Diana, 10th Anniversary: Rivalry and lust led to death of royal marriage

THE Princess of Wales’s appeal was evident from the moment she appeared on the world stage as an awkward, shy teenager in the early 1980s.

The first English bride of the heir to the throne for more than 300 years was 19 years old, fresh out of school and an English rose.

This was no languid debutant given to hanging around nightclubs, but a hard-working kindergarten teacher who blushed engagingly whenever she encountered photographers.