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Key dates in Charles-Diana marriage saga
August 28, 1996
Web posted at: 10:15 a.m. EDT (1415 GMT)(CNN) -- July 29, 1981: Lady Diana Spencer marries Prince Charles at St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
June 21, 1982: Birth of Prince William. Diana suffers post- natal depression.
September 15, 1984: Birth of Prince Harry.
1985: First reports of difficulties in the royal marriage.
1986: Charles renews relationship with former lover Camilla Parker Bowles, according to his biographer. Diana develops slimming disorder bulimia nervosa. Royal couple continue public duties, but in private they are soon leading separate lives. Diana begins riding lessons with Army Maj. James Hewitt, with whom she has an affair.
Summer 1987: Charles spends more than a month at Balmoral Castle, apart from wife and children, prompting media speculation about possible rift.
1991: Reports begin to appear that Diana and Charles spend vacations and official visits in separate rooms.
June 1992: Andrew Morton's book, "Diana, Her True Story," says she tried to kill herself five times because of jealousy and an unhappy marriage.
August 25, 1992: The Sun publishes transcript of telephone conversation in which James Gilbey calls Diana "Squidgy."
November 1992 - Disastrous tour of South Korea by the couple, who looked miserable and distant throughout.
December 9, 1992: Prime Minister John Major announces Charles and Diana are separating "amicably."
January 14, 1993: Australian magazine publishes transcript of raunchy telephone conversation between people identified as Charles and Mrs. Parker Bowles.
June 29, 1994: Charles, in interview for televised documentary, says he was unfaithful to Diana after their marriage broke down. Interviewer Jonathan Dimbleby later identifies the other woman as Mrs. Parker Bowles.
October 3, 1994: The book, "Princess in Love," claims Diana had five-year affair with Hewitt.
March 3, 1995: Mrs. Parker Bowles and her husband, Andrew, divorce.
August 1995: Newspaper reports link Diana with Will Carling, captain of the English national rugby team. Carling and wife Julia announce separation on September 29.
November 20, 1995: BBC broadcasts Diana's first solo TV interview: she confirms affair with Hewitt, claims royal family campaigned against her, questions Charles' fitness to be king and says she does not want a divorce.
December 20, 1995: Queen Elizabeth II urges prince and princess to divorce.
February 28, 1996: Diana announces she has agreed to divorce, beginning months of wrangling over terms.
July 12, 1996: Charles and Diana announce agreement to divorce.
July 15, 1996: Preliminary divorce decree granted.
August 15, 1996: Diana obtains court order that a free-lance photographer stay at least 325 yards away from her.
August 28, 1996: Final divorce decree granted.
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
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