Lady Di would be 50 years old today.

247 – Princess Diana would have turned 50 this Friday, May 1st, and the date has inspired tributes around the world and also marks the release of the first trailer for the controversial film Unlawful Killing, which narrates Lady Di's life and defends the controversial theory that she was not the victim of an accident, but of a premeditated murder. Lady Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, died in a tragic car accident in Paris on August 31, 1997, at the age of 36. She became known as the "people's princess," and her wedding to Prince Charles in the early 1980s was watched by more than 750 million viewers worldwide, being one of the most watched ceremonies and going down in history as a true royal fairy tale. The princess was called Lady because her family had aristocratic origins. Her father, Edward John Spencer, inherited the title of earl, and therefore Diana and her sister received the title of lady, and her brother, viscount. Lady Diana and Charles met in 1977 and married in 1981, when she was 19 and he was 33. The allure of the royal wedding came at a convenient time, as the United Kingdom was immersed in one of its most serious economic crises, in addition to the political tension preceding the Falklands War.

Diana possessed a natural charisma and inspired sympathy among the people, which relegated her husband to the background – an image that solidified over time and created discomfort within the British royal family. Time would bring children, but the marriage showed signs of strain, and the coldness between the couple, Diana's depression, and the infidelities beginning to surface in the British tabloids were becoming publicly apparent. Meanwhile, Diana dedicated herself to AIDS victims, becoming the first public figure photographed touching a terminally ill HIV patient. She funded numerous institutions that helped the homeless, drug addicts, and the elderly, and also fought for the banning of landmines that killed children.

In 1997, she began dating Dodi Al-Fayed, son of Mohamed Al-Fayed, a wealthy Egyptian businessman. It was with Dodi that Diana was in Paris on August 31st. The two died in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel when the drunk driver lost control of the car while trying to escape the paparazzi and hit one of the pillars. More than 1,5 million people attended the funeral procession through the streets of London. Reluctantly, the royal family had to yield to popular appeals and demonstrate mourning for the controversial figure who had revolutionized their standards and left her mark on the monarchy.