Why was Princess Diana called 'the people's princess'?

Diana, Princess of Wales, may have had her HRH title removed when she divorced Prince Charles in 1996, but she'd already made clear in her famous Panorama interview the previous year that she would rather be the "queen of people's hearts. read more

However,"the People's Princess" was far more dignified and better taste. More than a century earlier, Princess Charlotte, daughter of the then Prince of Wales (later George IV) was also known as the People's Princess, for similar reasons. read more

Diana, Princess of Wales, may have had her HRH title removed when she divorced Prince Charles in 1996, but she'd already made clear in her famous Panorama interview the previous year that she would rather be the"queen of people's hearts." She had already filled that role for millions of people around the world for years, and it was no accident. read more