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She was the most photographed woman in the world.

It was a symbiotic relationship that left incredible impact on those involved, Diana included.

Diana Spencer in black, 1988

She was just 16 at the time, whereas he was in his late 20s.

Diana later reflected on what happened during her biography, “Diana: In Her Own Words.”

“This ridiculous [reporter] said, ‘Are you in love?’

Diana avoiding paparazzi in 1980

I thought, what a thick question.

“And that threw me completely.

I thought, what a strange answer.

Diana Spencer engagement interview

It traumatized me.”

In his eyes, he was the heir, not her.

Things came to a head in 1983 when the couple toured Australia.

Diana Spencer in Australia, 1983

“With the media attention came a lot of jealousy.”

Diana, however, did not fall into this mindset.

“Not a bad day for me,” she was said to have commented during the interaction.

Diana smiling in 1986

By 1992, Diana was ready to speak her truth and did so rather secretly.

In fact, one of their get-togethers happened just two months before she died.

It is bound to be misinterpreted.”

Diana wearing red hat in 1989

“She had decided to radically change her life.

My feeling was at that time she meant it, but she could have changed the next week.”

In fact, her relationship with Dodi was absolutely skewered, much to her surprise.

Andrew Morton book cover

“They were really lurid,” Sally Bedell Smith toldUSA Todayof the photographs.

It was highly unusual."

And the rest of us called out, ‘What happened?’

Diana in purple dress in 1996

And he just said, ‘The Princess of Wales!

And then kept running."

They have kindly agreed to the request, although broadsheet and regional papers are welcome."

Diana with her sons in 1995

In hindsight, however, it was probably a safe bet for the newspaper editors not to attend.

We will not allow them to suffer the anguish that used regularly to drive you to tearful despair."

Undeniably, the press had to evolve overnight.

Dodi Al-Fayed walking, 1997

The public’s perspective on the press did not change overnight, however.

“That feeling certainly lasted for the rest of that year.”

press coverage of Diana’s death

Diana Spencer funeral procession

Diana smiling under a veil, 1983