Diana Frances Spencer

Diana Frances Spencer

Diana Frances Spencer 120cm x 100cm Acrylic on Canvas

“Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.”

„Führe einen zufälligen Akt der Freundlichkeit aus, ohne eine Belohnung zu erwarten, aber in dem Wissen, dass eines Tages jemand dasselbe für dich tun wird.“

She was titled “Princess of Wales” but is known to this day as the “Queen of Hearts”. Diana rose to fame in 1981 when Buckingham Palace announced her engagement to Prince Charles. From then on, the media staged her story as a modern Cinderella fairy tale, with the kindergarten teacher’s family being one of the oldest aristocratic families in the United Kingdom. Five months after the engagement, the then 20-year-old and the Crown Prince, who was around 13 years older, said yes. Their sons Prince William and Prince Harry emerge from the marriage, but happy appearances are deceptive. While Diana became an international media icon and soon became the most famous and most photographed woman in the world, behind the facade of her marriage a crisis began. Depression and bulimia dominate her everyday life, yet she continually finds the strength to use her celebrity for charity. In 1987, for example, she opened the first HIV clinic in Great Britain and made headlines worldwide when she shook hands with a man suffering from AIDS without wearing gloves. Four years after the announcement of the separation of the crown prince couple, the divorce followed in 1996. Diana continues to be involved in charitable projects, including in Angola, where she walked into a minefield wearing protective clothing to speak out against the use of landmines. Just a few months later, Diana died in a car accident in Paris at the side of her new partner Dodi-Al-Fayed. 2.5 billion people around the world follow the funeral service in front of the screens.