Editing Diana, Princess of Wales (section)

==Titles, styles, honours and arms==

===Titles and styles===
[[File:Royal Monogram of Princess Diana of Wales.svg|thumb|upright|[[Royal monogram]]]]

Diana was born with the style of "The Honourable Diana Frances Spencer". When her father inherited the Earldom of Spencer in 1975, she became entitled to the style of "Lady Diana Spencer".<ref name="royal">{{cite web|url=https://www.royal.uk/diana-princess-wales|title=Diana, Princess of Wales|work=The Royal Family|access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref> During her marriage, Diana was styled as "Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales". She additionally bore the titles [[Duchess of Rothesay]],<ref name="Titles-Guardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/mar/12/featuresreviews.guardianreview2|title=Lay of the last duchess|work=The Guardian|first=Ian|last=Jack|date=11 March 2005|accessdate=29 April 2021|quote=Diana Spencer had also been the Duchess of Rothesay, and of Cornwall, the Baroness Renfrew, etc, as well as the Princess of Wales.}}</ref> [[Duchess of Cornwall]],<ref name="Titles-Guardian" /> [[Countess of Chester (title)|Countess of Chester]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/diana-death-how-chester-reacted-13551062|title=How Chester came to a standstill in the aftermath of Princess Diana's untimely death|date=31 August 2017|work=Chester Chronicle|accessdate=29 April 2021|first=Carmella|last=de Lucia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia-30-years-princess-diana-7290382|title= Help hospital recreate historic day|date=19 June 2014|work=Chester Chronicle|accessdate=29 April 2021|first=Carmella|last=de Lucia|quote=This year the hospital is celebrating three decades since Diana, Princess of Wales officially opened the building, and as a result it was named in her honour.}}</ref> and [[Baroness of Renfrew]].<ref name="Titles-Guardian" /> After her divorce in 1996 and until her death, she was known as "Diana, Princess of Wales", without the style of "Her Royal Highness".<ref name="royal" /> Though popularly referred to as "Princess Diana", that style is incorrect and one she never held officially.{{efn|With rare exceptions (such as [[Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester]], who was given permission by Queen Elizabeth II), only princesses by birth use the title "Princess" before their given names.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42150762|title=Why Prince Harry's wife will not be called Princess Meghan|work=BBC News|date=30 November 2017|accessdate=31 March 2023}}</ref>}} She is still sometimes referred to in the media as "Lady Diana Spencer" or colloquially as "Lady Di". In a speech after her death, Tony Blair referred to Diana as "the people's princess".<ref name="title3">{{Cite news|url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1556863/Tony-coined-the-peoples-princess.html|title = Tony coined the 'people's princess{{'-}}|newspaper = The Telegraph|location = London|date = 9 July 2007|access-date = 23 June 2015|url-status=live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150622155727/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1556863/Tony-coined-the-peoples-princess.html|archive-date = 22 June 2015|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hare |first=Breeanna |date=31 August 2020 |title=How Diana became known as 'the people's princess' |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/31/world/princess-diana-death-the-windsors-series/index.html |access-date=19 May 2024 |work=CNN}}</ref> Discussions were also held with the Spencer family and the British royal family as to whether Diana's HRH style needed to be restored posthumously, but Diana's family decided that it would be against her wishes and, thus, no formal offer was made.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/hrh.html|title=Palace and Spencers Agree: No HRH|work=BBC News|date=8 September 1997|accessdate=17 April 2021}}</ref>

===Honours===
{{See also|List of honours of the British royal family by country}}

;Orders
* 1981: [[Royal Family Order of Elizabeth II]]<ref name="Vickers1994p147"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page5143.asp|title=Royal Insight|work=The British Monarchy|accessdate=2 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070806122649/http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page5143.asp|archive-date=6 August 2007}}</ref><!--The first source says that she was given the order in 1981, whereas the second source says that she was seen wearing it for the first time in 1982.-->

;Foreign honours
* 1982: Supreme Class of the [[Order of the Virtues (Egypt)|Order of the Virtues]] (or Order of al-Kamal) (Egypt)<ref name=burke/>
* 18 November 1982: Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Crown (Netherlands)|Order of the Crown]], bestowed by Queen [[Beatrix of the Netherlands]]<ref name=burke>{{cite book|editor=[[Charles Mosley (genealogist)|Mosley, Charles]]|year=2003|title=Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage|edition=107th|publisher=Burke's Peerage and Gentry LLC|location=Wilmington, Delaware|isbn=978-0-97-119662-9|volume=III|page=3696}}</ref>

