Princess Diana fought hard against strict royal traditions and applied her own ideas with great persistence, starting with the way her sons William and Harry were raised, to her interest in charitable work and just causes, opening doors that had been locked in front of family members for a long time, and when she died in a tragic accident on August 31 1997 The Young Princess had left a legacy that changed Britain forever.

In a report published by the American magazine "Best Life Online", writer Diane Colehan said that Princess Diana added, during her short life, touches of humanity and modernity to the British royal family, and forced her members to reconsider many of the traditions and ancient protocols.

In this report, the author reviews how Princess Diana changed the royal family forever in her short years.

1. She did not pledge to obey her husband at the wedding ceremony

Contrary to the long tradition of the royal family at weddings, Lady Diana Spencer refused during her wedding to Prince Charles in July 1981 to pledge to "obey" her husband.

And it wasn't surprising that Kate Middleton and Megan Merkel followed her when they married Princes William and Harry, the two sons of Diana.

Lady Diana Spencer refused, during her wedding, to pledge to "obey" her husband (Al-Jazeera)

2. She gave birth at St Mary's Hospital, London

On June 21, 1982, Diana broke the tradition of giving birth at home when she gave birth to Prince William in the Lindo ward of St. Mary's Hospital, making him the first heir to the throne not born in the palace, and she also chose the same ward when she gave birth to Prince Harry in 1984.

Diana's decision not only changed the way the heir to the British throne was born, but also contributed to the emergence of a new tradition. When they were leaving for the palace after giving birth, Diana and Charles stood in front of the hospital, giving photographers and fans the opportunity to take pictures of the newborn.

Later, Kate Middleton gave birth to Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis in the same hospital, and she stood in the same place where Diana stood to take pictures.

3.

Prince William with his parents on the same plane

Royal rules had always prohibited two direct heirs to the throne from traveling on the same plane, but Diana broke that tradition in 1983 when she insisted that Queen Elizabeth grant her permission to allow Prince William, then 9 months old, to accompany her with Prince Charles on their first flight. Together to Australia.

William followed in his mother's footsteps and traveled with his wife Kate and their son George - when he was 9 months old - on his first family tour to Australia and New Zealand in 2014.

The first picture of Diana and Prince Charles after the birth of her first child, William (networking sites)

4.

Children in public schools

Historically, members of the British royal family, such as Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, were educated at home, but Diana was adamant that her children live normal lives and receive their education in public schools.

Thanks to Princess Diana's insistence, William became the first future heir to the throne to be educated in public schools, starting with Mrs. Minors Nursery School in Notting Hill, which his brother Harry studied a few years later, then Wetherby Prep School in London, Ludgrove School, then Eton College in 1995. .

Following in Diana's footsteps, Prince William and Kate Middleton sent Prince George and Princess Charlotte to nursery and elementary schools in London.

5. Charitable work

Princess Diana was determined for her two sons, William and Harry, to discover that people's lives are completely different from the luxury they live behind the palace walls. In 1993 she took William (11 years) and Harry (8 years old) to visit the homeless charity "The Passage".

Prince William says that this experience affected him a lot and taught him to respect and sympathize with the vulnerable, and the Duke of Cambridge later became a sponsor of the institution that he visited with his mother when he was young.

6. A special relationship with journalists

Diana read every word she wrote about in the "tabloids", and instead of attacking the press when reading something that angered her, she would invite the "Daily Mail", "Mirror" and "The Sun" editors to the palace to defend herself.

In the early 1990s, Diana got to know Richard Kay, a reporter for the Daily Mail, and she used to contact him a lot to explain some of the inaccuracies that were published about her, and over the years Kai became a close friend of Diana and helped her write her important letters and correspondence.

In fact, the veteran journalist was one of the last people Diana spoke to on that tragic night that she died in August 1997.

On the 20th anniversary of Diana's departure, Kay revealed the conversation that took place between them in that last call, and said that she expressed her weariness to respond to the constant criticism directed at her.

7. Shake hands with AIDS patients without gloves

Princess Diana has always been a pioneer in the fight against AIDS, but things weren't easy at first as she had to defy the strict royal protocols.

In the documentary "Diana ... The Woman Inside" Richard Kay sheds light on the unique style created by the late Princess that upset the royal family.

When Diana became involved in volunteer work against AIDS in the mid-1980s, many people believed that the disease could be transmitted through touch.

Kay says that Diana changed that perception around the world by shaking hands with patients without gloves, which did not please the royal family.

8. Collaborate with the author of her resume

When Princess Diana told her boyfriend, Dr. James Colthurst, that she was convinced that secret agents in the palace were working to entrap her and discredit her in the media, he suggested that she challenge everyone and reveal all the facts.

"The Express" newspaper quoted Colthurst as saying that Diana's "unhappy" marriage led her to reveal her secrets to writer Andrew Morton, who later released the book "The Tragedy of Princess Diana ... Her True Story."

At the time, Diana denied talking to Morton, and was fairly honest about it, as she was, in fact, answering Morton's questions in taped interviews with Colthurst, who would then hand her over to Morton.

9. Talk to inform about personal problems

In 1995, Diana broke the most important rule in the British royal family and stunned the world by appearing in a TV interview with journalist Martin Bashir on the BBC.

In fact, the princess had secretly arranged to film the interview in her apartment in Kensington Palace without telling anyone.

During the meeting, Diana talked about her personal problems, including her extramarital affairs and her suffering from depression, and revealed why she believed that she would never become Queen of Britain.

And in 2019, Harry and his wife Megan appeared to imitate Diana when they talked about their problems with the royal family in an ITV television interview with journalist Tom Bradby.

10. Diana’s death changed Britain forever

The author concluded that Diana's death - which stirred passions in an unprecedented way across the UK - marked a defining moment in the country's history and changed her face forever.

The writer says that the mass mourning - which began on the night of Diana's death in Paris on August 31, 1997 and reached its climax during the burial ceremony in London on September 6 - formed a watershed week in the country's history and changed the strict image that Britain knew throughout its history. Queen Elizabeth bowed her head in honor of Diana. "