Diana became a style icon at the height of her fame, and she took that with her to the slopes while skiing.
Skiing, sunbathing and humanitarian work
Below, we see Diana on a skiing trip in Austria with her sons, Harry and William. This photo was taken when Harry turned nine. He is simply adorable, and the whole family looks stunning!
In 1990, Diana took her children and her sister’s children to Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands. The island belonged to Richard Branson’s Virgin company.
Diana knew how to have fun. Look at this lovely photo of her and Harry visiting Thorpe Park amusement park in 1992.
Diana was often referred to as the ‘people’s princess.’ She participated in many humanitarian causes, setting an excellent standard for how a kind and compassionate person should behave. In this photo, Princess Diana visits an orthopaedic workshop in Luanda, Angola, and sits with landmine victims.
We could go on and on about these beautiful photos of Diana. This one was taken in 1971, when she was spending her summer holiday in Itchenore, West Sussex.
And this photo was taken near Diana’s flat in Coleherne Court in London before her engagement to Charles.
Here, Harry can be seen sticking his tongue out at the crowd gathered around Buckingham Palace. Diana looks somewhat surprised.
The Barbour clothing brand is still popular among royalty, but perhaps Princess Diana wore it best.
Diana loved Barbour, and during a visit to the Outer Hebrides in Scotland in 1985, she was perfectly suited to wear her Barbour-style waxed cotton jacket.
Jana Fincher, the royal photographer who took some of the most iconic photos of Princess Diana, followed the royal couple everywhere. She chartered a plane to travel to the Outer Hebrides, where Charles and Diana were on an official visit.
‘When I caught up with her,’ Fincher says, “Charles asked, ‘Where have you been?
The Outer Hebrides are prone to strong winds and rain, and Princess Diana experienced this first-hand during her visit there in 1985.
But in the photographs taken during this trip, she looks stunning, and photographer Jane, looking through the negatives, realised one thing.
“It’s not often you see Diana dressed like that. She looked so happy. It was pouring with rain, but her make-up was perfect and hadn’t run. I, as usual, looked terrible,” she says.
The photo below was taken during the last summer of Diana’s life. It shows her and her boyfriend Dodi al-Fayed on a yacht in Saint-Tropez, France, jumping into the water.