Controversial never before seen photos of Princess Diana

The wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer took place on Wednesday 29 July 1981 at St Paul's Cathedral, London, United Kingdom. The ceremony was a traditional Church of England wedding service. Notable figures in attendance included many members of royal families from across the world, republican heads of state, and members of the bride's and groom's families. Their marriage was widely billed as a "fairytale wedding" and the "wedding of the century". It was watched by an estimated global TV audience of 750 million.

Diana and Charles were actually the same height, but Prince Charles was always made look taller in official pictures. And they're right. Both the Prince and the late Princess of Wales measured 5.84 ft.

She was the daughter of John Spencer, VIII Count of Spencer, and Frances Ruth Burke Roche, daughter of Mauricio Roche, IV Baron of Fermoy. Her parents divorced when Diana was young, and her father won custody of her and her siblings. She was educated first at Riddlesworth Hall and then went to boarding school at West Heath School.

She became Lady Diana Spencer after her father inherited the title of Earl Spencer in 1975. Although she was known for her shyness growing up, she did show an interest in music and dancing. Diana also had a great fondness for children.

Diana was no stranger to the British royal family, having reportedly played with Prince Andrew and Prince Edward as a child while her family rented Park House, an estate owned by Queen Elizabeth II. In 1977, she became reacquainted with their older brother, Prince Charles, who was 13 years her senior.

On the academic front Diana was not bright and eventually failed all her O Levels. She later recalled happy memories from her childhood years.

Diana was educated at Boarding school, before spending several years at West Heath Public School in Kent. Here she did very well in sport, especially swimming.

After leaving school she got a job as a nanny and part time cook. Later she took a assistant teaching post at a kindergarten school in Knightsbridge, London. It was whilst working as an assistant here that she was first introduced to her future husband Charles.

She had aspirations to become a ballet dancer but at 5 feet 8 was deemed to be too tall.

On June 21, 1982, Diana and Charles had their first child: Prince William Arthur Philip Louis. He was joined by a brother, Prince Henry Charles Albert David—known widely as "Prince Harry"—more than two years later on September 15, 1984. Initially overwhelmed by her royal duties and the intense media coverage of nearly every aspect of her life, she began to develop and pursue her own interests.

Her two sons were all the world for Diana. She desperately wanted that William and Harry could enjoy a lucky childhood. Naturally Diana accepted the obligations of the crown, because she knew that William would become 'King of England' one day. But for all that, the childhood could never be ignored. She wanted that William becomes a 'King of the people' one day. William should learn to know the differences between rich and poor, luck and misery, health and illness.

Supposedly having transcended her self-esteem problems, she'd suddenly taken up with the playboy jetsetter son of a wealthy Egyptian whose business ethics had come into such serious question that he was unable to get British citizenship.

In 1996, Diana became involved in the campaign to ban landmines. She visited several nations in her involvement with the anti-landmine campaign, an activity more political than the norm for the British royal family.

AS much as she was known for her philanthropy, kindness and the scandal that surrounded her marriage, Diana, Princess of Wales, was also known for her unerring sense of style that influenced a generation of women. From her early days in the limelight as a shy and blushing nursery school teacher, and afternoons spent at the polo, to figure-skimming dresses by Versace and Catherine Walker - we remember the style of a true fashion icon.

Princess Diana spoke candidly about her depression, her struggles with the eating disorder bulimia and self-harming in a 1995 interview with the BBC's Panorama programme.

She had many lovers, both before and after the royal divorce, including her last lovers in the last two years of her life with cardiac surgeon Hasnat Khan, and finally with billionaire Dodi Fayed.

Diana gave her sons wider experiences than was usual for royal children. She rarely deferred to the Prince or to the Royal Family, and was often intransigent when it came to the children. She chose their first given names, dismissed a royal family nanny and engaged one of her own choosing, selected their schools and clothing, planned their outings, and took them to school herself as often as her schedule permitted. She also organised her public duties around their timetables.