Diana black dress 1981

PRINCESS DIANA was criticised by her husband-to-be Prince Charles ahead of her first royal appearance in 1981, an author has claimed.

Lady Diana Spencer wowed the world with this black taffeta strapless dress worn to accompany Prince Charles to Goldsmiths’ Hall in London on March 9, 1981. Making her first official appearanc…

Her first official engagement with Prince Charles? Nailed it.

1981 - The Royal Opera House - March 9 - London -Diana Spencer

The black satin Emanuel dress Diana, Princess of Wales wore to her first official public engagement with Prince Charles changed the public’s opinion of the royal newcomer overnight. No longer a quiet nursery teacher growing accustomed to the spotlight, Diana became Lady Di, the bona fide celebrity the press fell in love with.

Remember THAT dress? Well, the so-called "Princess Diana revenge dress" wasn't the only thing that made jaws drop the night she wore it!

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Visitors will see up close the shoulderless black silk taffeta gown in which 19-year-old Diana dazzled on her first public outing with Charles in 1981

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The eternal mystery that was Princess Diana is embedded in the black taffetta gown by Elizabeth and David Emanuel that goes up for auction on June 8 in London.

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