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Diana, Princess of Wales

How tall was Diana, Princess of Wales?

Diana, Princess of Wales, known as Princess Diana, is commonly listed at 5 ft 10 in (178 cm).

A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from

Diana, Princess of Wales’s 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) is very tall for a US woman: more than 95 in 100 US women are shorter.

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Side by side with Charles III

Diana, Princess of Wales is taller than the average US woman by 6.5 in (16.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Diana, Princess of Wales: 5 ft 10 in (178 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Diana, Princess of Wales is taller than the average US man by 1 in (2.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Diana, Princess of Wales is taller than the average US woman by 6.5 in (16.8 cm).Diana, Princess of Wales is taller than the average US woman by 6.5 in (16.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Diana, Princess of Wales: 5 ft 10 in (178 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Diana, Princess of Wales is taller than the average US man by 1 in (2.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Diana, Princess of Wales is taller than the average US woman by 6.5 in (16.8 cm).

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Diana, Princess of Wales beside others

Diana, Princess of Wales is one of the taller royals we have heights for: William, Prince of Wales (6 ft 3 in) stands 5 in (12.5 cm) taller and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (5 ft 1 in) is 9 in (23 cm) shorter.

Also listed at 5 ft 10 in: Charles III.

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Where this height comes from

5 ft 10 in (178 cm)

A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.

Photo: John Mathew Smith, celebrity-photos.com, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Diana, Princess of Wales, 5 ft 10 in (178 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)