Lionel Richie - 'Hello' Lionel Richie's 1984 ballad 'Hello' was said to be Diana's favourite ever song. Speaking at a concert in 2015, Lionel told the audience: "Many years ago I had the pleasure of meeting Princess Diana and tonight we have Prince William here.
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.
ABBA was her favorite band.
Diana was known to be a huge fan of Swedish pop group ABBA.
Ballet was one of her first loves
As a child in Norfalk, England, young Diana Spencer studied ballet and dreamed of taking the stage with the Royal Ballet. Unfortunately, her height held her back, as she eventually grew to nearly 5'11”. But her passion for dance remained even after she married Prince Charles in 1981.
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.
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.
Princess Diana's Favorite Bread and Butter Pudding
Celebrate Princess Diana with her favorite treat, a cross between bread pudding and creme brûlée. A decadent dessert fit for a princess!
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.
Prince Harry memoir: Harry reveals when he felt “ashamed” for crying at Princess Diana's funeral | Herald Sun.
Eight members of the Welsh Guards accompanied Diana's coffin on the one-hour-forty-seven-minute ride through London streets. On top of the coffin were three wreaths of white flowers from her brother, the Earl Spencer, and her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry.
Her marriage into the Royal Family was a spectacle for the public to behold, even after she separated from her husband, Charles, Prince of Wales. Her relationships with people caught quite the media attention, particularly one, her close friendship with late pop singer, George Michael.
Both the Queen Mother and Princess Anne were huge fans of Elton since his early days, and had been invited to several intimate family events.
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.
The Queen did not cry at Princess Diana's funeral, the late British monarch has only cried in public on a number of occasions.
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.
The queen's public words about Diana were sincere, as a private letter—made public in 2017—that she wrote after the funeral to her aide Lady Henriette Abel Smith seems to confirm. "It was indeed dreadfully sad, and she is a huge loss to the country," the queen wrote.
Camilla may have been at Diana's wedding but she was not welcome at her funeral, which was watched by an estimated 2.5 billion people around the world. Still, to many her absence echoed around the ancient hall. The Queen made it clear to Charles that he could not take his paramour to the service.
He told ITV's Tom Bradby he had cried when his mother was buried. The Duke of Sussex said he had felt "some guilt" walking among crowds who left flowers outside Kensington Palace. The absence of Princess Diana in Prince Harry's life is highlighted as a theme throughout Spare.
Before she was taken out of the car, he held her hand and comforted her. "My God, what's happened," Diana then asked him, in what proved to be her final words. "I massaged her heart and a few seconds later she started breathing again.
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.
Diana embraced her gray hair at 41, and did it through a really unusual method!
Diana was buried later that day in a private ceremony in Althorp Park, the Spencer family estate. She was wearing a black woolen long-sleeved cocktail dress by Catherine Walker that she had ordered only weeks before she died, and holding a set of rosary beads that were a gift from Mother Theresa.
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.
According to an article by The Daily Meal, the answer to this question was easy to find out as she had a meal of Dover sole, vegetable tempura and a mushroom and asparagus omelette at L'Espadon, a restaurant at the Ritz Paris.
However, she preferred chicken and fish to red meats. According to Darren, her favourite fish was Egg Suzette. The hollowed-out jacket potato with wilted spinach, a poached egg, and some sort of buttery hollandaise to finish was the perfect dish for the Princess.