Princess Diana's wedding dress goes on display in London

4 Jun, 2021 08:45 PMQuick Read

The wedding dress of Britain's Princess Diana is displayed during a media preview for the "Royal Style in the Making" exhibition at Kensington Palace. Photo / AP

The dress Princess Diana wore at her 1981 wedding to Prince Charles went on public display at the late princess's former home in London.

A dress and jacket that Princess Diana changed into on her wedding day made by designer David Sassoon. Photo / AP

The taffeta-ruffled white dress designed by David and Elizabeth Emanuel, with its 25 foot (8 meter) sequin-encrusted train, helped seal the fairytale image of the wedding of Lady Diana Spencer and the heir to the British throne.

Prototype shoes for the ones Britain's Queen Elizabeth II wore at her wedding. Photo / AP

Reality soon intruded. The couple separated in 1992 and divorced in 1996, with both acknowledging extramarital affairs. Diana died in a car crash in Paris in 1997 at the age of 36.

A Georgian style dress worn by Princess Margaret, the sister of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, to a charity costume ball in 1964. Photo / AP

Her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, have loaned their mother's wedding dress for the exhibition "Royal Style in the Making".

The exhibit also features sketches, photographs and gowns designed for three generations of royal women, including Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother. It runs until January 2, 2022.