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Diana, Princess of Wales, will be honored with a blue plaque outside the west London apartment where she lived before marrying Prince Charles.
English Heritage, which manages more than 400 houses and historic monuments, said it would install the medallion on what would have been Diana's 60th birthday, after officials from the London local government body nominated her to commemorate her.
It will be located on the outskirts of Coleherne Court, an apartment block in Kensington, where Diana lived with her friends from 1979 to 1981, her brother, Charles Spencer, announced Thursday.
Diana left her department after getting engaged to Prince Charles.
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Princess Diana remains a much loved figure 20 years after her untimely and untimely death.
Take a tour of the gallery below to learn about the life of this British icon and the legacy he left behind.
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Diana, in this one-year-old photo, was born on July 1, 1961 with the name Diana Frances Spencer.
He was born into a noble family in Sandringham (England).
His father, John, was Viscount of Althorp.
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This is Diana, around 1965. She studied in private schools in England and Switzerland.
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Diana poses with her brother Charles, in 1968. She had two other sisters: Sarah and Jane.
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Diana, on the far right, is photographed with her father John and her three brothers, around 1970. On the left: Sarah.
Next to Diana: Jane.
Diana's parents separated when she was 7 years old and her father was left with custody of the children.
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Here, as a teenager, getting a kiss from his pony Scuffle, in 1974. A year later, she became Lady Diana, when her father was named Earl Spencer.
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After finishing school, Diana had different jobs: from cooking, babysitting and being a kindergarten teacher.
This photo is from 1980, taking care of two children.
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Diana and her friend Camila Parker-Bowles visit the Ludlow racecourse in October 1980. One of the riders competing was Prince Charles, son of Queen Elizabeth II and heir to the British throne.
Diana and Carlos got engaged only a few months later.
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Diana, caught in her car outside her London apartment in November 1980.
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Diana was haunted by photographers very soon after her engagement to Prince Charles was announced.
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Diana and Carlos pose at Buckingham Palace following the announcement of their engagement on February 24, 1981.
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Diana and Carlos arrive at a charity concert in London in March 1981.
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The couple and Queen Elizabeth II, in March 1981.
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The royal wedding was on July 29, 1981, at St. Paul's Cathedral, London.
It is estimated that more than 700 million people watched the ceremony on television.
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Charles and Diana kiss at Buckingham Palace after the marriage.
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Here on their honeymoon, when they left Gibraltar on the royal yacht Britannia.
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Part of the honeymoon was spent in Scotland.
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Carlos and Diana at the Grand National horse race in April 1982.
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In June 1982 Diana gave birth to her first child: William (Guillermo).
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Diana greets a child on a visit to Wrexham, Wales, in November 1982.
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Carlos, Guillermo and Diana pose together at Kensington Palace in February 1982.
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Diana had her second child (Harry or Enrique, in Spanish) in September 1984.
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Carlos kisses his wife after a polo match in Cirencester, England, in June 1985.
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Princes William and Henry play the piano in front of their mother at Kensington Palace in October 1985.
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Diana helps her son Guillermo solve a puzzle in October 1985.
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Diana attends a polo match her husband played in Palm Beach, Florida, in November 1985.
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Diana dances with actor John Travolta at the White House in November 1985. Behind Travolta are United States President Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy Reagan.
A few weeks later, the velvet dress that Diana wore to that dance was auctioned for 240,000 pounds, about $ 362 at the time.
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Diana holds Prince Henry in the royal residence of Gloucestershire (England), in July 1986. At his side, Prince William.
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Prince William and Princess Diana on a miniature pony in the same royal residence.
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Prince Henry shows part of his personality here, in a photo taken on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in June 1988.
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Diana and her two children outside Wetherby College, London, in April 1990.
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Diana and her two children ski in Lech (Austria) in April 1991.
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Diana and Carlos, on a royal visit to Toronto (Canada), in October 1991.
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Princess Diana traveled to Egypt in May 1992.
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The royal couple at a memorial ceremony in South Korea in November 1992. A month later their formal separation was announced.
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Diana and her two children visit a theme park in Surrey, England, in April 1993.
