I was in a relationship with Diana in Cambridge, where we both were students. We briefly studied Tibetan together with Ato Rinpoche, and hitchhiked to London, where we visited each other's mothers. She was extremely spontaneous and uncompromisingly herself in all situations. During that period, she travelled up to Scotland several times with Danny Russell to see Trungpa Rinpoche. After they got married they stayed with me briefly in my rooms in Magdalene college, sleeping on my mattress on the floor. My neighbour in college, John Canti, tells me that she was the one who first introduced him to Buddhism. He found her waiting outside my room and invited her for tea. John and I became best friends. We went on to study with Kangyur Rinpoche, Dudjom Rinpoche and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, do long retreats in France and work on translations of Buddhist texts. For me, remembering Lady Diana vividly as a wild sixteen-year old, and having only heard or read about the rest of her remarkable life, it seems so poignant that now she has left us.