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Forty years on: The Wedding Dress of Diana, Princess of Wales

It is perhaps the most famous royal wedding dress of them all. The gown worn by Lady Diana Spencer for her marriage to the Prince of Wales on July 29th 1981 at St Paul’s Cathedral has a special place in royal history. Designed by David and Elizabeth Emanual, it came to symbolise the fairytale wedding that hundreds of millions of people around the world tuned in to watch. The ending was far…
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Diana Statue: All eyes on her boys as new tribute to Diana is revealed

More than 20 years after her death, Diana, Princess of Wales’s two sons unveiled a statue on what would have been her 60th birthday. While many were thinking of the late Princess and eagerly looking forward to seeing the long-awaited statue, all eyes were on her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, for clues on the status of their relationship. [getty src=”1232365177&#8243…
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Diana Statue: An In Depth Look at the New Memorial To Diana

On Thursday 1 July, 2021, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Sussex, and members of the Spencer family gathered in the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace to unveil a statue in honour of the late Princess of Wales. Thursday would have been her 60th birthday, and the two brothers commissioned artist Ian Rank-Broadley in 2017 to create the statue. [getty src=”1233751302&#8243…
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Diana, 60 Years: The church where Diana was christened

Diana, Princess of Wales, was born on this day in 1961. On 30 August of that year, she was christened in St Mary Magdalene Church at Sandringham, a place of worship that has enjoyed a long relationship with the Royal Family she would later join. Let’s take a look at the history of this historic church. St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham is listed as a Grade II building, meaning that…
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