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This photo shows Diana arriving at the Serpentine Gallery, London, in June 1994.
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A policeman takes a photographer away from Diana in July 1986. Her divorce from Carlos had just been announced.
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Diana traveled to Angola in January 1997 to help with an International Red Cross anti-personnel mine campaign.
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On that same trip to Angola, Diana visited several minefields.
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Diana met with South African President Nelson Mandela in March 1997, in Cape Town, South Africa.
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He was also with Mother Teresa of Calcutta in New York in June 1997.
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This image, captured from security camera video, shows Diana arriving at the Ritz Hotel in Paris on August 30, 1997. It is one of the last photos of Diana alive.
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That same day this image of Diana was captured in the elevator of the Ritz Hotel in Paris with her boyfriend Dodi Fayed.
After leaving the hotel, the couple died in a traffic accident in the Puente del Alma tunnel.
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Fayed and the driver Henri Paul, died immediately.
Diana died in a hospital in Paris hours later.
A French investigation concluded that Paul was legally drunk and that he was responsible for the accident.
In 2008, a British jury of forensic experts determined that Diana and Fayed were killed by Paul's actions and by the pursuit of the paparazzi, who were after the couple's car.
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Diana's coffin is carried to Westminster Cathedral, London, in September 1997. From the back and from left to right, watching the funeral procession pass: Prince Charles, Prince Henry, Charles Spencer, Prince William and the Prince Philip.
The blue plaques commemorate the places in London where people of historical importance lived or worked.
Over 950 official plaques are on display around the UK capital, but the vast majority are dedicated to men and English Heritage has sought to correct the gender imbalance in recent years.
Spencer thanked the organization for the plaque Thursday, tweeting the design of the monument and an image of its creation.
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"How beautiful that this blue plaque is to be placed outside Coleherne Court," he wrote, calling the building "a place that made Diana very happy."
How very lovely that this blue plaque will be going up outside Coleherne Court - thank you, @EnglishHeritage, for commemorating such a very happy place for Diana in this way.
pic.twitter.com/FiDk3ZtLpG
- Charles Spencer (@ cspencer1508) April 1, 2021
"We hope our plaque to Diana, Princess of Wales will be very popular," added Anna Eavis, Curatorial Director at English Heritage, in a statement.
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"He was an inspiration and a cultural icon for many, raising awareness on issues such as landmines and homelessness, and helping destigmatize diseases such as HIV, leprosy and depression," said Eavis.
"It seems appropriate that we should erect a plaque commemorating his work and influence on what would have been his 60th birthday."
Diana was regularly photographed outside Coleherne Court after it emerged that she had been dating Prince Charles.
The building sits on a residential street in South Kensington, an upscale area in South West London.
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This fantasy dress that Princess Diana wore and was auctioned in 2014, was designed by David and Elizabeth Emanuel, the same ones who made her wedding dress with Prince Charles in 1981. She wore it on several occasions.
Go through the following gallery to find out how Diana imposed a style in fashion.
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The dress is made of sparkly white organza and is encrusted with gold sequins, crystals and pearls.
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The complete outfit included a petticoat, removable sleeves, and a headband, although Diana preferred to wear it only with a tiara.
The design was inspired by Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes.
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Diana was known for her glamorous style and class in dress.
In March 2014, 10 of her dresses were auctioned in New York, for more than a million dollars.
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While she lived, Diana wanted to auction some of her clothes and accessories to support campaigns that fight against AIDS and cancer.
In this photo, the princess appears with her youngest son during the commemoration of another anniversary of Victory over Japan Day, in World War II.
It's a short walk from Kensington Palace, the royal estate Diana would ultimately live on, and her memorial fountain in Hyde Park, which opened seven years after her death in a car accident in 1997.
Diana is one of six women honored with new blue plaques, English Heritage announced Thursday.
The others include British fashion designer Jean Muir, Irish crystallographer and anti-war activist Kathleen Lonsdale, and Ellen Craft, who escaped slavery in Georgia before moving to London.
In 2018, only 14% of the blue plaques at English Heritage were dedicated to women.
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