Princess Diana

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Princess Diana worksheet A

On 29^th July 1981, Diana Spencer got married to Prince Charles, the oldest son of Queen Elizabeth II, at St Paul’s Cathedral at London. About one billion people watched the wedding on television.

Diana, who was only twenty years at the time, became Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. Less than a year earlier she had been a shy teenager working on a kindergarten in London, but after the wedding she has been in the public eye every days until her death on a car accident in Paris in August 1997. It is probably true to say that when she died she is the most famous woman in the world.

Diana born in the county of Norfolk in the east of England. Her family was rich and aristocratic, and had connections with the British royal family. At school she enjoyed sports and music (especially singing) more than studying, and hoped to became a ballerina.

She got engaged to Prince Charles on February 1981, not long after they had met for the first time. Though their wedding was a happy event, things probably started go wrong soon afterwards. Most people would now agree that they were never right for each other, but at the time there was very pressure on Prince Charles to get married, and the Royal Family seemed to think that Diana, despite her age, would make an appropriate husband.

Diana and Charles have two children – William and Harry, born in 1982 and 1984 – before they separated in 1992.

Diana was famous partly because her beauty and elegant clothes, and the way she made the British royal family more glamorous than it is before. However, from the late 1980s a lot of people also began to admire her for her charity work, particularly the time she gave to charities for people with AIDS.

The reaction to Diana’s suddenly death showed how popular she had become. Her funeral was an emotional event, with hundreds of thousands of people watching as a car took her coffin through the street of London.

Maybe the key to Diana’s popularity was that she seemed more informal and emotional than other members of the British royal family. Despite her glamour lifestyle she seemed like normal person, which helps explain why many people still call her the “People’s Princess”.

Princess Diana worksheet b

On 29^th July 1981, Diana Spencer got married to Prince Charles, the oldest son of Queen Elizabeth II, at St Paul’s Cathedral in London. About one billion people watched the wedding on television.

Diana, who was only twenty years old at the time, became Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. Less than a year earlier she had been a shy teenager working at a kindergarten in London, but after the wedding she was in the public eye every day until her tragic death in a car accident in Paris in August 1997. It is probably true to say that when she died she was the most famous woman in the world.

Diana was born in the county of Norfolk in the east of England. Her family was rich and aristocratic, and had connections with the British royal family. At school she enjoyed sports and music (especially singing) more than studying, and hoped to become a ballerina.

She got engaged to Prince Charles in February 1981, not long after they had met for the first time. Though their wedding was a happy event, things probably started to go wrong soon afterwards. Most people would now agree that they were never right for each other, but at the time there was a lot of pressure on Prince Charles to get married, and the Royal Family seemed to think that Diana, despite her age, would make an appropriate wife.

Diana and Charles had two children William and Harry, born in 1982 and 1984, before they separated in 1992.

Diana was famous partly because of her beauty and elegant clothes, and the way she made the British royal family more glamorous than it had been before. However, from the late 1980s a lot of people also began to admire her for her charity work, particularly the time she gave to charities for people with AIDS.

The reaction to Diana’s sudden death showed how popular she had become. Her funeral was an emotional event, with hundreds of thousands of people watching as a car took her coffin through the streets of London.

Maybe the key to Diana’s popularity was that she seemed more informal and emotional than other members of the British royal family. Despite her glamorous lifestyle she seemed like a normal person, which helps explain why many people still call her the “People’s Princess”.

Princess Diana worksheet C

A

The text on Worksheet A contains twenty mistakes. Can you find and then correct them?

B

Now, using Worksheet B, decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

1. Princess Diana was a teenager when she got married.

2. After the wedding she slowly started to become famous.

3. Most people are still surprised that Princess Diana’s marriage to Prince Charles was not a success.

4. Princess Diana used to dress very well.

5. Many people thought she seemed different from other members of the British royal family.

6. At school she was interested in dancing.

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