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= Princess Diana - A True Leader = = = --  ** Family Background:** Princess Diana was born on July 1,1961 in Norfolk, England. She grew up at Park House in Norfolk, next door to the royal family's Sandringham manor. Diana had a fine connection with the royal family. Her grandmother, Lady Fermoy, was chief lady-in-waiting to the Queen for a long time. Diana's father, Viscount Althorp, was a descendant of the Stuart kings and had a direct relation with King Charles II.Her younger brother, Charles, was Queen Elizabeth's godson while her father was the lady Queen Mary's godson. She was related to many powerful people - closely and distantly. She married Prince Charles in 1981, and became "Princess of Wales". Lady Diana was a kindergarten teacher at the Young England School before her marriage to Prince Charles. It was amazing that a woman who lived just like any common girl became such an important part of the royal family and the monarchy.

Her marriage to Prince Charles had a great impact on her life, and her pathway to becoming a great leader. Her wedding alone, made her the center of attention around the world. More than 750 million people watched as she became "Princess of Wales." Princess Diana's father's family background influenced her greatly. Princess Diana claimed that her father believed that because they were fortunate, it was their responsibility to help out those who were less fortunate. She was a woman who was used to an easy lifestyle - teaching little kids and enjoying life with her roommates. She didn't know what a busy life was lying ahead of her - relating to the monarchy and to her own personal work. The year following the marriage, she had 170 official engagements planned for her. In the first seven years of her "new life", she visited 19 countries, and held hundreds of handshaking sessions in order to get familiar with important people. As time went by, she busied herself by being involved in a lot of humanitarian work. From the entire monarchy, she was closest to the depressed and unhappy people because she reached out to them. __**She influenced people from the worlds of politics, business, fashion, and even entertainment. Many celebrities such as Michael Jackson and Elton John found her as an idol and loved her. Princess Diana's involvement in AIDS opened the way for more people in the celebrity world as well as people with AIDS to speak out as human beings .**__
 * Influences: **

Princess Diana wanted to do something for the most rejected and unhappy people; she wanted to be "a queen in people's hearts". She definitely accomplished that goal of hers. Over time, she became absorbed with many charitable causes. She became involved in homelessness, drug abuse issues, shook hands with patients at an AIDS ward, and visited victims of an Irish Republican Army bombing in Northern Ireland. __**She soon became the patron of 44 charities such as Centrepoint (for the homeless), The National Aids Trust, The English National Ballet, and the Leprosy Mission. She was the president of over 100 social instituitions, charitable organisations, and hospitals such as Great Ormond Street, a hospital for the children, and the Royal Marsden Hospital.**__ The more work she did, the more confidence she developed. At first, she was terrified at the sight of large audiences, even with Prince Charles. However, as life went on, she started to trust her capabilities, and ended up changing the lives of many. While continuing her charity work, she also took time to do some large interviews. **__The interview Princess Diana did on BBC's Panorama program attracted 21.1 million viewers! Many viewers wanted to watch this interview because she was the greatest Princess of the time, and was talking openly about everything, from her marriage to her work. It has been said that Princess Diana regretted this interview very much because she spoke a little too freely during it and opened up about her depression, bulimia, adulterous affair with her riding instructor and her feelings on her husband's affair.__**
 * Accomplishments:**


 * __She got many awards, received the "Prize for Humanity", and was accepted as an Honorary Citizen of Northampton (1989). She wasn't just a beautiful, elegant, and well-travelled person, but was also a hardworker. There was an evening function, or a meal, or a society duty, for which the Princess did not have a goal: money for help. She needed money to help sick children, and for people who had lost hope of a better life. From the whole royal family, Princess Diana was the person who was actually really concerned about the sick, their chances of recovery. She involved herself in things. By doing that, she earned the respect of the people who were affected. Princess Di collected a great amount of money in order to do a great deal of good things.

