Expository Essay

Diana Spencer in many people’s eyes was only a Princess, but in reality, she was so much more. Diana was a mother, a sister, a friend and overall a great woman. When Diana was growing, she had a tough life. Throughout the years, people came to know Diana as a kind thoughtful woman, who always thought of others. In many ways this is the truth, Diana usually put her sons, her husband and the public ahead of herself. On the rare occasion, Diana would put her self ahead of others, even her sons. One time was in the nineties when a biography about her was published, the biography told all the secrets, about her marriage and about how bad it really was. After it was published, Diana and Charles got divorced. Overall Diana was a great princess with flaws, like every one.

From birth Diana had, had a complicated life. When she was born, her parents had desperately hoped for a boy to inherit the title “Earl of Althorp.” When Diana was born her parents were disappointed because they already had two daughters. When Diana was six her parents got divorced, it was especially rough on Diana. When she was young, her parents never gave her the love and care that she craved. When she was older, her father remarried a woman she hated, throughout her youth and into her adulthood. When she married Charles, she expected happiness beyond happiness, but she received nothing close, she was actually very unhappy, so unhappy she actually attempted suicide several times and became bulimic. The only time Diana was actually happy, was when she was with her sons, or when she was doing her charity work. People always suspected Diana to be a peaceful happy woman, but Diana was completely opposite of that.

Diana was a great woman who died excessively young. In her life, she gave to many charities. One of her greatest charitable contributions was her time; she donated her time visiting hospices, hospitals, old folk’s homes, and institutions. Diana made people very happy and grateful when she visited. On occasions, she’d even take her sons to visit the people. She thought her sons needed to know the world outside the palace. Besides her local charities, she’d go to foreign countries on behalf of Red Cross. After her divorce, she donated all her Royal clothing to a charity. Diana loved to do charity work; it was one thing she enjoyed most in her life.

Diana and Charles marriage was very unhappy. Diana was always sacrificing what she wanted to make Charles content. Charles wasn’t a supportive husband, he constantly criticized Diana. One of the main causes of their divorce was Camilla Parker-Bowles, Charles' old girlfriend. Charles would tell everything to Camilla. Many people thought Diana and Charles had a great marriage, until the end, but in reality, their marriage was never good.

Many public perceptions made about Diana were true. The perceptions of Diana as a person were true; she was kind and loving. The perception of her marriage, however, was completely wrong. Overall, Diana was a great woman who always thought of others before herself.

Princess Diana

What I already know about Princess Diana

• Princess Diana was known as the "Peoples Princess," since she was loved by most people.


• Princess Diana would donate to, and help the poor countries and people.
  
• She married Prince Charles, the son of Queen Elizabeth.


• Princess Diana had two children with Prince Charles, Harry and William.
  
• Princess Diana later divorced Prince Charles.
  
• Soon after Diana's divorce she died in a horrible car crash being chased by paparazzi with her boyfriend.

Diana: Her True Story Pages 9 to 35

Diana's Child life

• Diana's Parents divorced when she was very young.
  


• Diana had several sisters but only one brother.
  


• She was a very naughty child, she always wanted to make herself and others laugh.
  


• She loved going to her preparatory school Riddlesworth Hall.
  


• Diana won all sorts of trophies, most trophies were for swimming and diving, she also got medal for best kept guinea pig. One aspect Diana didn't excel in were academics.
  


• She was very outgoing, one night she almost got expelled for sneaking out of her dorm to gets sweets from a person named Polly Phillimore in the middle of the night. When her dorm advisor was doing checks to make sure everyone was in bed, Diana wasn't there and her teacher got mad and called her divorced parent's in.

Diana's Older Years

• Diana's finishing school was The Institute of Alpin Videmanette in Switzerland, Diana hated her school and she would complain to her parent relentlessly.
  


• Diana got her own flat in London that she loved.
  


• Diana was a nanny for a little while for "velvet hairband employers."
  After her nannying she did a cookery course in Wimbledon, she got a diploma.
  

Diana's Relationship with Prince Charles

• Diana's sister was obsessed with Prince Chrles and wouldn't let Diana around him; but Prince Charles didn't like Diana's sister, he had a certain liking for Diana, he liked how she was not hanging on to his every word.

Diana: Her True Story pages 36 to 64

Princess Diana and Prince Charles

• Princess Diana and Prince Charles had a rough marriage



• Prince Charles used to criticize Diana about how chubby she was, so she became bulimic.
  


• Princess Diana rarely got any attention from Prince Charles when ever she asked for him to pay attention to her he would always say she was "crying wolf"
  


• Prince Charles spent a lot of his time with Camilla his ex-girlfriend.
  


• Princess Diana used to be jealous of Camilla because Prince Charles used to pay more attention to Camilla than he payed to Diana.
  


• Prince Charles used to be jealous of Diana because she was loved so much in the public eye.

Diana's Suicide Attempts

• Diana tried to kill herself several times.
  


• Diana once took and knife and cut her neck and legs, because she was so lonely and no one in Charles family payed any attention to her. When Diana cut herself Charles would get mad and say she was just "crying wolf"



• Once when Diana was four months pregnant with William she threw herself down the stairs because she had huge fight with Charles, even though Diana was really hurt Charles didn't really care how she and the baby were, he just went out to have lunch with Camilla.

