英語名人堂：戴安娜·弗蘭西斯·斯賓塞

戴安娜王妃(1961-1997)1961年7月1日出生于英國諾福克，是愛德華斯賓塞伯爵的小女兒，1981年7月29日與威爾士親王查爾斯結(jié)婚。她是查爾斯的第一任妻子，亦是威廉王子和哈里王子的親生母親。1987年6月，戴安娜將她所拍賣的79件服裝所得350萬英鎊，全部捐給慈善事業(yè)。她的品行深深地感動(dòng)了普通人，尤其是苦難之中的人們。1996年8月28日解除婚約，1997年因車禍死于法國巴黎。

Lady Diana Spencer was born in 1961. She had a normal, quiet upbringing. It could never have prepared her for the fame and glamour of being a British princess. Within a few years, she changed from being a shy teenager to the most photographed person on the planet. She hit newspaper headlines around the world, but the biggest one was for her death at the age of 36.

Diana was a kindergarten teacher in London when she caught the interest of Prince Charles. She won the hearts of a nation with her shy smiles and natural beauty. The whole world watched the fairytale royal wedding in 1981. A year later, she gave birth to Prince William, the first of her two sons.

Diana was nervous at first in public, but she soon developed a charming manner. She took a strong interest in many charities and important causes. She highlighted the suffering of the homeless, lepers and AIDS victims. She also campaigned for the abolition of landmines and many countries banned them.

Diana and Charles divorced in 1996. She struggled with depression and eating disorders for many years after. She finally found happiness with an Egyptian film producer, Dodi Al-Fayed. Their romance was closely followed by the paparazzi, which led to the fatal car crash that killed her in Paris in 1997. At her funeral, British Prime Minister Tony Blair called her the “People’s Princess". To many, she was simply the “Queen of Hearts".