The
Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund
The
Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund was started on the 14th of
September 1997. When it began, there was 19 million in the fund. Money that
Diana left and money from Prince Charles was put into the fund. Money from the
people of Britain and money from the sales of Sir Elton John’s song, ‘Candle in
the Wind’, was also put in.
The
Fund gives money to people for three reasons. The first reason is to stop the
use of landmines, and to help people hurt by landmines. The second is to help
people in Africa who are dying from an illness, for example AIDS. The third is
to give money to help young people in the UK with special difficulties.
The
President of the Fund is Lady Sarah McCorquodale, Diana’s oldest sister.
Charles
and Camilla
Prince Charles married Camilla Parker Bowles
on the 9th of April 2005. After the wedding, the Queen gave a party
for Charles and Camilla at Windsor Castle. Later, Charles and Camilla went to
Scotland.
Concert
for Diana
On
the 1st of July 2007, about ten years after Princess Diana died,
there was a concert for her in London. The 1st of July was Diana’s
birthday.
Prince
William and Prince Harry planned the concert. They invited many of the world’s
most famous singers and entertainers to come there. The concert was eight hours
long and was very successful. People in one hundred and forty countries watched
the concert on television or heard it on the radio. Sixty-three thousand people
came to Wembley Stadium to see the concert. At the end, a video of Diana as a
child was shown. The music for the video was the song by the pop group Queen-‘These
Are the Days of Our Lives’. There is now a DVD of the concert.
The money from the concert went to
charities chosen by Prince William and Prince Harry.
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