Princess Diana was the original Mob Wife - here's proof (2024)

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Was Princess Diana descended from royalty? ›

Diana is descended from not one, but two illegitimate children of King Charles II of England: Henry Fitzroy and Charles Lennox, via two of her great-grandmothers, Adelaide Seymour and Rosalind Bingham. This means that Diana's royal family tree stretches back through the ages of both English and Scottish history.

Before she became the “People's Princess,” she was Lady Diana Spencer, and yes, she came from a rather posh background. Her family, the Spencers, were affluent and well-connected in British aristocracy. We're talking about a lineage that could probably give the cast of “Downton Abbey” a run for their money.

Born in 1948, Charles was nearly 13 years older than Diana.

Not only was Princess Diana the Patron of The Leprosy Mission England and Wales, but during her trip to Angola, she raised awareness for leprosy like she did with the HIV/AIDS crisis. During her time there, she sat with the leprosy patients in the hospital, and touched their wounds to raise awareness.

Diana's parents were known as Viscount and Viscountess at the time of her birth, and her father became the eighth Earl Spencer when his father died — but even so, she was a commoner next to Prince Charles, whose current wife, duch*ess Camilla, is a commoner too.

Although Diana was the daughter of an Earl, she was not royalty and only became a princess because she joined the royal family through marriage.

She had around £21 Million when she died, which, after Inheritance Tax, meant that she left around £13 million, which after minor bequests, was split equally between her sons, to be held in trust until each reached 30 years of age, although they each had access to the income from age 21.

The 2007 inquiry conducted by Metropolitan Police found that while Fayed may have been planning a proposal, that evidence points to the conclusion that one did not take place, per CBS News. The ring was found at Fayed's flat, which Diana had not visited that day.

By 1505 there were no longer any tenants living there, and in 1508, John Spencer purchased Althorp estate with the funds generated from his family's sheep-rearing business.

To begin with, both the Queen and Prince Philip were very enthusiastic about Diana, says Junor. They'd known her as a child because her family lived at Park House on the Sandringham Estate; her father was an equerry to the Queen. Diana was also a similar age to Prince Andrew and she used to attend parties with him.

Why did Charles marry Diana? ›

“It was a collision between different aspirations and ideas. The royal family wanted Charles to get married because he was 30, and they wanted a particular kind of girl,” Holden tells PEOPLE. “She needed to be young, she needed to be aristocratic, and she needed to be without a past. It was a very pragmatic decision.

Princess Diana was taller than the average UK woman, standing at 5ft 10in or 1.78 meters. The royal couple, Charles and Diana, were actually the same height, but pictures were strategically posed to make Charles appear taller.

Part of her charm was due to the fact that she genuinely cared for those around her; she was a committed philanthropist who gave herself wholeheartedly to the many causes she held close to her heart. Diana, Princess of Wales was also a trailblazer, unwilling to be held back by convention or tradition.

Who was Diana, princess of Wales? Diana, princess of Wales, was the former consort (1981–96) of Charles, prince of Wales (later King Charles III); the mother of William (born 1982) and Harry (born 1984); and one of the foremost celebrities of her day.

On August 30, 1997, Diana and Dodi fly to Paris, where they go to the Ritz Paris, which is owned by Mohammed Al Fayed. That same day, Dodi also goes to the Repossi store in Paris to pick up the ring they reportedly chose in Monaco.

Diana's family of birth was the Spencer family, an aristocratic family that was even more prestigious than the royal family. The current British royal family is descended from the Duke of Hanover in Germany.

Through the marriage of Princess Diana's grandparents, John the 7th Earl Spencer and Lady Cynthia Hamilton, the Spencer family enjoys a uniquely comprehensive range of descents from the royal house of Stewart/Stuart that ruled in Scotland from the late 14th century and in all of Britain from 1603 to 1714.

But did you know that Camilla actually has royal blood herself? Her royal ancestry is distant, but there's a definite linkage that's worth mentioning. The Earl of Albermarle, Camilla's 2x great-grandfather. The link comes from Camilla's 2x maternal great-grandfather Lieutenant Colonel William Coutts Keppel, born 1832.

Camilla Is Related to Both Diana and King Charles

Strangely, they are also both related to the late Princess Diana through shared ancestry dating back to King Charles II. Also note that Camilla's great-grandmother was a mistress to King Edward VII, the great-great-grandfather of King Charles.