Hey, history lovers. I'm Mike Rosenwald with Retropod, a show about the past, rediscovered.

When Prince Harry and his fiancé Megan Markle are married this weekend, there will be one other

royal on the minds of millions of viewers around the world, Harry's mother, the beloved Princess Diana.

Harry and his older brother, Prince William, have made sure to honor their late mother

in their romances and weddings.

When Prince William proposed to Cape Middleton in 2010, the engagement ring he gave her once belonged to Diana.

And Harry proposed with an engagement ring containing diamonds from Diana's

jewelry collection. Diana was beloved for her grace, her philanthropic work, her beauty, and

for her struggles with life in the royal family. But before she died in a tragic car crash,

things were looking up.

This is the story of her last day alive, a day that promised to be a turning point in her life.

Diana was divorced and estranged from Prince Charles.

She and her new beau, Doty Elfayette, had a whirlwind romance, passionate, thrilling, scandalous.

Fayed was a rich playboy.

Diana was the mother of the future king of England and the most photographed woman in the world.

The tabloid attention on them was intense.

That's Saturday, August 30th, 1997, began on the top deck of Fayette's yacht,

sipping coffee and marveling at the breathtaking Emerald Coast in Sardinia.

Diana took her coffee with milk.

Fyad took his black. Diana had decided that starting that

weekend she would withdraw from public life and wrap up her obligations with charities. Fayed

wanted to propose that night, even though they had been dating less than a month. He had a diamond

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