An adoring Princess Diana holds her first-born child, Prince William, on his christening day at Buckingham Palace in August 1982. Read more: Memories of a Princess
Proud parents, the Prince and Princess of Wales with their first-born son, Prince William, in Auckland, New Zealand during their 1983 official visit.
An early portrait of Diana, Princess of Wales, with sons Prince William, foreground, and Prince Harry.
Always happy when near her sons, the Princess smiles as she sits with Harry, front, and William on the steps of the Royal Palace on the island of Majorca, Spain, in August 1987, where the British Royal family holidayed with the Spanish King, Juan Carlos.
Showing a happy family front, the Prince and Princess of Wales are photographed here with sons William, right, and Harry in Trescoe during their holiday in the Scilly Isles in 1989. Your say: Share your memories of the People’s Princess
Summer fun with her sons, the Princess relaxes on the beach at Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands. Prince Harry, five, is in her lap as she speaks to Prince William, six, during their 1990 vacation.
Princess Diana with Prince William, centre, and Prince Harry, outside London’s St Paul’s Cathedral in October 1990 where they paid tribute to the firefighters who saved London during the World War II blitz.
Enjoying the great outdoors, Princess Diana accompanies her sons, Prince Harry, left, and Prince William on a boat ride at Niagara Falls, October 1991.
An undated photograph shows a family outing for the Princess with sons William, left and Harry at the polo in England.
A natural athlete and a lover of sports, the Princess was often seen indulging in outdoor activities with her sons. In this undated photograph she is skiing with the Princes, probably in the Swiss Alps.
Seen here in her earlier days of humanitarian campaigning, Diana, Princess of Wales visits a Red Cross centre in Nepal in 1985.
Diana, Princess of Wales accompanies her friend Mother Teresa on her rounds at the Mother Teresa shelter in India in 1992.
Diana, Princess of Wales holds two young patients on her knees during her visit to Imran Khan’s cancer hospital in Lahore, Pakistan in April 1996.
The Princess had a special concern for ill and maimed children. Photographed here in 1996 as she visits a shelter for cancer patients in Pakistan.
During one of Diana’s more public campigns she is seen here walking with body armour and a visor on the minefields of Angola during a visit in January 1997.
Diana, Princess of Wales visits orphans at the Red Cross Luanda Health Centre in Angola, Africa, in January 1997.
Diana, Princess of Wales visits 18-month-old Vessa Kahramani during her visit to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at St Mary’s Hospital in London on April 22, 1997.
This early, undated photo of Lady Diana taken before her marriage to Prince Charles shows the future Princess already had a sense of sophistication and style.
Bold yet feminine, the Princess embraces the ’80s.
This photograph taken in London in 1984 soon after the birth of her second son, Harry, shows the Princess sporting a new hairstyle and an outfit described at the time as “a Teddy Boy look”.
Diana, Princess of Wales at the royal premiere of “Back to the Future”, London, England, 1985.
Always immaculately dressed and more powerful than pretty, Diana’s accessories, including hats and handbags, complete her tailored look.
Proving that modern and classic do mix, this undated photograph shows the Princess with matching red dots on her skirt and socks at a polo match in Britain.
As comfortable in casual attire as she was in formal wear, Diana would later become known as “the People’s Princess”.
Displaying a passion for dramatic couture, the Princess selected a flamenco dress for the America’s Cup Ball in London in 1986.
Looking every bit the Princess, Diana arrives for a screening at the 1987 International Cannes Film Festival in a classically feminine cream gown.
Visiting the Sandhurst Military Academy in 1987, Diana demonstrates a sense of fun wearing a military-style suit with gold frogging and epaulettes.
In a dramatic combination of fashion and culture, Diana, Princess of Wales, chose a turban hat during her visit to Dubai in 1989.
In a gown that is both elegant and bold, Diana, Princess of Wales, walks the red carpet in 1989.
In keeping with her love of classically elegant design, the Princess often chose full-length gowns like this white and blue floral strapless dress, worn in July 1989.
An increasingly confident Diana began to select shorter dresses in the mid ’90s as shown here at a charity event in Paris in 1995.
Culturally inspired designs like this Asian influenced evening suit were a defining feature of the Princess’s style.
Diana, Princess of Wales, wearing one of her classic full-length strapless gowns with matching clutch purse.
Bringing her classic style to Australian shores, Diana, Princess of Wales, wore a Versace turquoise silk, one-shouldered dress to a benefit dinner in Sydney in 1996.
