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Diana, Princess of Wales
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Fun in the Sun
Princes William and Harry, with friends, bury their mother under the sand while on vacation on Necker Island in April 1990. It's hard to imagine previous generations of royals allowing themselves to be buried in sand by a group of kids like this — never mind wearing a leopard-print suit.

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