Princess Diana Essay, Research Paper

One of the most loved and remembered women leaders of this century was Diana,

Princess of Wales.

After she came into the public’s life by marrying into the British Royal

family, and leaving it ten years later, she

decided her life to helping the unfortunate victims of land mines, AIDS,

cancer, cerebral palsy and many others.

These are the things she will be mostly remembered for.

By looking at the story of Diana’s life, you can see it is a somewhat tragic

ending. Diana was born on July 1, 1961 in Sandringham, England. There, she lived

a happy first of her life. Later, she met Prince Charles of the Royal Family,

and in 1981, she married him. Throughout their marriage, they had problems, and

though Diana loved Charles, some of the other British royals disapproved of her

lifestyle, saying she acted more like a movie star than a princess. She and

Charles bore two sons. Soon, they realized their marriage wouldn’t last, so they

broke it off. Even though she was not a British Royal any longer, she still had

a celebrity’s image, and she used that to her advantage. For the rest of her

short life, she fought for aid in helping the sick and injured, and people

noticed what she was doing because of her popularity.

I believe that Princess Diana was a very important person in our history,

because of what she did. She could have decided to just become a celebrity and

stay in the limelight, but instead she focused her time on helping others, which

is not something every celebrity would do. Someone else might say that Princess

Diana shouldn’t be considered a role model or anyone important from this

century; because she was just a poor girl who’s marriage didn’t work out and was

followed by the Paparazzi until the day she died. To that, I say that maybe she

was someone whose marriage brought her fame, and when it ended, the media did

follow her, but she used her fame to promote giving aid to those in need. She

was a true leader because she was devoted to helping others, a respected

individual, she inspired others to help too, she was confident and courageous in

her ways, and all she lived for was to serve others. Diana’s one wish for

everyone was to serve the common good so that everyone working together would

help the whole community to be better in the end. This was her whole purpose.

In mine and many others?s eyes, Diana is seen as a true modern-day angel of

her own kind. And even though her life ended tragically in a car crash on August

31, 1997, before she died she had made it her life’s commitment to serve others.

Precisely that, more than anything else, is what she will be forever remembered

for, and that is why she will be known as a great leader.