Diana
Americannoun
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Princess of WalesLady Diana Spencer, 1961–97, former wife of Charles, Prince of Wales.
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an ancient Roman deity, virgin goddess of the moon and of hunting, and protector of women, identified by the Romans with the Greek Artemis.
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the moon personified as a goddess.
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Also Diane a female given name.
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Greek counterpart: Artemis. the virginal Roman goddess of the hunt and the moon
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title Diana, Princess of Wales, original name Lady Diana Frances Spencer . 1961–97, she married Charles, Prince of Wales, in 1981; they were divorced in 1996: died in a car crash
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Charles and Diana Spencer went to the same children's parties as the young royals.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
After the hounding of Diana by the paparazzi, he says he personally rang tabloid newspaper editors to disinvite them from the Abbey funeral, after their invitations had already been sent out.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Almost three decades after Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris in 1997, people remain fascinated by her life and tragic death.
From Barron's
And he said Charles "went ballistic" after he insisted Diana would not have wanted her sons, princes William and Harry, then aged 15 and 12, to walk behind her coffin in her funeral procession.
From Barron's
He would have been right, too, if the goddess Diana had simply been plopped in the middle of an Ominous Landscape.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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