Diana Spencer

Timeline of Diana Spencer also known as Princess Diana. View important dates about her life and marriage with Prince Charles.

30 June 1968

29 August 1968

31 August 1973

30June
1968
30 June 1968

Born

Diana Spencer was born on the first of July 1968 at Park House in Sandringham Nordfolk. Diana was the fourth of five children of John Spencer, Viscount Althorp, and Frances Spencer, Viscountess Althorp.

29August
1968
29 August 1968

Baptised at St. Mary Magdalene Church

31August
1973
31 August 1973

West Heath Girls School

Diana was initially home-schooled under the supervision of her governess, Gertrude Allen. She began her formal education at Silfield Private School in Gayton, Norfolk, and moved to Riddlesworth Hall School, an all-girls boarding school near Thetford, when she was nine. She joined her sisters at West Heath Girls' School in Sevenoaks, Kent, in 1973.