Camilla was very angry about how Diana lured Charles away from her

Diana undertakes one of her last formal engagements, at the American Red Cross in Washington, in June 1997 – just ten weeks before her death. Cover: at a gala dinner in New York in February 1989

With her flatmate Virginia Pitman and her prized Volkswagen Golf, which Diana acquired in 1979. She switched to a red Mini Metro after the Golf was hit by a Mini in a rush hour accident in 1980. Diana was unhurt

Two months before her wedding and already Diana is showing signs of her unique style, helping a young fan overcome her shyness during a visit to Broadlands in Hampshire

A teenage Diana carries Jamie Polk, the son of family friends, on her shoulders during a cricket match at Althorp in 1979

A radiant Diana, just 22 and pregnant with Prince Harry, takes a break as she watches Charles play polo at Smith’s Lawn, Windsor, in June 1984. She later described the weeks before Harry’s birth as the happiest of the marriage

Diana was a devoted ballet fan and regularly went to see the company of the Royal Ballet School at rehearsal. Here she is in 1987. She gave up her own hopes of ballet dancing when she grew too tall