Diana in exile

Diana's explosive 1995 interview with the BBC's Martin Bashir lifted the lid on a marriage gone sour. She discussed her bulimia, her affair with riding instructor James Hewitt and Charles's ongoing relationship with Camilla Parker-Bowles. "There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded," she said. Photograph: Corbis

Diana is harried by photographers on August 28 1996, the day her divorce became final. She walked away with a lump-sum settlement of £17m but lost the title of 'Her Royal Highness'. Henceforth she is 'Diana, Princess of Wales'. Photograph: Martin Godwin /Guardian

Freed from the shackles of a royal marriage, Diana found a new lease of life as a social campaigner. Here she dons protective gear during a briefing by the British land-mine sweeping operation Halo Trust in Huambo, central Angola. The fight against land mines would become the cause that was dearest to her heart. Photograph: Giovanni Diffidenti/AP

Visiting Bosnia-Herzegovina in August 1997, Diana is trailed by Mirzeta Gabelic, a 15-year old land-mine victim. The princess was ceaseless in her calls for a complete ban on the production, sale and use of land-mines Photograph: Hidajet Delic/AP

One of the final images of one of the most photographed women of the 20th century. Diana arrives at the Paris Ritz hotel on the evening of August 30 1997. In the preceding weeks the princess had sparked controversy due to her relationship with the Egyptian playboy Dodi Al-Fayed. Photograph: PA