DIANA. Latin grammarians offer the oldest and most commonly accepted etymology of the name of Diana. She is the female counterpart of Zeus/Deus, following the etymological chain: Deus, dius, Divus, Diovis, dies, duius, Diviana, Diana. Therefore, Diana...

In Roman mythology, Diana was the goddess of the hunt, in literature the equivalent of the Greek goddess Artemis, though in cult she was Italic in origin. Artemis was born with her twin brother Apollo on the island of Delos, daughter of Zeus and Leto....

A British broadcaster on Monday defended a documentary featuring graphic images of the Paris car crash that killed Princess Diana, including one showing a French doctor giving her oxygen through a mask, after critics demanded the program not be aired.The film, "Diana: The Witnesses in...

A judge directing the inquest into the deaths of Princess Diana and her boyfriend refused Monday to include Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, as potential witnesses.The requests were made at a preliminary hearing by Michael Mansfield, a lawyer representing Mohamed al Fayed,...

Nobody sold newspapers like Princess Diana, and now Tina Brown is hoping that juicy memories of the People's Princess will do the same for her first book.The former magazine maven, credited with taking gossip upscale as editor of Vanity Fair in the 1980s, has released...

Princess Diana should be remembered as a loving, down-to-earth mother, Prince Harry said Friday at a memorial service where a bishop urged an end to a decade of bitterness over her death and her broken marriage.The service organized by Prince William and Prince Harry climaxed...