17/2/81: Queen demands answer from Diana

On Tuesday February 17 the Daily Mirror published an "exclusive" front page story on Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, who had returned from a holiday in Australia. The Queen was said to have pressured her son into getting an answer from Diana after his marriage proposal earlier in the month.

Also on this day: actor Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt (below) and Paris Hilton, grand-daughter of American hotelier Conrad Hilton were born.

6/2/81: Prince Charles proposes to Lady Diana Spencer

On Friday 6 February, Prince Charles allegedly made his marriage proposal to Lady Diana Spencer.

The proposal is said to have taken place in the so-called nursery at Windsor Castle. The Prince told Diana that how much he had missed here while he had been away in the Alps and asked he if she would marry him. Diana left for a pre-arranged holiday in Australia a few days later.

source: princess-diana.com