There is a reason why Lady Diana is still so beloved even today by generations who did not “know” her media-wise while she was alive and it is because she has no real heirs. Kate Middleton is much loved, it is true, and even googled but she does not have that special gift that Diana had that moved everyone who looked at her. Meghan Markle has been a meteor in the grand portrait of the Royal Family. In her, initially, many thought they saw the same rebellious spirit, which unfortunately turned out to be something else.
Diana also told her own story through what she wore. Her emancipation as a free woman away from the tentacles of the crown was in Versace, her engagement years with Charles were in dresses that looked like something out of a Disney movie but were instead designed by Catherine Walker. Then those sporty chic looks when she came out of the country club in neon cyclists, macro sweatshirts, and a Hermès or Tod’s bag. And again the Revenge Dress, daring like none before her, worn to go alone to the Vanity Fair gala while Charles admitted his infidelity in front of the whole world. Yes, Diana has no heir or peer, and that is how you become a timeless icon.
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HONG KONG, CHINA – NOVEMBER 07: Diana, Princess of Wales, wearing a red and purple suit designed by Catherine Walker with a matching hat and remembrance poppy, arrives on the Governor’s launch on November 7, 1989 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo by Anwar Hussein/Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND – AUGUST 24: Diana, Princess of Wales, wearing a pale blue sweatshirt, pink cycling shorts and sunglasses, leaves Chelsea Harbour Club on August 24, 1994 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Anwar Hussein/WireImage)
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LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 29: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales, wearing a wedding dress designed by David and Elizabeth Emanuel and the Spencer family Tiara, ride in an open carriage, from St. Paul’s Cathedral to Buckingham Palace, following their wedding on July 29, 1981 in London, England. (Photo by Anwar Hussein/WireImage)
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – NOVEMBER 20: Diana, Princess of Wales, wearing a stunning black dress commissioned from Christina Stambolian, attends the Vanity Fair party at the Serpentine Gallery on November 20, 1994 in London, England. The famous black “revenge dress” was a spectacular coup by the Princess, worn on the very evening that Prince Charles made his notorious adultery admission on television. (Photo by Anwar Hussein/WireImage)
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HRH Diana, Princess of Wales during HRH Diana, Princess of Wales, Attends the Premiere of Back to the Future at Empire Leicester Square in London, Great Britain. (Photo by Tom Wargacki/WireImage)
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HRH Diana, Princess of Wales during HRH Diana, Princess of Wales, Attends the Premiere of Back to the Future at Empire Leicester Square in London, Great Britain. (Photo by Tom Wargacki/WireImage)
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LONDON;UNITED KINGDOM – MAY 5: (NORWAY OUT Diana, Princess of Wales is seen at the Chelsea Harbour Health Club on May 5, 1997 in London, England. (Photo by Antony Jones/UK Press via Getty Images)
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LONDON,UNITED KINGDOM – JULY 29: Diana, Princess of Wales and Prince Charles pose for the official photograph by Lord Lichfield in Buckingham Palace at their wedding on July 29, 1981 in St. Pauls Cathedral, London. (Photo by David Levenson/Getty Images)
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BALMORAL, SCOTLAND – MAY 06: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and his fiance Lady Diana Spencer, wearing an Inca jersey jumper with green corduroy trousers and Hunter wellies, pose for a photocall with their dog Harvey at the estate at Craigowen Lodge, ahead of their July 29, 1981 wedding, on May 6, 1981 in Balmoral, Scotland. (Photo by Anwar Hussein/Getty Images)
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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – MARCH 17: Diana, Princess of Wales, wearing a white suit with a blue collar designed by Catherine Walker and a Philip Somerville turban hat, during an official visit on March 17, 1989 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Anwar Hussein/Getty Images)
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HONG KONG, CHINA – NOVEMBER 08: Diana, Princess of Wales, wearing a white dress and jacket embroidered with sequins and pearls designed by Catherine Walker and known as the ‘Elvis’ dress with the Cambridge Lover’s Knot Tiara, during a visit to the Culture Centre in Hong Kong on November 8, 1989 in Hong Kong, China.(Photo by Anwar Hussein/Getty Images)
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CANNES, FRANCE – MAY 15: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales, wearing a pale blue silk chiffon strapless dress with a matching chiffon stole designed by Catherine Walker, arrive to attend a Gala night in honour of actor Sir Alec Guinness at the Cannes Film Festival on May 15, 1987 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Anwar Hussein/Getty Images)