30 Rare Photos of a Young Princess Diana, From Childhood to Early Royalty

Princess Diana’s parents John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer and Viscount Althorp, and Honorable Frances Roche married on June 1, 1954 at Westminster Abbey. The aristocratic Spencer family was founded in the 15th century and holds many noble British family members, who throughout history have gone on to become knights, kings, barons, and princesses, like Diana. John and Frances later divorced in 1969, which was very hard on Diana and her siblings.