Two months before Diana's untimely death in a car crash in Paris in 1997, at the urging of Prince William, she put 79 of her dresses up for auction at Christie's in New York City with the funds raised benefitting cancer and AIDS-related charities.
Paul's Cathedral, as the excessive amount of fabric made it difficult for her to fit in the coach. Folding the fabric over and over to fit Diana into the carriage was what caused the wrinkles on her dress, designer Elizabeth Emanuel told the Daily Mail.
Diana used her royal status to benefit charitable causes — and in some cases, quite literally gave the clothes off her back to those in need. Just two months before her death on June 25, 1997, Diana auctioned off 79 of her decadent gowns to benefit cancer and AIDS causes.
An exhibition showcasing some of Princess Diana's most iconic fashion moments has opened at Kensington Palace in London.
After the princess' death, most of her personal jewelry was inherited by her two sons Princes William and Harry, with pieces loaned to her during her lifetime being returned to Queen Elizabeth II, where they are most likely to have been inherited by King Charles in 2022.
Princess Diana's iconic purple velvet dress has been sold for $600,000 (roughly ₹ 4.9 crore) at an auction on Friday. The dress fetched more than five time times the pre-estimate value, making it the most expensive gown of the royal to go under the hammer. The auction was organised by Sotheby's in New York.
Diana was wearing a ring given to her by Dodi Fayed when she died. It was a £3,000 Bulgari yellow gold band with diamonds. The diamond band set in yellow gold was not an engagement ring and was worn on the fourth finger of her right hand, where her butler Paul Burrell advised her to wear it.
According to the Paris public prosecutors' office, blood analysis revealed the driver, Paul, had been found to have a blood alcohol content that exceeded France's legal limits. Additionally, Diana, Fayed and Paul were not wearing seat belts, CNN reports.
In Spencer, Diana is horrified (though seemingly unsurprised) to discover her husband gave her the same pearl necklace he gave to his then-mistress, Camilla Parker-Bowles. There's no evidence to suggest this gift-giving snafu ever happened (or that she ate them at the dinner table).
Princess Diana lost so much weight between her wedding and honeymoon that her wedding ring had to be adjusted, according to a new book. In her later years, Princess Diana opened up about her struggles with an eating disorder. She previously told a royal biographer she began experiencing bulimia following her engagement ...
Princess Diana was one of those people - so much so that for a while, she felt "terrified" to be attending any events at all. Often confused for simply sulking, Diana would tend to show up to events with her head down upon arrival, literally just because she was scared.
Legendary hairstylist Sam McKnight revealed in the latest installment of British Vogue's “Vogue Visionaries” YouTube series that the iconic short hairstyle he gave Princess Diana actually began as sort of a joke. McKnight explained to the magazine, “The first time I met the Princess of Wales was on a shoot.
The yellow gold band has not one but three diamonds: a central rock of three carats from Botswana, where the couple had holidayed together, and two diamonds on either side from Princess Diana's collection. Markle showed off the ring at Kensington Palace when the pair announced their engagement in 2017.
In recent years, Camilla has been photographed wearing some of the jewellery Diana wore during her lifetime. However, the Queen Consort has altered the pieces to suit her style, making them look a little different to how they did before.
Prince Harry Inherited Diana's Ring
While Diana's iconic engagement ring ended up on the Duchess of Cambridge's finger, it was given to Prince Harry after his mother passed away. But Harry is said to have offered it to Prince William when he was planning to propose to Kate.
The dress in which Princess Diana was buried
The dress was long sleeved to cover the blows that Princess Diana suffered in the fatal accident, in her hands she wore a rosary that was given to her by Mother Teresa of Calcutta, also in the coffin there were photos of her children and her parents.
What were Princess Diana's last words? The firefighter on the scene of Princess Diana's accident revealed the last words she spoke before her death in an interview with The Independent. According to the firefighter, Xavier Gourmelon, the Princess of Wales asked: “My God, what has happened?”
Diana suffered several injuries in the crash. She had a concussion, broken arm and a cut to her thigh, according to United Press International. But her most lethal injuries were severe chest wounds. She had a tear to her left pulmonary vein that caused internal bleeding, The Independent reported.
Kate Middleton wears pearl necklace worn by Princess Diana, the Queen. The Princess of Wales was spotted wearing an iconic piece of jewellery, that paid tribute to two very special royal women.
The sapphire cluster was one of Diana's personally-owned pieces of jewelry, so it was almost certainly inherited by her sons after her death in 1997.
Charlotte is set to receive the iconic Spencer tiara, which previously belonged to her late grandmother, Princess Diana. Diana famously chose to wear the headpiece on her wedding day to Prince Charles in July 1981.
As she came into her own, she learned to make her wardrobe speak for her. She wasn't afraid to break royal protocols. From refusing to say that she would “obey” her husband Prince Charles in her wedding vows to mingling with commoners, Diana's acts of defiance against royal tradition were many.
Although they never met, Diana and Kate Middleton's fashion is certainly something they would have had in common: from regal eveningwear to formal ensembles, the pair share a knack for chic and impeccable dressing.
It was worn for the first time to a 1994 dinner at the Serpentine Gallery in Kensington Gardens. The garment has been interpreted as having been worn by Diana "in revenge" for the televised admission of adultery by her husband Charles, then Prince of Wales.
“Kate typically removes her engagement ring whenever she is taking part in physical activities and sports or when there is a greater risk that the ring could become damaged or lost,” the Steven Stone experts note. With such a valuable piece that cost about $500,000, it's no wonder that Kate wants to play it safe.