Diana's Pregnancy

• Princess Diana had a tough pregnancy with her first son.


• During her pregnancy she didn't only have morning sickness but she had bulimia as well.


• Diana was really tiny through out her pregnancy.


• Her second pregnancy wasn't as bad as the first.

Diana: Her True Story pages 65 to 93

Princess Diana and Her Two Sons

• Princess Diana and Prince Charles were the only people in the royal family to have two sons.
• Diana thought fate played a big part in why she had two sons.
• Diana was a great mom, she always used tuck in her sons and give them lots of hugs.

Diana Spencer

• When Diana was born she was supposed to be a boy.
• Her parents were trying really hard to have a boy but they ended up having several girls.
• Diana's parents finally had a boy when they had Charles her younger brother.
• Diana is the daughter of viscount and viscountess Althorp.
• Diana was christened at Sandrigham and her brother Charles was christened at Westminster Abbey.
• Diana was the favorite child of Viscount Althorp.
• Diana had a passion for animal, she had hamsters, rabbits, guinea pigs and a cat as pets.
• Before Diana was born her parents had a baby boy named John who died.
• When Diana was in grade school her parents got a divorce.
• When the Althorps separated Diana and Charles (her brother) went to move in with their mom in London.
• Diana and Charles were both afraid of the dark.
• Diana and Charles were the only students at their school whose parents were divorced.
• Diana was given all the superficial things she wanted but she rarely got hugs and kisses.
• Diana's mom married Peter Shand Kydd and moved to a ranch and bought Diana her own horse named Souffle.
• Diana excelled in swimming, dancing and riding, but not school and academics.
• When Diana was older she went to West Heath boarding school.
• Diana was a "private and controlled teenager who didn't wear her emotions on her sleave."
• Diana would visit the old and sick at Sevenoaks mental hospital.
• Diana's father married a "vile" woman named Raine. Diana and Charles hated her.

Diana: Her True Story pages 94 to 122

Diana Spencer as a Teenager

• When Diana left West Heath, she followed her sisters footsteps by enrolling in the Institute Alpin Videmanette and expensive finishing school in Switzerland.
• Diana really hated her school, so her parents agreed to let her drop out, with her school behind her Diana blossomed into a beautiful woman.

Diana's Relashionship with Prince Charles

• Diana and Charles had a strange relashionship Diana wasn't alowed to call call the Prince "Charles" until they were engaged, until then she had to call him "sir."
• Diana's sister Sarah first went out with Charles for several monthes before Diana started dating him.
• When Diana's sister Sarah was dating Charles she was suffering from annorexia.
• The Prince dated several women before he dated Diana.
• When Charles and Diana got engaged the press began to follow Diana around.
• Throughout their relashionship Charles had an intimate relashionship with Camilla Parker-Bowles.

Diana's Father's Sickness

• Diana's father had a brain hemmorhage that he almost died from.
• Diana had a premonition, the night before, that her father was going to collapse and either survive or die right away.
• Diana's father was supposed to die during the night but he survived, but he was unable to talk.
• Diana's stepmom wouldn't let any of his children visit him while he was in the hospital.
• Due to her fathers collapse, Diana had trouble completing her cookery course, but she was still able to complete her cookery course and she got a diploma.

Diana's Career

• Diana's mom was able to get her a job as a ballet teacher for children after she finished her cookery course.
• She loved her job as a ballet teacher, but she only lasted three monthes because, one weekend when she was skiing she suffered a fall and broke her leg.
• When Diana lived in London she went to work at a Kindergarten.

Diana the Adult

• Diana moved to Colherne court in London with her best friend Carolyn Bartholomew.

Diana: Her True Story pages 123 to 151

Diana's Wedding

• Diana's wedding dress was made by Elizabeth and David Emanuel.
• Diana and Charles got married at St. Paul's Cathedral.
• Before her wedding, Diana was in tears, because Charles had got a sentimental romantic gift from Camilla his Ex-girlfriend.
• The night before her wedding, Diana and her sisters were sharing a room, they were eating everything in sight.
• She was up almost half the night throwing up what she had eaten.
• Before her wedding, she had become bulimic.
• On her wedding day she had many people to make sure she looked her best.
• Diana was given away by her father.

The Honeymoon

• During the honeymoon Diana's bulimia got much worse.
• Charles was spending a lot of time on the phone talking to Camilla.
• Diana and Charles spent a lot of their time separately.

The Marriage

• Their marriage wasn't much better than the honeymoon.
• Camilla was like a third person in the marriage, Charles would tell her almost everything that was going on in his marriage.
• Diana was often jealous of Charles' relationship with Camilla, and Charles was jealous of Diana's relationship and popularity with the press.
• Throughout the marriage Diana's bulimia became worse.
• Diana even became depressed and had a lot of suicide attempts.

The Pregnancy

• When Diana was pregnant she was very skinny.
• Diana's pregnancy was horrible, especially since she had morning sickness and and bulimia at the same time.
• Diana had to miss many tours because of her pregnancy.
• When Diana had William, she suffered from postnatal depression and bulimia. When William was two years old Diana and Charles took him on his first overseas trip.
• Diana's pregnancy with Harry wasn't as bad as her first pregnancy, she had a lot less morning sickness.