Princess Diana broke barriers when she omitted the tradition of saying she would "obey" her husband in her vows from the Book of Common Prayer. Instead, she promised to 'love him, comfort him, honor and keep him, in sickness and in health.'

Diana made history in April 1987 when she was photographed shaking an HIV patient's hand without wearing gloves. The photo helped spread the message of HIV awareness and educate the public's perception of the illness. That day, the Princess opened the UK's first HIV/Aids unit at London Middlesex Hospital that specifically treated patients infected with the virus

Diana remained the object of worldwide media scrutiny during and after her marriage, which ended in divorce on August 28, 1996. She was killed in a car crash in Paris in August 1997 at the age of 36 along with Dodi Fayed