29 July 1981: 42 years ago today the world was dazzled by Lady Diana Spencer’s wedding to HRH Prince Charles at St Paul’s Cathedral in London.
We are still under her spell . . .💫✨
9 June 1995: Princess Diana with David Tang and Julia Peyton- Jones, Director of Visual Arts at the British Council, attends the Centenary Biennale Exhibition in Venice, Italy.
29 October 1981: Princess Diana is given the honorary Freedom of Cardiff City and receives a standing ovation after giving her first public speech, part of it in Welsh, at the Cardiff City Hall.
3 May 1988: Princess Diana, Patron, British Red Cross Youth, arrives at Paddington Railway Station in London to name an Inter-City 125 power car “The Red Cross” for the 125th Anniversary of The International Red Cross
20 May 1995: Princess Diana, Colonel-in-Chief presents new colors to the 2nd Battalion of the Princess of Wales’ Royal Regiment, Howe Barracks, Canterbury, Kent.
November 24, 1995: Princess Diana attends a dinner hosted by ALPI, the Association for the Struggle Against Infant Paralysis during her 1995 solo visit to Argetina
18 July 1988: Princess Diana attends a Ballet performance of La Bayardere in aid of the London Festival Ballet School and Trust at The London Coliseum, in London's West End.
8 June 1995: Princess Diana arrives at a private reception & dinner for the Peggy Guggenheim Art Gallery, part of the Biennale Exhibition in Venice, Italy
10 April 1987: Princess Diana stands in for Queen Elizabeth II at the Sovereign’s Parade held at the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst, Berkshire, England.
3 June 1997: Princess Diana arrives at The Royal Albert Hall in London to attend a performance of 'Swan Lake' by The English Nation Ballet. She is wearing the Swan Lake Jewel Suite as well!
23 February 1981: Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer dine with their grandmothers at Eaton Square and Clarence House prior to the official engagement announcement
27 May 1992: Princess Diana attends the CORE fundraising lunch at The Mayfair Hotel where she was the guest speaker. CORE is a residential detoxification unit and counselling centre open to all for which she and Wayne Sleep raised awareness.
Prince Charles & Princess Diana arrive at La Scala Opera for a performance of Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot on 20 April, 1985 in Milan, Italy, during their 1985 Royal Tour of Italy
20 May 1995: Princess Diana visits Howe Barracks as Colonel-in-Chief to present new colours to the Second Battalion of The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, ‘Di’s Guys’ in Canterbury, Kent.
6 March 1989: Princess Diana attends a Gala Premiere of “Dangerous Liaisons” in aid of AIDS Crisis Trust at the Canon Cinema, Shaftesbury Avenue, London
26 June 1981: Princess Diana attends a Falklands Memorial Service at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London which was her first engagement since William’s birth.
25 June 1992: Princess Diana receives the Robertson Family at Kensington Palace. Diana worked for the American family as a nanny for their son, Patrick, before she married Prince Charles.
11 May 1989: Princess Diana arrives at Claridges for a banquet hosted by President Ibrahim Babangida of Nigeria during his state visit to Great Britain
3 December 1993: Princess Diana attends The Headway National Head Injuries Association luncheon at the Hilton Hotel, London, where she gives her ‘Time and Space’ Speech resigning from public duties
18 June 1981: Lady Diana Spencer wears an original Benny Ong peach crepe suit with a wrap top jacket and yellow straw boater as she arrives at Ascot with Princess Alexandra
8 September 1992: Princess Diana visits the Connection Project for the homeless near Trafalgar Square in London her first public event after the ‘Squidgy’ tape debacle