Wales in Scotland: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Rothesay 28 August 1996 – 31 August 1997: Diana, Princess of Wales During her marriage to the Prince of Wales, Diana was styled as "Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales". She additionally bore the titles Duchess of Rothesay, Duchess of Cornwall, Countess of Chester, and Baroness of Renfrew. Though popularly referred to as "Princess Diana", that style is incorrect and one she never held officially. She is still sometimes referred to in the media as "Lady Diana Spencer" or simply as "Lady Di". In a speech after her death, then-Prime Minister Tony Blair referred to Diana as "the People's Princess". Discussions were also held with the Spencer family and the British royal family as to whether Diana's HRH style needed to be restored posthumously, but Diana's family decided that it would be against her wishes and, thus, no formal offer was made. Honours Orders 1981: Royal Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II Foreign honours 1982: Supreme Class of the Order of the Virtues (or Order of al-Kamal) 18 November 1982: Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown, bestowed by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands Appointments 1988: Royal Bencher of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple Fellowships 1988: The Royal College of Surgeons of England, Honorary Fellow in Dental Surgery Freedom of the City 29 October 1981: Cardiff 29 January 1986: Carlisle 1987: London 8 June 1989: Northampton Borough 16 October 1992: Portsmouth Honorary military appointments As the Princess of Wales, Diana held the following military appointments: Australia : Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Survey Corps Canada : Colonel-in-Chief of the Princess of Wales' Own Regiment (17 August 1985 to 16 July 1996) : Colonel-in-Chief of the West Nova Scotia Regiment United Kingdom : Colonel-in-Chief of the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment : Colonel-in-Chief of the Light Dragoons : Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Hampshire Regiment : Colonel-in-Chief of the 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) : Honorary Air Commodore, RAF Wittering : Lady Sponsor of : Lady Sponsor of She relinquished these appointments following her divorce. Other appointments 15 November 1984: Lady Sponsor of Royal Princess Arms Descendants Ancestry Diana was born into the British Spencer family, different branches of which hold the titles of Duke of Marlborough, Earl Spencer, Earl of Sunderland, and Baron Churchill. The Spencers claimed descent from a cadet branch of the powerful medieval Despenser