Lionel Richie - 'Hello' Lionel Richie's 1984 ballad 'Hello' was said to be Diana's favourite ever song.
Her marriage into the Royal Family was a spectacle for the public to behold, even after she separated from her husband, Charles, Prince of Wales. Her relationships with people caught quite the media attention, particularly one, her close friendship with late pop singer, George Michael.
ABBA was her favorite band.
Diana was known to be a huge fan of Swedish pop group ABBA.
A little-known hymn by Cecil Spring-Rice called "I Vow to Thee My Country" was a lifetime favorite of Diana, Princess of Wales. She requested the song be sung at her wedding, and it was sung again at her funeral in 1997.
Sure enough, the queen bowed her head, the rest of the royal family bowed their heads, but the one person who remained ram-rod straight and barely acknowledged the passing of Diana's coffin was Princess Margaret, so even in death she would not forgive her.”
Princess Diana's funeral in 1997 was a tragic but memorable event. Stars attended the service while millions of Britons lined the streets and mourned. In the middle of it all was Sir Elton John, performing his hit 1973 song “Candle in the Wind 1997,” which at the time, had been newly rewritten.
It became public knowledge that Diana was a particularly big fan of '80s icons Duran Duran. Speaking at Diana's memorial concert in 2006, singer Simon Le Bon said: “We are honoured that she always referred to Duran Duran as her favourite band as she was certainly our favourite princess.”
Both the Queen Mother and Princess Anne were huge fans of Elton since his early days, and had been invited to several intimate family events.
According to Seward in The Queen & Di, although Elizabeth was initially sympathetic to Diana, eventually the stoic monarch felt that the emotional Princess was simply too much to handle.
Chef Darren McGrady's vegetarian stuffed bell peppers may have been Princess Diana's all-time favorite recipe, as she came into the kitchen to request it for lunch at least a few times a week, he told Delish.
In reality we do know that Diana's phone calls were reportedly listened into on at least one occasion, the first of which is in what came to be known as Squidgygate.
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Princess Diana's BFF, Jemima Khan, is calling it like she sees it when it comes to her late friend's marriage to Prince Charles. And many royal watchers would agree with her assessment even though they probably prefer not to say it publicly: Diana and Charles' marriage was planned by palace insiders.
Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, is once again talking about her friendship with the late Princess Diana. On an episode of her new podcast, Ferguson said Diana "never understood how brilliant she was really, you know, and together we both didn't. And I used to hug her but she wouldn't understand."
Diana and Camilla might have never had a close friendship, but when Charles and Diana started dating the pair were friendly with each other. At the time Camilla was married to Andrew Parker Bowles and had two children with him.
At her funeral, one of the most intense moments was when Elton John sang his song “Candle in the Wind," with an excerpt written especially for the princess's funeral.
Famously performed at and written for Princess Diana's funeral, Sir Elton John's “Candle in the Wind '97” remains the biggest-selling chart hit of all time (since the charts began in the 1950s).
In fact, they spent much of their first meeting bonding over their love of dancing the Charleston. However, after years of harmonious friendship, the pair had a major falling out over a professional collaboration.
Besides Elton John and George Michael, she had close bonds with sister-in-law Sarah Ferguson, psychotherapist Julia Samuel, and her former London flatmates.
Lady Sarah was the eldest of the four Spencer children and widely rumored to be the cleverest. In a recently released Diana biography by Sarah Bradford, the Lady Sarah is described as being “hero-worshipped” by the young Princess. She was a close confidante of Diana's and even introduced her to Prince Charles.
The marriage might have been troubled, but Diana loved the ring. So much so that she continued to wear it after her and Charles separated.
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When Princess Diana was laid to rest after her death at 36 in 1997, her sons, Prince William, who was 15 at the time, and Prince Harry, who was 12, broke hearts around the world when they left a simple note reading "Mummy" on her funeral wreath.
In 1997, after news emerged that Diana had been killed in a tragic car accident in Paris, Sir Elton joined millions across the world in mourning the loss of the woman dubbed 'the People's Princess'.