She danced at balls, at which gentlemen paid ae A 7000 entrance fee. The money that she earned, she donated to the charities she supported. One of the most active people in raising money for the AIDS Foundation and the Red Cross she was in her country. She spoke to and comforted many sick and poor people. She also fought for victims of landmines. All her work, caught the attention of millions of people.__**

Princess Diana's work, her style, and her confidence won the hearts of millions of people. Princess Diana's work was such that it made her belong wherever she went. When she had royal work, she spoke with the confidence that a leader from the monarchy should possess, and when she worked for humanitarian causes, she became a part of the people she visited.
 * __Shaking hands with an AIDS patient was not something a doctor would even want to do. In the 1980s, a disease like AIDS was new and dangerous, but she wanted to make the patient feel good, and let him/her know that she understood how it must feel to be rejected or even hated. There was a lot of prejudice in the early 1980s of AIDS in Britain. Princess Diana was may be the main person to diminish this injustice with AIDS people. In many cases, when neighbours found out that a person in the community had AIDS, they would alert everyone and kick the suffering person out. That's because they were scared of getting AIDS too. Even worse, some people tried to hurt an AIDS person. Not only did Diana bring out those suffering people from the dark shadows of the society, but also gave them a human voice in the press, where HIV and AIDS were known as sex and drugs' horror stories.Michael Watson, former chairman of the AIDS charity stated that, "She was magic with these (AIDS) people." She brought them justice__**.

Princess Di absolutely achieved her goal. She would help people who needed support in any way possible. As one royal watcher said, "Diana made the monarchy more in touch with the people." She was a caring and sympathetic woman with a helping hand, always reaching out to the oppressed, and rejected. She brought attention to issues in a very unique and powerful way. She even sold her dress gowns at Christie's in New York and donated more than $5.7 million for AIDS and cancer charities. She visited war-torn countries such as Angola, and Yugoslavia as well as Australia, Bosnia, Egypt, India, and Pakistan visiting hospices, schools, charities and fund raising events, and touching the lives of many wherever she went. She was the most visible supporter of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, a campaign that won her the Noble Peace Prize in 1997. Her great Humanitarian work earned her the love and respect of millions of people worldwide.
 * Did she achieve her goal?**

Princess Diana was a unique character and truly genuine hero; one that is still needed today. She deserved and received the admiration of innumerable people for her beauty, compassion, openness, strength, and her courage.Tony Blair, Britain's prime minister, stated, "She was the People's Princess, and that's how she will remain in our hearts and memory forever."

In her life as a princess, she worked hard and became a worldwide renowned leader. She was famous with all types of people - sick patients, victims of bombings, musicians, and dancers. She was famous when she was alive, and she is still remembered. Her death sent a "shock wave" around the world, with a flooding of grief, confusion, and anger. People got furious at the royal family and protested to show some love and respect to the dead princess. In less than a week after her death, more than $150 million was contributed to some of her favorite charities. People from the world of politics, business, fashion, and even entertainment attended her funeral.
 * Interesting Facts:**


 * __She died in a car crash in December of 1997. She was in her car with her Egyptian-Muslim boyfriend, Dodi Al-Fayed, when the paparazzi chased her, and to escape the media, the driver went fast, and the car crashed. There are other stories too, such as Prince Charles plotted the accident, or that her driver was drunk. It was one of the most unfortunate loss of England, and Britain. The world had lost a very caring and rare person, but her death wasn't the end of her humanitarian work and support to the suffering people. She left two devastated sons behind - Prince Williams and Prince Harry. They grew up to be two handsome gentlemen who soon continued their mother's work. Prince William, especially, is still working on problems with AIDS, animals, cancer, children, homelessness, poverty, refugees, weapon reduction, and many more. He is also the patron of innumerable charities.__**

John Elton honored her by writing her a song, known as "Goodbye, England's Rose" which became the best-selling song of all time. To listen to the song, click on the following link. []

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