The "Queen of Hearts" was mostly open about these affairs and had little against getting pictured in the nude with them.

But if life became one long list of scandals for the Lady, her death was the sensational sign off it deserved. The official version says that she was running away from two photographers who wanted to snap her and Dodi together when she met the most famous car accident of late 20th century.

A royal butler recently touched headlines, at her expense once again, claiming to be a "soulmate" of the Princess with whom she was close enough to ask for porn magazines for her son Prince William and to talk of converting to Islam after marrying Dr Hasnat.

Prince Charles and Princess Diana got married in front of 750 million viewers across 74 countries - and Lady Di became the first English woman in 300 years to walk down the aisle with an heir to the throne. "Here's the stuff of which fairy tales are made!" remarked the Archbishop of Canterbury.

But a fairy tale which did not end happily ever after. Beset with unrelenting media attention from Day 1, Diana soon found herself weeping in front of TV cameras complaining of how "crowded" her marriage was - with Charles refusing to give up long time girlfriend Camilla Parker Bowles. Many of these sob stories were manipulated to gain sympathy, though.

With frequent tiffs with the Queen, her marriage turned from stormy to tempestuous. Tormented with the growing insecurity, she developed bulimia and attempted suicide. Every episode of this royal soap opera was played out to the public on the tabloid pages.

In 1992, eleven years after their marriage, Charles and Diana publicly announced their separation. Then began a series of love affairs - or at least their revelations - and the marriage crossed the point of no return. In 1994, Charles admitted to committing adultery on TV. In November 1995 came Diana's own tell-all interview, and by August 1996, the Prince and Princess were formally divorced.