Princess Diana's Childhood
Princess Diana was born on July 1st 1961 and raised at Park House in Norfolk. She had three other siblings. One brother and two sisters. ''Diana's mother, the Honorable Frances Shand-Kydd, was the daughter of a wealthy Anglo-Irish baron. Lady Fermoy, Diana's grandmother, was for years chief lady-in-waiting to the Queen Mother. Diana's father, the Viscount Althorp who became an earl in 1975, as a remote descendant of the Stuart kings and a direct descendant of King Charles II (1630-1685).''(Newsmakers. Detroit: Gale, 1997. From Student Resources in Context.). An interesting fact about Princess Diana is that she was related to many U.S. presidents including George Washington, John Adams, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. When she was eight her parents got divorced. Her father gained custody of her and her three siblings. Her next-door neighbor was the Sandringham estate where one of her friends Prince Andrew, Charles brother, lived. In 1976 her father remarried to a lady named Raine Legge. Diana was homeschooled until she was nine. After being homeschooled she went to Riddlesworth Hall in Norfolk. Princess Diana did very well in school. When she was twelve she switched from Riddlesworth Hall in Norfolk to West Heath School in Sevenoaks. At the age of sixteen she dropped out of school. Her father sent her to a finishing school but she left a couple months after because she was homesick. After that she got jobs as a cleaning lady until she was hired to be a kindergarten teachers assistant. (Detroit: Gale, 1997. From Student Resources in Context )