The Princess of Wales points out comedian Rowan Atkinson following his performance in the Royal Variety Show, at London's Victoria Palace Theatre, last night

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

Ship's bell peek-a-boo from the Princess of Wales, and Sarah Ferguson, Prince Andrew's girlfriend, who paid a surprise visit to the Prince's ship today. The vessel arrived in the Pool of London yesterday for a four day visit to London

Broadcast Date: 19 March 1986

Agency: Press Association

Washington, USA. Princess Diana and Selwa Roosevelt, Chief of Protocol, centre, hold on to their hats as Pamela Brown, wife of J Carter Brown, National Gallery Art Director, is ready to lend a hand, as a gust of wind blows outside the gallery

Agency: Associated Press

Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Geoffrey Howe greeting the Princess of Wales at Number 11 Downing Street tonight, where she and Prince Charles were attending a British Film Institute Dinner. Prince Charles is patron of the BFI

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

A pre-Raphaelite style gown for the pregnant Princess of Wales, alongside Sir Hugh Casson, the retiring president of the Royal Academy of Arts, at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London tonight where the Princess and the Prince of Wales attended the Academy's traditional banquet

Agency: Press Association

Agency: Associated Press

Photographer: Ron Bell

Diana after visiting her therapist Susie Orbach in London on Boxing Day

Agency: Alpha

Photographer: Dave Chancellor

Diana after visiting her therapist Susie Orbach in London on Boxing Day

Agency: Alpha

Photographer: Dave Chancellor

The Princess of Wales leaves Canterbury Cathedral with the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Robert Runci, after the Advent Carol Serice For Schools today. The service was attended by eleven hundred children who were addressed and blessed by the Archbishop

Agency: Reuter

Princess Diana and the Duchess of York with umbrellas raised at Ascot

Broadcast Date: 27 December 1987

ITN Reference: ROYAL/DIANA/33

Agency: Rex Features

Princess of Wales and Duchess of York share a smile in front of the international press on the first day of their holiday in Klosters on Wednesday

Agency: Associated Press

The Princess of Wales and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother ride in an open carriage down the course at the Ascot racecourse in Berkshire today for the second day of the Royal Ascot meeting

Broadcast Date: 20 June 1984

Agency: Press Association

The Princess of Wales shares a joke with the Three Degrees (left to right) Sheila, Helen and Valerie, Prince Charles's favourite pop group, when she arrived at London's Royal Albert Hall tonight to attend the Birthday Ball, a charity event to raise funds for research into the problems of the unborn child

Broadcast Date: 21 November 1985

Agency: Press Association

Princess of Wales leaves the Duke's hotel in central London with an unidentified woman. It was announced that she had reached an agreement with the Prince of Wales over the terms of their divorce

Agency: PA News Photo Library

Princess of Wales leaves the Duke's hotel in central London with an unidentified woman. It was announced that she had reached an agreement with the Prince of Wales over the terms of their divorce

Agency: PA News Photo Library

Agency: Rex Features

The Princess of Wales, representing the Queen, wears a cream and gold "drum majorette" outfit as she inspects a line of newly commissioned Women's Royal Army Corps officers at the 93rd Sovereign's Parade at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst today

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

The Princess of Wales with her citation after being admitted as an Honorary Fellow to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, at the college in London today

Agency: Press Association

Princess Diana of Wales helped plant some trees at a special ceremony in Hyde Park, also attended by the Prince of Wales on Thursday

Agency: Central Press Photos

Britain's Princess of Wales wearing a blue off the shoulder evening dress with ruffled neckline and bowed sash at the waist arrives at London's Guildhall, Tuesday night for a charity fashion show in aid of the charity organization "Birthright", which researches in aspects of childbearing

Agency: Associated Press

Princess Diana wearing a Royal Order Brooch showing the Queen's head and a Spencer diamond tiara for a formal dinner at Government House tonight

Agency: Associated Press

A tanned Princess of Wales arriving at a garden party for Commonwealth, American and European exchange teachers at Lancaster House, London today. It was her last public engagement before her 24th birthday on Monday

Broadcast Date: 28 June 1985

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

Princess Diana tries on Kimono presented to her by hosts of a garden party held at Nijo Castle Friday in honor of the Prince and Princess of Wales who are visiting Kyoto, Western Japan. Clapping hands at right is Kyoto Mayor Masahiko Imagawa, one of the hosts

Agency: Associated Press

The Princess of Wales at Hampton Court Palace tonight, where with the Prince of Wales, she attended a reception give by the Board of Deputies of British Jews to mark their 225th anniversary

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

Jaunty millinery for the Princess of Wales, at a reception at the Goldsmiths' Hall, London, which followed today's Service at St Paul's Cathedral, marking the Golden Jubilee of King George's Jubilee Trust set up in 1935 to assist the physical, mental and spiritual development of young people, and provide financial support for voluntary youth projects

Broadcast Date: 6 March 1985

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

The Princess of Wales holds flowers presented to her on arrival at a reception in the Porter Tun Room at Whitbreads Brewery, City of London tonight, which she attended with the Prince. The Royal couple then attended a special concert given to them as a wedding gift by world-famous cellist, Mstislav Rostropovich, at the nearby Barbican Centre

