Princess Diana

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two royal grandmothers. The first time Prince Charles saw his future Princess was when he bumped into near her home in Norfolk. The short encounter with Diana Spencer left a lasting impression on the Prince. Diana’s Grandmother lured the Prince into a weekend of shooting with Diana and her family. “That girl Diana’s jolly,amusing and quite attractive,” Charles recalls telling his friends after the hunt”(Diana12). That weekend Diana not only caught Charles eye but she also caught his youger brother Andy’s attention also. Andy invited Diana to the Royal Yacht. It was there Charles came into contact with Diana once again and he was hooked. While Courting Diana he took her sailing and for walks in the country. “Diana is Keeping me young.” Charles boasted to his friends, “ I’ve got myself a winner!”(Diana 14) “It was officially announced on Febuary 24, 1981 that Lady Diana would marry The Prince of Wales.”( http://www.paralumun.com/dianamarr.htm) “ When Prince Charles asked Diana to marry him he didn’t slip and engagement ring on her finger, as most grooms-to-be do. Instead, she was taken to the Buckingham Place and presesnted with a tray of rings from the crown jewelers. Garrard, and told she could have her pick of any of the glittering and priceless gems on it!”(Diana 51) “David and Elizabeth started designing Diana’s wedding dress in the spring of 1981 - after hiring 24- hour security guards and installing a safe in their London offices. Despite the secrecy , the couple found their waste baskets vanishing mysteriously. So they decided that , since the gown was ivory, all the scraps that were thrown into the trash would be white. Remnants froms the real dress were burned in a bizzarre torching rithe at the end of each day.”(Diana 22) On July 29, 1981 Price Charles and Diana Spencer were wed at St Pauls Cathedral. Over a million people wached the ceremony world wide. “ Princess Diana was the first En...