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His Royal Highness has said he will not be watching the show.

It is also unclear whether the performance was actually for Charles’s birthday, being a month earlier in real life.įriends of HRH The Prince of Wales have reportedly criticised the new season for “dragging his name through the mud”. The previous year, they had actually performed a ‘bit’ together.

But Sleep told her that he believed Charles was offended at having been left out. His reaction was interpreted, Brown says, as “frigid disapproval of Diana’s lapse in royal etiquette”. Afterwards, he becomes cold, asking his wife “What were you thinking?” and calling the surprise a “grotesque, mortifying display”.Īccording to royal biographer Tina Brown, despite eight curtain calls from the audience, Charles did not stand. As soon as Diana makes her surprises appearance on stage, Charles is tense.

The most photographed woman during her time, Diana often twisted the rules of royal dressing.The episode in question starts with the suggestion that Charles feels embarrassed, and perhaps a little envious, of the press attention given to Diana.ĭuring the scene, he appears sullen and deeply focused on the music. This attitude of hers extended to her fashion statements as well. From refusing to say that she would obey her husband Prince Charles in her wedding vows to mingling with commoners, Dianas acts of defiance against royal tradition were many. She wasnt afraid to break royal protocols. As she came into her own, she learned to make her wardrobe speak for her. She had a versatile, sartorial style sense.

HOW DID PRINCESS DIANA CHALLENGE ROYAL TRADITIONS?ĭiana is often regarded as one of the greatest fashion icons of the 20th century. So, even when 23 years have passed since she died in a tragic car crash, we remember and celebrate her. And why not? Call her the peoples princess, the rebellious royal or the courageous feminist, the truth remains that Diana was always a force to reckon with. By Rishita Roy Chowdhury: Princess Diana left behind a legacy thats not just alive in peoples memories and pages of history, but also in art, cinema and the world of fashion.