;Appointments
* 1988: [[Bencher|Royal Bencher]] of the Honourable Society of the [[Middle Temple]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/5762173/Prince-William-becomes-honorary-barrister.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/5762173/Prince-William-becomes-honorary-barrister.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Prince William becomes honorary barrister|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=7 July 2009|access-date=27 June 2019|quote=The Prince is the sixth member of the Royal Family to be called to the Bench as a Royal Bencher and is following in the footsteps of the Queen Mother, called in 1944, and his mother Diana, Princess of Wales, called in 1988.}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

;Fellowships
* 1988: The [[Royal College of Surgeons of England]], Honorary Fellow in Dental Surgery<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/-/media/files/rcs/fds/faculty/rcs_deans_newsletter_july_2016_web.pdf|title=RCS: Faculty of Dental Surgery|work=The Royal College of Surgeons|date=July 2016|access-date=16 August 2018|quote=There were records of such diverse events of the endowment of the Nuffield Research Professor in Dental Science, the admission of HRH Diana Princess of Wales as an Honorary Fellow in Dental Surgery and{{nbsp}}...}}</ref>

;Freedom of the City
* 29 October 1981: [[Cardiff]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-17151418|title=Freedom of Cardiff: List of recipients from 1886|work=BBC News|date=24 February 2012|access-date=12 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ENG/Your-Council/Lord-Mayor/honorary-freedom/Documents/freedom%20roll%20list%20June%202014.pdf|title=Honorary Freeman of the City and County of Cardiff|website=cardiff.gov.uk|access-date=9 January 2020|archive-date=27 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727071227/https://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ENG/Your-Council/Lord-Mayor/honorary-freedom/Documents/freedom%20roll%20list%20June%202014.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 29 January 1986: [[Carlisle]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.in/detail/news-photo/princess-diana-in-carlisle-where-she-received-the-freedom-news-photo/52103954|title=Diana Daffodils|work=Getty Images|date=February 2005 |access-date=26 May 2021}}</ref>
* 1987: [[Freedom of the City of London|London]]<ref name="London-Freeman"/>
* 8 June 1989: [[Northampton|Northampton Borough]]<ref name="Northampton-Memorial2"/><ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCmaiTMpUUc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/OCmaiTMpUUc| archive-date=11 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Princess Diana in Northampton|website=YouTube|access-date=26 May 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/princess-diana-in-northampton-receiving-the-freedom-of-the-news-photo/52101662|title=Diana And Her Father Earl Spencer|work=Getty Images|date=February 2005 |access-date=26 May 2021}}</ref>
* 16 October 1992: [[Portsmouth]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/ext/your-council/your-city/freedom-of-the-city-keys-of-the-city|title=Freedom of the city & keys of the city|work=Portsmouth City Council|access-date=27 October 2018|date=27 November 2013}}</ref>

====Honorary military appointments====
As Princess of Wales, Diana held the following military appointments:
;Australia
* Colonel-in-Chief of the [[Royal Australian Survey Corps]]<ref>{{cite book|author=C.D. Coulthard-Clark|title=Australia's Military Mapmakers|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2000|isbn=978-0-19-551343-1}}</ref>
;Canada
* Colonel-in-Chief of the [[Princess of Wales' Own Regiment]]<ref name="Tel-army">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/5871774/Diana-Princess-of-Wales.html|newspaper=The Telegraph|title=Diana, Princess of Wales|date=31 August 1997|access-date=25 February 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925102324/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/5871774/Diana-Princess-of-Wales.html|archive-date=25 September 2015|url-access=subscription}}</ref> (17 August 1985 to 16 July 1996)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pwor.ca/pwor/honoraries/|title=Honorary Appointments|work=Princess of Wales Own Regiment|accessdate=30 April 2021}}</ref>
* Colonel-in-Chief of the [[West Nova Scotia Regiment]]
;United Kingdom
* Colonel-in-Chief of the [[Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment]]<ref name=army>{{London Gazette|issue=52834|page=2581|supp=y|date=13 February 1992}}</ref>
* Colonel-in-Chief of the [[Light Dragoons]]<ref name=army/>
* Colonel-in-Chief of the [[Royal Hampshire Regiment]]<ref name="Tel-army"/>
* Colonel-in-Chief of the [[13th/18th Royal Hussars]] (Queen Mary's Own)<ref name="Tel-army"/>
* Honorary Air Commodore, [[RAF Wittering]]<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=50148|page=8028|date=10 June 1985}}</ref>
* Lady Sponsor of {{HMS|Cornwall|F99}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forces.net/royals/unpublished-pictures-princess-diana-launching-hms-cornwall-1985-auction|title=Unpublished pictures of Princess Diana launching HMS Cornwall in 1985 up for auction|work=Forces Network|date=14 January 2023|access-date=11 June 2024}}</ref>
* Lady Sponsor of {{HMS|Vanguard|S28}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060024194|title=HMS VANGUARD NAMING CEREMONY WITH HRH DIANA THE PRINCESS OF WALES, BARROW-IN-FURNESS, 30 APRIL 1992 [Allocated Title]|work=Imperial War Museums|date=30 April 1992|accessdate=20 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060024215|title=HMS VANGUARD COMMISSIONING CEREMONY WITH HRH DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES, BARROW-IN-FURNESS, 14 AUGUST 1993 [Allocated Title]|work=Imperial War Museums|date=14 August 1993|accessdate=20 May 2022}}</ref>
She relinquished these appointments following her divorce.<ref name="TeenageRoyal"/><ref name="NYT-Divorce"/>

