Princess Diana SOLD her clothes and used the money for...

Princess Diana’s wardrobe was iconic and, according to her former royal servant Paul Burrell, she sold some of her clothes in second-hand clothing stores.

The reason she did this is unexpected and was connected to her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry.

“Some dresses were never intended for auctions or museums,” Burrell wrote in his book “A Royal Duty”.

Burrell added that it was Diana’s decision to sell some of her clothes “to provide pocket money, because members of the Royal Family rarely carried cash.”

“By having cash available, she could spend it as she wished, without leaving a trace, and take her sons, William and Harry, to the cinema or to McDonald’s,” he continued.

Regarding William and Harry, Burrell wrote: “In the greatest paradox of their luxurious royal lives, the young princes were fascinated by money and by the way Queen Elizabeth’s face appeared on every banknote of every denomination.”

As for the auction mentioned earlier at Christie’s, in June 1997, the idea of selling Diana’s dresses to raise money for charity came from William.

According to The New York Times, the event raised $3.25 million from the sale of 79 evening gowns. This meant an average of more than $41,000 per dress, far exceeding the $5,000 value Christie’s had estimated for each one.

The auction proceeds went to charitable organizations supporting the fight against cancer and AIDS. More than 1,100 people attended the event, unaware that by the end of the summer it would take on an even more emotional meaning, as Diana would die in a car accident in Paris at the age of just 36, on August 31.

Lord Hindlip, the auction organizer and chairman of Christie’s International, said that Christie’s had raised around twice the amount it had expected, according to The New York Times.

Christie’s International creative director Meredith Etherington-Smith had visited Diana’s home at Kensington Palace to view her dresses and was amazed by a “very large room” filled with clothing.

During the auction in New York in June 1997, Diana remained in London but asked Christie’s to send her the results overnight.

“She wanted a fax that her servant would bring to her along with her breakfast tray,” Etherington-Smith said.

Even today, nearly 30 years after Diana’s death, clothing and personal items from her wardrobe continue to appear at auctions.

Last summer, one of the largest auctions of Diana’s belongings was held in Los Angeles, where 300 items were put up for sale.

However, there is one category of Diana’s clothing that will never appear at auction or be sold: her winter coats. This was revealed by Martin Nolan, co-founder and executive director of Julien’s Auctions, the organizer of the 2025 auction “Princess Diana’s Style & A Royal Collection”.

“You never see a Diana coat at auction because she would ask her servants, staff, or friends to travel around London in January and February, during the freezing winter days. She would find homeless people and give them her coats,” Nolan said. “That was who she was: no spectacle and no attention.”

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