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The collection of 25 dresses will be displayed from Friday
for the rest of the year in Kensington Palace, where she lived
for over 15 years. The exhibition coincides with the 20th
anniversary of her death.
It features an ink-blue velvet gown worn by Diana when she
danced with actor John Travolta at the White House in 1985, as
well as her "Elvis" dress - high-collared and encrusted with
pearls.
The collection also shows Diana's "understanding of how to
deploy fashion as a diplomatic tool," organizers said, including
one dress that incorporates the national bird of Saudia Arabia,
the falcon.
"Our exhibition explores the story of a young woman who had to
quickly learn the rules of royal and diplomatic dressing, who in
the process put the spotlight on the British fashion industry
and designers," said Eleri Lynn, curator of "Diana: Her Fashion
Story".
Diana, mother to Princes William and Harry, was married to
heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles between 1981 and 1996 when the
couple divorced.
She died in a car crash in Paris in 1997.
(Reporting by Alistair Smout; editing by Stephen Addison)
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