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Britain’s Princess Diana agrees to divorce 20 years ago today (Feb 28 1996)

February 28, 20161990sadmin

(Wednesday, February 28, 1996) — Britain’s Princess Diana announced just before the evening television news tonight that she had reluctantly changed her mind and would agree to divorce her estranged husband, Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne.

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