The best photos of Princess Diana (30 photos)

Princess Diana would have turned fifty years old on July 1, 2011, if her life had not ended on August 31, 1997 in a terrible accident in Paris. The mother of the future king of Great Britain died at the age of 36. She was called the "queen of people's hearts." We bring to your attention the best photographs from the life of Lady Di.

1. Born Diana Frances Spencer, the future princess was the third child of Viscount Althorp, whose family had close ties to the royal family for centuries.

2. Thirteen-year-old Diana in Scotland.

3. Lady Diana Spencer in 1981, the year of her engagement and wedding to Prince Charles.

4. Diana on an official visit to Australia, 1983.

5. Future princess under an umbrella, 1981.

6. Diana on her wedding day in 1981.

7. Royal kiss.

8. Prince Charles with his bride on their wedding day, July 29, 1981.

9. Diana and Charles greet the audience.

10. Honeymoon in Scotland at Balmoral on the River Dee.

11. The Princess of Wales and children in Devon, England, 1990.

12. Princess Diana in Hong Kong, 1989.

13. Princess Diana and Prince Charles after a polo competition in November 1985 in Palm Beach, Florida.

14. Diana during a trip to North Wales, October 1981.

15. Princess Diana skiing in Lech, Austria, with her sons William and Harry. She was an amazingly devoted mother, insisting on personally driving her children to school and trying not to rely too much on the huge staff of support staff at her disposal.

16. Princess Diana and Mother Teresa in the Bronx, New York, June 1997.

17. Diana and John Travolta dance in the White House in 1985. President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan are present at the reception.

18. Diana visits the Alayar Mosque in Cairo, Egypt, 1992.

19. Princess Diana dozed off at an event at the Albert and Victoria Museum in 1981. The next day, her pregnancy was officially announced.

20. Princess Diana in Canberra, Australia, in November 1985.

21. Princess Diana kisses her husband after a polo competition in Cirencester, England, 1985.

22. Princess Diana aboard the Royal Princess, which was named after her during the ship's official naming ceremony in 1984.

23. Diana with her sons at Highgrove House in Gloucestershire, England, in July 1986.

24. Princess Diana at the Royal Ascot Races in 1985.

25. Prince Charles and Princess Diana during a tour in Sydney in 1983.

26. September 1982. Diana in Scotland.

27. Princess Diana during her visit to Wales in October 1981.

28. Diana and Charles board a train at Waterloo Station for their honeymoon in 1981.

29. Newlyweds on their wedding day.

30. Cover of the book from Life “Diana is 50″.