Diana studied ballet and wanted to become a professional dancer, but grew too tall to continue. Diana's ballet teacher Anne Allan opened up about her time with the princess in 2017, saying “she had dance in her soul. I realized the pure enjoyment that it gave her.
Let's see what the People's Princess' favourite dish was... According to the royal chef Darren, "Her favourite dish was bell peppers stuffed with zucchini, mushrooms, rice, garlic topped with Parmesan and mozzarella and finished with a smoked tomato and pepper sauce."
Seven-year-old Charlotte also takes after her grandmother, the late Princess Diana, who had a passion for swimming, diving and dancing, in particular ballet.
Chef Darren McGrady's vegetarian stuffed bell peppers may have been Princess Diana's all-time favorite recipe, as she came into the kitchen to request it for lunch at least a few times a week, he told Delish.
Her favorite color was pink. The 50 Most Fascinating Facts About Princess Diana's Life | POPSUGAR Celebrity Photo 7. Her favorite color was pink. She had to return one of her tiaras after divorcing Prince Charles.
That idea stuck with me that the little boys would be going 'wild boys,' that that would be a moment for them.” The 1984 track was just one of many Duran Duran songs that Diana loved, a special truth that has stuck with the band all of these years.
The royal family has always loved high tea and British cuisine, but Princess Diana was also a big fan of pizza. While she had a penchant for enjoying baked beans for breakfast, Diana loved taking Prince Harry and Prince William out for pizza.
And thanks to McDonald's ubiquitous presence and appealing marketing, kids around the globe seek out food from the chain, even the royal ones. When they were younger, Princes William and Harry were no exception and their mum, Princess Diana, was happy to indulge them.
First by Van Cleef & Arpels: Lady Diana's perfume
His mother, Lady Diana, wore First by Van Cleef & Arpels, her favourite perfume. It has very floral notes such as rose, jasmine, and hyacinth.
She Loved Guinea Pigs
As a child, Diana adored guinea pigs, and she even entered them in pet shows. According to W magazine, her pet Peanuts won her two show titles and eventually accompanied her to boarding school. No wonder she was OK with Prince Harry having a pet rabbit — she was a total animal lover.
But she was set on a very different path before meeting her future husband, then-Prince Charles. Rather than dreaming of becoming a Princess, a young Diana had her heart set on one thing – becoming a ballet dancer. In her youth, Diana studied ballet and had hoped to turn profession.
Featured in the exhibition is a sketch of Diana's "favorite" dress, according to Storey: a blue day dress with a bright floral pattern. "She called it her caring dress.
Besides being a devoted mother to her two sons, Princess Diana was known to be an animal lover. Her butler has revealed Diana was planning to adopt a golden labrador shortly before her untimely death in 1997.
According to Seward in The Queen & Di, although Elizabeth was initially sympathetic to Diana, eventually the stoic monarch felt that the emotional Princess was simply too much to handle.
It was her favourite colour—a partiality that, from the point that she ascended into public life, emitted an unassuming warmth. At the tender age of 22 on the April 1983 tour of Australia (a page in history that underwent The Crown treatment), the princess's mostly all-pink wardrobe was a palliative sweetener.
Princess Diana's favourite was Rose Pouchong, the black tea with the rose petals, however, she was more of a coffee drinker.
He told Insider that the princess would request a "tin of Heinz baked beans, a pink grapefruit, a cup of coffee, and a glass of orange juice" for her breakfast at least three times a week, on the days she went to the gym.
She never ate beef, never ate pork, occasionally she'd have lamb when she was entertaining guests but for the most part it was chicken, fish or vegetarian options." Condiment-wise, Diana requested that Darren avoid heavy sauces and creams, but she did allow herself a sweet desert: bread and butter pudding.
She wasn't actually shy
If she kept her head down while talking, Arbiter explains, it's only because she was so much taller than most. Diana's brother, Charles, 9th Earl of Spencer, agrees. “She was never shy,” the Earl told People.
Speaking in an exclusive interview on behalf of UK coffee retailer Coffee Friend, Chef McGrady disclosed that, in addition to lychee fruit, Princess Diana “loved” snacking on chocolate bars, and Cadbury's Twirls were a particular favourite of hers. “They were her real weakness,” McGrady revealed.
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.
It became public knowledge that Diana was a particularly big fan of '80s icons Duran Duran. Speaking at Diana's memorial concert in 2006, singer Simon Le Bon said: “We are honoured that she always referred to Duran Duran as her favourite band as she was certainly our favourite princess.”
"Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you."
The Aloof were a London-based outfit whose mixture of electronica and dub had coalesced in the aftermath of the acid house explosion. The track that became an unwitting ode to Diana was a 10-minute instrumental epic called The Last Stand – which had emerged as a reworking of their single One Night Stand.