By ETonline Staff
6:32 AM PDT, August 31, 2022
Here's a look back in photos at the life of the Princess of Wales, Prince William and Prince Harry's mother.
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December 1, 1994
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Princess Diana arrives at the Mortimer Market Centre, a service for HIV/AIDS sufferers in London on December 1, 1994.
August 1994
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Princess Diana, Prince Harry, Prince William and Prince
Charles are photographed at a parade in London. Diana is wearing a Tomasz Starzewski suit and a hat by
Philip Somerville.
April 1991
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Diana and the boys enjoy time on a chairlift during a skiing holiday in Lech, Austria, in April 1991.
March 1991
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Wearing blue suits, Diana and William are photographed in Cardiff in March 1991.
September 1989
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Princess Diana is spotted with Prince Harry and
Prince William in September 1989. It is Prince Harry's first day at
Wetherby School in Notting Hill, London.
April 1989
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The Princess of Wales wears a red Catherine Walker dress and Philip
Somerville hat to the passing out parade at Dartmouth Royal Naval
College, Devon in April 1989.
August 1987
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The Prince and Princess of Wales are snapped with their toddlers while on holiday at the Spanish royal residence, Marivent Palace, in
August 1987.
August 1986
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The Princess of Wales arrives at Aberdeen airport with William
and Harry for a holiday at Balmoral Castle in August 1986. Princess Diana
is wearing a polo motive sweater by Mond.
July 21, 1984
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While in
the gardens of Kensington Palace, Diana and Charles watch their son Prince William on his second birthday.
April 23, 1983
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Princess Diana gets cozy with her son on the grounds of Government House in
Auckland, New Zealand on April 23,1983. The
princess is wearing a dress by Donald Campbell.
Dec. 22, 1982
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The Princess of Wales poses with Prince William at Kensington Palace on December 22, 1982.
June 1982
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The Prince and Princess of Wales enjoy time with their newborn son Prince William on the steps of St. Mary's Hospital in London June 1982.
July 29, 1981
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The Prince and Princess of Wales are photographed on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on
their wedding day, July 29, 1981.
July 29, 1981
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The Prince and Princess of Wales leave St. Paul's Cathedral after their wedding on July 29, 1981.
July 29, 1981
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Prince and Princess of Wales return to Buckingham Palace by carriage
after their wedding on July 29, 1981. She is wearing a wedding dress by David
and Elizabeth Emmanuel and the Spencer family tiara.
July 29, 1981
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Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul's Cathedral in London on July 29,1981.
July 29, 1981
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Wearing her now-famous wedding dress designed by David and Elizabeth Emanuel,
Princess Diana sits for her formal wedding portrait on July 29, 1981.
1963
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Lady Diana Frances Spencer is pictured at age two in Norfolk, England.
1963
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Lady Diana Spencer is pictured in her stroller in Norfolk, England in 1963.
July 1, 1962
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Lady Diana Spencer is photographed on her first birthday at Park House in Sandringham, England.
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