Diana, born on July 1, 1961, was only eight when her parents divorced in 1969. Her mother ran away with a wealthy heir, and father gained custody of the children. Di’s father later married Raine Legge, whose mother was Barbara Cartland, a romance novelist. Diana did not get along well with her stepmother, nor did she do well in school (womenshistory.about.com/od/diana/p/princess_diana.htm). In 1980, Diana and Charles started dating and in six months later he proposed. They married on July 29, 1981, in what was called the wedding of the century. According …show more content…
Discussion about her diet resurfaced when she fainted during a visit to the California Stand during the opening of Expo. Before this visit she hadn’t eaten anything for days, only nibbling at a kit-kat chocolate bar during the flight to Canada’s Pacific Coast. She felt ghastly as they looked round the various stands. Finally, she put her arm on her husband's shoulder, whispered: “darling, I think I’m about to disappear,” and promptly slid down his side. She was taken to a private room to recover, and later rejoined her husband. He told her harshly that if she was going to faint she should have done so in private. Diana flopped down and sobbed her eyes out; she was exhausted , hadn’t eaten and was distressed by her husband’s uncaring attitude (Diana: Her True Story,