Princess Diana‘s legacy continues to live to tell the tale.
A never-before-seen portrait of the overdue Princess Of Wales is now on show at a brand new exhibition, titled “Existence Via a Royal Lens,” at London’s Kensington Palace. The easy but chic, black-and-white symbol—published to the general public on March 4—presentations a then more or less 27-year-old Diana staring stoically into the gap, dressed in a satin off-the-shoulder robe and a couple of teardrop earrings.
The portrait was once taken in 1988 by way of David Bailey who famously photographed plenty of pop cultural icons together with Andy Warhol, Twiggy and The Beatles. The rage photographer was once reportedly hand decided on by way of Diana—who passed on to the great beyond in 1997—for his high-contrast lights and minimalist taste.
In keeping with a information unlock from Historical Royal Palaces, Diana’s choice to paintings with David “mirrored her need to ascertain a brand new photographic identification for herself,” a stark distinction from the extra established kinds of royal portraitures of the previous.
