Photos of Princess Diana before her bulimia and divorce

In this collection, you'll see early photos of Princess Diana, taken before the difficult periods of her life, before her depressive episodes, bulimia, and the collapse of her marriage to Prince Charles. These photographs capture her youth, her genuine smile, and the inner strength that always endeared Diana Frances Spencer to the world. Are you ready to step back in time and see Diana in her happy moments?

In 2017, a series of previously unseen photographs of a young Diana were published, including early pictures with Prince Charles, taken before their marriage began to crumble.

April 1983, at a banquet in New Zealand during the Princess's first overseas tour. Diana is wearing her favorite diamond and pearl wedding jewel, the Cambridge Lover's Knot Tiara, given to her by Queen Elizabeth II. In 2016, Duchess Kate Middleton will wear this tiara.

A walk with the Queen near Sandringham House, January 1983, Diana was 21 years old. The future princess learned to ride at age three, but once fell from a horse and rarely rode as an adult.

After the accident, Diana was afraid of horses, but for the sake of the queen she made an effort.

Diana later turned to Captain James Hewitt to help her overcome her fear of riding, and the princess and the instructor became lovers.

Fishing on the River Dee with Balmoral Castle's head gamekeeper, Charles Wright. This was Diana trying to win over her fiancé three months before the wedding.

November 1981, Diana and Charles hunting at Sandringham. Four months had passed since their wedding, and Diana had recently become pregnant.

1987, Charles plays polo in Windsor. The royal marriage is already on the rocks, but it shouldn't be visible on camera.

After school, Diana Spencer spent six months at a Swiss boarding school for young ladies near the ski resort of Gstaad. The future Princess of Wales studied home economics, cooking, and sewing. In photographs, she appears contented, but in letters to her parents, she repeatedly asked to be taken home.

Diana, 16, is on a sightseeing trip to Paris. She and her best friend, Caroline Harbord-Hamond, are cheerfully posing in robes and shower caps.

With two months left until the wedding, Diana and Charles are staying at Lord Mountbatten's Broadlands estate (where the couple also spent the first part of their honeymoon). A throng of Britons are flocking to see the Prince's bride.