Born Lady Diana Frances Spencer in Norfolk, England, the third daughter of Viscount Althorp and Viscountess Althorp. On 24th February 1981, it was officially announced that Lady Diana was to marry Charles, The Prince of Wales who is next in line to the throne. From that moment on Diana became the most famous and most photographed woman in the world. They were married at St Pauls Cathedral in London on 29th July 1981. After giving birth to two sons Harry and William the fairy tale marriage deteriorated, in December 1992 the royal couple separated and in August 1996 they were divorced. Diana's relentless work for charity led her to be patron or president to well over a 100 charities. Diana's every breath was news and she was hounded relentlessly wherever she went.Princess Diana's brother defended his decision to bury her body on his family's estate, in an unmarked grave intended never to be known by the general public. Earl Spencer said that security considerations played a part in his rejection of the idea that the former wife of heir to the throne Prince Charles should be buried alongside her ancestors in the family crypt.Earl Spencer said that the crypt in the parish church at the local village, Great Brington, would have been "the normal place for her." "But in those days between her death and her funeral, I really was so uncomfortable about the fact that she would be there," he said. He explained that Diana had not wanted to be cremated, and there were difficulties in placing her body in a coffin in the crypt. "We would have had to keep the vents open, and there were many problems including security." "One morning I just woke and thought 'We'll bury her on the estate'. I talked it over with a couple of people and we went from there," Spencer said. The Princess is buried on an island in the middle of a lake, a place the Earl said was appropriate because "water was her element, she was always very at home in it." The island, has been landscaped, and will be private, although thousands of people are expected to flock to Althorp Estate every year. They will be able to view her 18 foot high memorial urn from the lake shore, and to tour a museum devoted to her memory.