10 Reasons Princess Diana's Legacy as a Mom Will Never Die

Traditionally, royal births were done at home and required major medical interventions. Queen Victoria gave birth while medicated with ether, and Queen Elizabeth II reportedly opted for twilight birth, but Diana broke royal tradition by choosing a hospital delivery.

In June 1982, she gave birth to Prince William at St. Mary's in London, becoming the first British royal to give birth in a hospital. Two years later, Prince Harry was born in the same hospital, as were William's children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis.

In addition to choosing a hospital setting for Prince William's birth, Diana worked with a natural childbirth expert. It was reported that after 16 hours of labor, Diana delivered Prince William naturally and while standing, supported by Prince Charles.

Today, many celebrities are helping to break down the stigma surrounding postpartum depression by sharing their own experiences, but Diana was a PPD pioneer. In her infamous tell-all interview with BBC's Martin Bashir in 1995, she revealed that she suffered from postpartum depression after William's birth in 1982. She went on to describe the loneliness she felt from not having a strong support system among the royal family. "I felt like I was the first person ever in the royal family to openly cry and nobody knew what to do," she said, adding, "If you haven't seen it before, how do you support it?" Diana's bravery in opening up about her struggles is most likely what inspired both William and Harry to work with mental health charities like Heads Together today.

Typically, children in the royal family were educated by a governess in the palace, but Diana believed that Prince William should be educated outside of the home. When he turned 3, she enrolled him in nursery school, creating a new educational tradition that Prince William carried on with his children. When his own son George was just 2 1/2, he and wife Kate Middleton enrolled him at the Westacre Montessori School. In September 2017, William and Kate's 2-year-old daughter, Charlotte, enrolled in nursery school, and George transferred to Thomas's Battersea School, a private school in South London.

Charles and Diana shared equal access to Prince William and Prince Harry, who were 14 and 11 at the time of their parents' divorce. The boys alternated holidays with each of their parents when they weren't attending boarding school. Things remained civil between Charles and Diana as they worked together to coparent their boys after the divorce and up until Diana's death in August 1997.

These days, the concept of moms putting themselves first sometimes is slowly becoming less taboo. This list of 41 ideas for practicing self-care proves that it doesn't even need to involve elaborate activities. Diana was ahead of her time and practiced this concept proudly by indulging in what she called "Pampering Diana Day," and she was a better mom for it. Getting aromatherapy massages, making face masks in her kitchen, and getting her hair done with stylists Sam McKnight and Daniel Galvin were some of her favourite Pampering Diana Day activities.