Agency: Press Association

Princess Diana, herself a leader of British fashion, wears a long coat dress tied at the waist with a cord at Lancaster House, London, tonight. She was attending a reception given by Mr Norman Lamont, Minister of State for Industry, in connection with London Fashion Week

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

Happy Princess of Wales at tonight's reception. The Prince of Wales and Princess are on the fourth week of the Australian Royal Tour

Agency: UPI

Three views of the Princess of Wales at last night's "thank you" party for pop stars thrown by her and Prince Charles in London's West End, showing off today's headline making tailored dinner jacket which she wore

Broadcast Date: 20 November 1985

Agency: Press Association

The Princess of Wales, who expects her first child in July, out walking at Aintree race course today when she and Prince Charles went to watch the racing. The big race of the day, the Grand National, was won by Grittar ridden by amateur rider Mr Dick Saunders

Agency: Press Association

Princess bowls 'em over. A barefoot Princess of Wales bowls a wood to inaugurate the £600,000 Luton Indoor Bowls Club in Bedfordshire today, where she astounded experienced bowlers by striking the jack with her second wood before they came to rest just four inches apart

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

The Princess of Wales shows a bit of bare leg above her "pop sock" as she boards a plane at Royal Air Force [RAF] Brize Norton, Oxfordshire today. She and Prince Charles left for a nine-day tour of the Middle East

Broadcast Date: 10 November 1986

Agency: Press Association

She is visiting cystic fibrosis patients at the hospital to coincide with cystic fibrosis week

Agency: PA News Photo Library

Photographer: Neil Munns

Agency: Unknown

Princess Diana (left) speaks with an unidentified guest at the Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

Agency: Associated Press

Photographer: Don Pollard

The Princess of Wales chats to handicapped youngsters during today's walkabout in Barkingside where she visited the national HQ of Dr Barnardo's of which she is president

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

A coy smile from the Princess of Wales today when she and Prince Charles went to Leeds to open new buildings at the St Gemma's Hospice there

Agency: Press Association

Britain's Princess Diana, wearing a star necklace sparkles at a reception, Tuesday night at the opening of the West Street Studio's, home of the London City Ballet

Agency: Associated Press

Britain's Princess of Wales, a holiday guest of the Spanish Royal Family, at the Palace de Marivent, Palma de Mallorca, Saturday sits with her hands on her knees looking thoughtful as she relaxes with her husband and children as the guests of King Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain

Agency: Associated Press

Britain's Princess Diana, the Princess of Wales, when she attended the London Royal Film Performance Premier of the film "Passage to India" at the Leicester Square Odeon on Monday night. She is pictured wearing an off-the-shoulder emerald chiffon dress. She was accompanied by other royals namely the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Princess Anne, Countess Mountbatten, Prince Charles and Captain Mark Phillips

Broadcast Date: 18 March 1985

Agency: Associated Press

A composite picture of the Princess of Wales tonight in her shimmering Bruce Oldfield backless dress, as she arrived for the premiere of the latest James Bond film "A View to Kill" at the Leicester Square Odeon, London. The Princess first wore the dress when she met Joan Collins at Bruce Oldfield's show

Broadcast Date: 12 June 1985

Agency: Press Association

The Princess of Wales, who announced three days ago she is expecting a baby next June, on a balcony of the old Home Office building in Whitehall, London, this morning when she watched the Queen and other members of the Royal Family, including her husband, leading the nation's mourning for the dead of two World Wars in the Remembrance Sunday service

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

Princess Diana, in an off-the-shoulder evening dress, arrives at the Royal Opera House, London tonight, for the Royal Charity Premiere of "Ivan the Terrible" by the Bolshoi Ballet

Agency: Press Association

Lady Diana Spencer in a revealing black taffeta off-the-shoulder dress tonight when she attended an entertainment at the Goldsmiths' Hall, City of London, with Prince Charles. The function, in aid of the Royal Opera House Development Appeal, was her first royal engagement

Broadcast Date: 10 March 1981

ITN Reference: SPEN/12

Agency: Press Association

Princess Diana smiles at a young patient in the Shaukaut Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital in Lahore, Pakistan. She is visiting as a guest of Imran Khan

Agency: PA News Photo Library

Agency: Unknown

The Princess of Wales, wearing the Spencer tiara, sits on the left-hand side of the Irish State Coach on her way to today's State Opening of Parliament

Agency: Press Association

The Princess of Wales in an off-white silk dress and wearing the Spencer tiara, in the House of Lords today when the Queen gave her speech at the State Opening of Parliament

ITN Reference: ROYAL/DIANA/28

Agency: Press Association

The Princess of Wales listening to the Prince's speech today at the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, tonight when they jointly opened the exhibition "Splendours of the Gozaga, Renaissance Lords of Manuta". The Princess's off-shoulder, full-skirted dress is in contrast with the high neckline she wore at the National Film Theatre last night

ITN Reference: ROYAL/DIANA/17

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

Britain's Princess Diana wears a white and blue wide-brimmed hat as she attends a ceremony at London's Guildhall on 22 July where she was officially given the freedom of the city, the highest honour the City of London Corporation can bestow

Agency: Reuter

Photographer: John Eggitt