Diana Spencer
Diana Spencer, also known as Princess Diana (PROSE: The Blue Angel [+]Loading...["The Blue Angel (novel)"]) or Lady Di, (TV: Father's Day [+]Loading...["Father's Day (TV story)"]) was a member of the British Royal Family. She was married to Prince Charles. (PROSE: Prisoners of the Sun [+]Loading...["Prisoners of the Sun (short story)"])
Melanie Bush believed them to be a strong couple. (AUDIO: Spaceport Fear [+]Loading...["Spaceport Fear (audio story)"])
Biography
In 1981, (TV: The Lodger [+]Loading...["The Lodger (TV story)"]) she married Prince Charles. (PROSE: Prisoners of the Sun [+]Loading...["Prisoners of the Sun (short story)"]) Diana had got Charles's name wrong by accident during the wedding. (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"]) She was photographed during her wedding to Prince Charles. Said picture was altered by the Monks in the 2010s as part of their "true history". (TV: The Lie of the Land [+]Loading...["The Lie of the Land (TV story)"]) Souvenirs were produced of the occasion of their weddiing. (PROSE: Prisoners of the Sun [+]Loading...["Prisoners of the Sun (short story)"], TV: The Lodger [+]Loading...["The Lodger (TV story)"])
On 6 May 1997, "Lady Di" was potentially among the celebrities observing the Mars 97 mission at the National Space Museum. She was recognised by Bernice Summerfield, who could not be sure if she was not Mystic Meg, having always gotten the two of them "mixed up". (PROSE: The Dying Days [+]Loading...["The Dying Days (novel)"])
Diana died in the late 1990s in a car crash (PROSE: This Town Will Never Let Us Go [+]Loading...["This Town Will Never Let Us Go (novel)"]) in Paris. (PROSE: Instruments of Darkness [+]Loading...["Instruments of Darkness (novel)"]) A German man got married the day Diana died. (PROSE: Father Time [+]Loading...["Father Time (novel)"]) Polly Wright, who had comforted Diana at Versace's funeral, comforted Elton John at hers. (PROSE: That Time I Nearly Destroyed the World Whilst Looking for a Dress [+]Loading...["That Time I Nearly Destroyed the World Whilst Looking for a Dress (short story)"])
Legacy
Tom once reflected that people in the 1970s hadn't even heard of Princess Diana yet. (PROSE: Verdigris [+]Loading...["Verdigris (novel)"])
In the 1980s, Mike Yates owned a souvenir mug that celebrated Diana and Charles's marriage. (PROSE: Prisoners of the Sun [+]Loading...["Prisoners of the Sun (short story)"])
Evelyn Smythe, while in 1993, stated that one of the things she wanted to do was send a message to Lady Di and tell her to never go back to Paris, but knew she couldn't. (PROSE: Instruments of Darkness [+]Loading...["Instruments of Darkness (novel)"])
By 25 December 2004, George Smythe had a magazine featuring Princess Diana in his attic. Ian Chesterton, who was from 1963, did not recognise the name, which made Vicki laugh. (PROSE: Every Day [+]Loading...["Every Day (short story)"])
By 2010, Craig Owens owned a souvenir teapot also of Diana and Charles's wedding. (TV: The Lodger [+]Loading...["The Lodger (TV story)"])
The Eighth Doctor, commenting on the interactions between his Type 40 TARDIS with the Type 103 Marie, said that Queen Victoria and Princess Diana wouldn't necessarily be expected to get along immediately. Fitz Kreiner, who was from 1963, wondered who Princess Diana was. (PROSE: The Taking of Planet 5 [+]Loading...["The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)"])
Behind the scenes
- Diana has been portrayed by Julie Cox in Princess in Love, Michelle Duncan in Whatever Love Means and Katie Brayben in King Charles III.
- In the real world, Diana died on 31 August 1997, just less than four months following her potential appearance in The Dying Days.
- In the days following Diana's death, UK television schedules were altered to omit programming that depicted either princesses dying, or road accidents. Included in this purge was a planned UK Gold repeat of The Armageddon Factor [+]Loading...["The Armageddon Factor (TV story)"], due to it depicting the temporary "death" of Astra of Atrios. Planet of the Spiders [+]Loading...["Planet of the Spiders (TV story)"] was shown in its place.[1]
