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PRINCESS DIANA
(1961-1997)
Diana Frances Spencer was born in Sandringham, Norfolk on the
1st of July in 1961. She was the youngest daughter of Viscount
Althorp. Diana had two elder sisters, Jane and Sarah, and a
younger brother, Charles.
Diana was only six years old when her parents separated: her
mother, Frances, left to join a wealthy businessman. Diana and
her brother, Charles, spent much of their childhood moving from
one parent to the other.
When Diana was twelve she attended West Heath School in Kent.
She left at the age of sixteen and spent a few years in
Switzerland.
In 1979 Diana worked as a nanny and as an assistant at the Young
England kindergarten. At that time she got acquainted with
Prince Charles and they started seeing each other.
On the 29th of July, 1981, about 600,000 people filled the
streets of London on Prince Charles and Lady Diana
Spencer's wedding day. They married at St Paul's Cathedral. In
less than a year Charles and Diana had their first child,
William, on the 21st of June, 1982. A second son, Prince Harry,
was born on the 15th of September, 1984.
Princess Diana appeared a glamorous Princess who won the hearts
of the nation, as well as international acclaim. She did a lot
of charitable work and in 1989 she opened the Landmark AIDS
Centre.
However things were not well with her relationship with her
husband and his family, partly because of Prince Charles'
long-running relationship with Camilla Parker-Bowles. Because of
this the couple separated in 1992 and divorced in August, 1996.
Princess Diana continued her charitable work and became a
campaigner against landmines making trips to Angola and Bosnia.
Diana died in a car crash on the 31st of August, 1997. Her
lover, Dodi Al Fayed and the driver, Henri Paul, were also
killed in the accident in a tunnel under the Place de 1'Alma in
Paris after the group were being chased by paparazzi.
Still Princess Diana remains the Princess of the hearts and
millions of people remember her.
Vocabulary:
accident ['aeksid(3)nt] происшествие
AIDS [eidz] СПИД
appear [s'pis] зд. казаться
assistant [3'sist(3)nt] помощник
attend [a'tend] зд. ходить (в школу)
be chased [,bi: 'tfeizd] преследоваться
campaigner against [кагт'регпэ участник компании
landmines 'kendmainz] против мин
car crash [ксцкгагГ] автомобильная авария
charitable work ['tfaentab^wsik] благотворительная работа
childhood ['tfaildhud] детство
couple ['клр1] пара (муж и жена)
divorce [di'vo:s] разводиться
get acquainted [^eta'kwemtid] знакомиться
glamourous ['gkemaras] обаятельная
international [jnta'naejbnl международное
acclaim a'kleim] признание
join №эт] зд. соединиться
kindergarten [kind3,ga:tn] детский сад
long-running [Ъщлпщп- длительные
relationship 'leif(3)njrp] отношения
make trips ['meik'trips] совершать поездки
nanny ['naeni] няня
paparazzi ['paepa'raetzi] папарацци, фотографы
partly ['pa:th] отчасти
remain [ri'mein] оставаться
separate ['separeit] расставаться
start seeing sb ['sta:t'si:irj] начать встречаться
tunnel ['ип(э)1] тоннель
wealthy ['wel9i] обеспеченный, богатый
wedding day ['wedm^ei] день свадьбы
Questions:
1. What do you know about Diana's early years?
2. What was Diana when she met Prince Charles?
3. How many children did Diana and Charles have?
4. Was Diana's marriage successful? Why (not)?
5. Why did Diana win the hearts of the British?
6. What happened in Diana and Charles' family in 1992?
7. What happened to Diana in 1997?
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