Princess Diana never wanted to be queen: ‘I’d like to be a queen of people’s hearts’

Princess Diana’s time within the royal family came with a truckload of drama, setbacks and griefs.

And while in her early days of marriage with Prince Charles, the late Princess of Wales may have seen herself as the Queen one day, that was no longer the case a couple of years into the relationship.

In her infamous BBC interview in 1995, Diana admitted: “I’d like to be a queen of people’s hearts, in people’s hearts.”

“But I don’t see myself being the queen of this country. I don’t think many people will want me to be queen,” she added.

Earlier in 1993, she had expressed her desire to live a more private life as she said at a benefit lunch for the Headway National Injuries Association: “Over the next few months, I will be seeking a more suitable way of combining a meaningful public role with, hopefully, a more private life.”