Lady Diana was born in England in 1961 and grew up attending boarding school. She met Prince Charles in 1977 and they married in 1981, having two sons. However, their marriage was unhappy as Charles had another woman and Diana struggled with bulimia. They divorced in 1996. Diana was known for her charitable work helping those in need. She tragically died in a car accident in 1997 in Paris.

1. Who was the “People’s Princess”?
Simple Past: Regular & Irregular.
Lady Diana ____________ (be born) in England on July 1st
1961. When she
_________ (be) 6, she __________ (go) to a
boarding school. Shortly afterwards, her parents
____________ (get divorced). This part of her
childhood _____________ (not /be) very happy.
She ___________ (be) good at swimming and in
1976 she _____________ (win) the school dancing
competition.
She first ____________ (meet) prince Charles in
November 1977 when she __________ (be) 16
years old. Charles __________ (come) to her
house to visit her sister Sarah.
In 1980 Diana _________ (move) to London and
_________ (get) a job in a nursery as a teacher. She _________ (share)
a flat with some friends. The romance with Prince Charles ____________
(start) when she ___________ (go) to watch him play polo. After the
match, they _____________ (go) to a party and they ___________ (get
on) well.
The romance between Prince Charles and Lady Diana __________ (be) in
all the newspapers. It ___________ (be) very difficult for Lady Diana
because she _____________ (not / be use) to the publicity. At first she
__________ (be) very shy in front of the cameras. Prince Charles
___________ (ask) her to marry him and she __________ (say) yes. They
_______________ (get married) on July 29 1981 at St Paul's Cathedral
in London.
She_________ (have) two children: Prince William who _____________
(be born) in 1982 and Prince Harry who _____________ (be born) in 1984.
Diana _________ (be) famous and she_____________ (appear) in the
newspapers every day. Unfortunately, her marriage _________ (not/ be)

2. very happy. Prince Charles __________ (have) another woman in his life
and she __________ (know) about it. She ______________ (have)
problems with an eating disorder called bulimia and sometimes she
________ (be) very depressed.
Diana ___________ (do) a lot of work to help and comfort people in
difficult situations such as people with AIDS and homeless people. She
______________ (understand) the suffering of other people. Her
relationship with Prince Charles ________ (get) worse and eventually
they __________ (divorce) in 1996.
She _____________ (continue) to support many charities and other
causes such as the campaign to forbid the use of landmines.
In 1997 she ____________ (meet) Dodi Fayed. For the first time in many
years she ____________ (seem) to be very happy. Unfortunately, she
____________ (die) in a car accident on August 31st
1997 in Paris.
Millions of people from all over the world _____________ (watch) her
funeral. It ____________ (be) a very sad time for those who loved her.
As for myself, her loss still hurts today as much as it ___________ (do)
twenty years ago!