 1975 Althrop inherited the title of Earl Spencer from his father and for the second/time married Raine, the Countess of Dartmouth, the daughter of the writer Barbara Cartland.
Diana was sent to the private school. She dreamt of being a ballerina, but, then, as she told herself, she had to give up this idea because it appeared that she was too tall for that. Diana studied at normal schools — at first in Norfolk, then in Kent. When she was 16 she left for Switzerland and finished school there. Having returned, she lived with her friends in London, earning as a cook or a nanny, and then found the job of a teacher in a kindergarten.
For the first time Diana met the Prince in 1977, in the estate of Diana"s father. Diana"s sister Sarah introduced them to each other. They began to date. At this time it was considered in Buckingham Palace that the heir should marry. Diana seemed to be a suitable candidate, though Spencers were not royal by descent. But Diana was not catholic, so one of the main conditions of a royal marriage was observed, and the decision was made. They were married at St. Paul"s Cathedral on July 29, 1981 and this wedding became rather most brilliant event in Britain. Diana was twenty, Charles — thirty-two.
However, after the honeymoon the relations between the couple started getting worse.
In June, 1982 the Princess of Wales gave birth to her first son, Prince William, and in September, 1984 she gave birth to her second child Prince Henry. The Royal family hoped that with birth of the sons peace would reign in the family. But the hopes appeared to be vain. Charles and Diana were moving away from each other. The situation became even worse, when the Princess understood, that heart of the Prince belongs to another woman — Camilla Parker-Bowles (later, in 1986, it became known, that he renewed the relations with her). Then Diana, in her turn, began to take lessons of horse riding from the major Hewitt, a heart breaker from the high society. The exposing scandalous photos and overheard telephone conversations of the husband and wife appeared in mass media.
Since autumn 1987 the couple began to spend practically all the time separately. In December, 1992 the Prime Minister John Major announced to the Parliament, that Diana and Charles were going to divorce. The official divorce was held in August, 1996.
Several last weeks of her life Princess Diana spent together with her friend Duddy Al-Fayed, 41 years old, the senior son of the Egyptian billionaire Mohammed Al-Fayed, the owner of the most fashionable London shop «Harrods», Paris hotel «Ritz», and a lot of others.
On August 31, 1997 Princess Diana was killed in a car accident together with Duddi. Diana"s death was a great tragedy and loss for the whole British nation. In her life she did a lot of charity all over the world and became the most popular and beloved figure of the royal family. Her death is still full of mysteries.
Перевод текста: Princess Diana - Принцесса Диана
Диана Франсес Спенсер родилась 1 июля 1961 года в имении Спенсеров в Норфолке. Родители Дианы были из аристократической семьи: имя ее отца — Вискаунт Альтроп, а ее матери — Франсес Роше. Предки ее отца графа Спенсера были родственниками королевской династии. У матери также был дворянский титул. Когда Диане было шесть лет, ее мать покинула семью и в 1969 году брак ее родителей был официально расторгнут.
В 1975 году Альтроп унаследовал титул графа династии Спенсеров от своего отца и во второй раз женился на Рейд, графине округа Дармоут, дочери писательницы Барбары Картланд.
Диана была отправлена в частную школу. Она мечтала стать балериной, но затем, как она сама рассказывала, ей пришлось отказаться от этого, так как она была слишком высокой. Диана училась в обычной школе, сначала в Норфолке, затем в Кенте. Когда ей было 16 лет, она уехала в Швейцарию и окончила там школу. Когда она вернулась, она жила с друзьями в Лондоне, подрабатывая поваром и няней, а затем нашла работу воспитателя в детском саду.
Впервые Диана познакомилась с принцем в 1977 году в поместье отца Дианы. Сестра Дианы — Сара познакомила их. Они начали встречаться. В то время в Букингемском ^ Дворце считали, что наследнику престола нужно жениться. Диана казалась подходящей кандидатурой, хотя Спен-1 серы не имели королевского происхождения. Но Диана не | была католичкой, поэтому одно из главных условий для] вступления в брак с членом королевской семьи было выполнено и решение было принято. Молодая пара обвенчалась в! Кафедральном Соборе святого Павла 29 июля 1981 года и их свадьба стала весьма ярким событием в Британии. Диане было 20, а Чарльзу 32 года.
Однако после окончания медового месяца отношения между супругами ухудшились.
В июне 1982 года принцесса Уэльская родила своего первого сына, принца Уильяма, а в сентябре 1984-го на свет появился второй ребенок — принц Генри. Королевская семья надеялась, что с рождением сыновей между супругами воцарится мир. Однако эти надежды оказались напрасными. Чарльз и Диана отдалялись друг от друга. Ситуация еще более ухудшилась, когда принцесса узнала, что сердце принца принадлежит другой женщине — Камиле Паркер Баулз (впоследствии, в 1986 году стало известно, что он возобновил с ней отношения). Затем Диана в свою очередь начала брать уроки верховой езды у майора Хевита, покорителя сердец в высшем обществе. Обнародованные скандальные фотографии и подслушанные телефонные разговоры мужа и жены появились в прессе.
Начиная с осени 1987 года супружеская пара стала проводить практически все время врозь. В декабре 1992 года премьер-министр Джон Мейджер заявил в парламенте, что Диана и Чарльз собираются развестись. Официальный развод состоялся в августе 1996 года.
Несколько последних недель жизни принцесса провела вместе со своим другом Дуди Аль-Фаедом, 41 года, старшим сыном египетского миллиардера Мохамеда Аль-Фаеда, владельца самого фешенебельного лондонского магазина «Херодс», отеля «Ритц» в Париже и многих других заведений.
31 августа 1997 года принцесса Диана погибла в автомобильной катастрофе вместе с Дуди. Смерть Дианы стала огромной трагедией и потерей для всей британской нации. В жизни Диана много занималась благотворительностью по всему миру и стала самой популярной и любимой фигурой в королевской семье. Ее смерть до сих пор полна загадок.
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