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Inspirational Quotes by Diana, Princess of Wales (English Royal)

Inspirational Quotations by Diana, Princess of Wales (English Royal)

Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–97,) born Diana Frances Spencer, was the ex-wife of Prince Charles, heir to the British throne. She was the mother of Prince William, currently the second in the line of succession. Diana was the most charismatic and the publicly adored member of the British royal family for decades.

Born in Sandringham, Norfolk, Diana was educated in England and Switzerland. She married Prince Charles when she was twenty in a spectacular ceremony that was viewed on television by tens of millions around the world. She gave birth to Prince William in 1982 and Prince Harry in 1984. The marriage was soon in trouble after Diana realized her husband’s affection for Camilla Parker-Bowles, whom he eventually married in 2005.

Diana found the royal family aloof, and her sadness led to bulimia nervosa, an eating disorder, and several affairs. After the biography Diana, Her True Story (1992) revealed the extent of her despair, she described her marriage a “torture” in a leaked private videotape.

Diana became an admired figure through her humanitarian work. She not only focused on helping children, homeless people, and AIDS sufferers but also led an international campaign to forbid landmines. Her heartbreaking death in a brutal car crash in Paris gave rise to an extensive display of public mourning.

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I adore him? I have never been so happy. I have real love.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Love

It is a weakness that I lead from my heart, and not my head?
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Heart

I’m aware that people I have loved and have died and are in the spirit world look after me.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Spirit, Spirituality

What must it be like for a little boy to read that daddy never loved mummy?
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Fashion

The greatest problem in the world today is intolerance. Everyone is so intolerant of each other.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Tolerance

I am all about caring. I have always been like that.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Service

I like to be a free spirit. Some don’t like that, but that’s the way I am.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Choice

Hugs can do great amounts of good—especially for children.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Children

I remember when I used to sit on hospital beds and hold people?s hands, people used to be shocked because they?d never seen this before. To me it was quite normal.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Love

So many people supported me through my public life and I will never forget them.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Aid, Assistance, Help

I wish all the mothers, fathers and children out there realize how much I need them and how much I value their support.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Parents, Parenting

Whoever is in the distress can call me. I will come running wherever they are.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Aid, Help, Assistance

It’s not sissy to show your feeling.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Feelings

Don’t call me an icon. I’m just a mother trying to help.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Names, Identity

This boy is dead now, I knew it before taking him in my arms, I can remember his face, his suffering, his voice.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Memory

If you find someone you love in your life, then hang on to that love.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Love

I know that I can give love for a minute, for half an hour; for a day, for a month, but I can give and I’m very happy to do that and I want to do that.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Love

My first thoughts are that I should not let people down, that I should support them and love them.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Love

I live for my sons. I would be lost without them.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Purpose

Death doesn’t frighten me.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Death, Dying

On privacy and the birth of Prince William: I felt the whole country was in labor with me.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Motherhood

When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Forgiveness

I’d like people to think of me as someone who cares about them.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Reputation

Call me Diana, not Princess Diana.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Royalty, Kings, Queens

I wear my heart on my sleeve.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Heart

I understand people’s suffering, people’s pain, more than you will every know yourself.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Understanding

Helping people in need is a good and essential part of my life, a kind of destiny.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Service, Helping

Everyone needs to be valued. Everyone has the potential to give something back.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Potential, Service

I will fight for my children on any level so they can reach their potential as human beings and in their public duties.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Fighting, Fight

At the age of 19, you always think you are prepared for everything and you think you have the knowledge of what?s coming ahead.
—Diana, Princess of Wales

I have a woman’s instinct and it’s always a good one.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Intuition

I think like any marriage, especially when you’ve had divorced parents like myself, you’d want to try even harder to make it work.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Marriage

The kindness and affection from the public have carried me through some of the most difficult periods, and always your love and affection have eased the journey.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Kindness

Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to be, doing what I can.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Aid, Help, Assistance

You can’t comfort the afflicted with afflicting the comfortable.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Conflict

No one sat me down with a piece of paper and said, “This is what is expected of you.” But I’m lucky enough in the fact that I have found my role; I love being with people?
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Purpose

I want to walk into a room, be it a hospital for the dying or a hospital for the sick children, and feel that I am needed. I want to do, not just to be.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Service

Family is the most important thing in the world.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Family

I don’t want expensive gifts; I don’t want to be bought. I have everything I want. I just want someone to be there for me, to make me feel safe and secure.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Security

Perhaps we’re too embarrassed to change or too frightened of the consequences of showing that we actually care. But why not risk it anyway? Begin Today. Carry out a random act of seemingly senseless kindness, with no expectation or reward or punishment. Safe in the knowledge that one day, someone somewhere might do the same for you.
—Diana, Princess of Wales
Topics: Service

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