====Other appointments====
* <!-- NOT a military ship -->15 November 1984: Lady Sponsor of ''[[MV Artania|Royal Princess]]''<!-- NOT a military ship --><ref>{{cite news | title = Two royal princesses share a day in the limelight | date = 16 November 1984 | first = Alan | last = Hamilton | newspaper = The Times | location = London | page = 36 }}</ref>

===Arms===
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|image =Coat of Arms of Diana, Princess of Wales (1981-1996).svg
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|notes = During her marriage, Diana used the [[Charles&nbsp;III#Arms as Prince of Wales|arms of the Prince of Wales]] impaled (side by side) with those of [[Earl Spencer (peerage)|her father]]. This version of her arms was imprinted on the order of service for her funeral.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/media/5174/princess-diana-funeral-1997.pdf|title=Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales|work=Westminster Abbey|date=6 September 1997|accessdate=17 April 2021|archive-date=23 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823044945/https://www.westminster-abbey.org/media/5174/princess-diana-funeral-1997.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|year_adopted = 1981
|coronet = [[Coronet]] of the heir apparent
|torse =
|helm =
|escutcheon = The [[Royal Arms]] differenced by a label of three points argent overall an inescutcheon quarterly gules and or, four lions passant guardant counterchanged (for the [[Principality of Wales]] / [[Llywelyn the Great]] ensigned by the coronet of [Prince Charles's] degree);<ref>{{cite book |title=Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage |first=Patrick |last=Montague-Smith |publisher=[[Kelly's Directories]] |year=1968 |page=24 }}</ref> impaled with quarterly argent and gules in the 2nd and 3rd quarters a [[Fret (heraldry)|fret]] or over all on a bend sable three [[Heraldic animal|escallops]] of the first [argent]<ref name="WilliamHarry-Arms">{{cite web|url=http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/news-grants/grants/item/71-coat-of-arms-prince-william|title=The Coat of Arms of HRH Prince William and HRH Prince Harry of Wales|work=College of Arms|access-date=2 November 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114214859/http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/news-grants/grants/item/71-coat-of-arms-prince-william|archive-date=14 November 2014}}</ref>
|supporters = Dexter a lion rampant guardant Or crowned with the coronet of the Prince of Wales Proper, sinister a griffin Ermine winged Erminois unguled and gorged with a coronet composed of crosses patée and fleurs de lis a chain affixed thereto passing between the forelegs and reflexed over the back of the First.
|compartment =
|motto = '''DIEU DEFEND LE DROIT'''<br />([[Anglo-Norman language|Anglo-Norman]]: ''God defends the right'')
|orders =
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|badge =
|symbolism = The Spencers were granted a coat of arms in 1504 (Azure a fess Ermine between 6 sea-mews' heads erased Argent), which bears no resemblance to that used by the family after {{Circa|1595}}, which was derived from the Despencer arms. Writer J. H. Round argued that the Despencer descent was fabricated by Richard Lee, a corrupt [[Clarenceux King of Arms]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Round|first=J.H.|year=1901|title=Studies in Peerage and Family History|publisher=A. Constable and Company|location=London|pages=292–309}}</ref>
|previous_versions = [[File:Arms of Diana, Princess of Wales (1996-1997).svg|right|100px]] Diana's coat of arms before her marriage was the Spencer coat of arms depicted on a [[Lozenge (heraldry)|lozenge]]. It included three escallops argent of the Spencer coat of arms. This version was used only before her marriage and was also applied by her sisters.
|other_versions = [[File:Coat of Arms of Diana, Princess of Wales (1996-1997).svg|right|100px]] After her divorce, Diana had resumed her paternal arms with the addition of a royal [[coronet]] and two griffin supporters, each gorged with a royal coronet.<ref name="WilliamHarry-Arms"/>
}}