Will Princess Diana’s Iconic Wedding Gown go on Display?

Fashion designer Elizabeth Emanuel, who created Princess Diana’s iconic wedding dress, has urged her sons William and Harry to put the gown on public display.

Emanuel worked on the gown alongside her husband and co-designer, David, in the months prior to the wedding, which was held on 29 July 1981 at St Paul’s Cathedral, London. Its 25ft train and 10,000 hand-sewn pearls made it the most famous wedding dress in the world.

After Diana’s youngest son, Harry, celebrated his 30th birthday last month, he and older brother William inherited the gown in accordance with their late mother’s wishes.

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The designer has now asked the royal princes to put the garment in a permanent exhibition at Kensington Palace in central London, which was Diana’s city home and now home to the next generation of royals.

Emanuel told The Daily Mail newspaper: “I’m hoping and assuming that it will go on display at Kensington Palace, as so many people want to see the dress. It’s ridiculous that the Diana dress was not in the recent V&A (Victoria and Albert Museum) exhibition Wedding Dresses 1775-2014 (in London). They had to make do with a video instead.”

A Kensington Palace spokesman said: “The wedding dress and other items that were on display at the Althorp Estate (Diana’s family estate) have just been returned to the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry. It is too early to say what the long-term plans will be for the wedding dress.”

Prior to the princes inheriting the gown, it was exhibited at Althorp, the family’s Northamptonshire estate, for two months each year and was then taken on an American tour called Diana: A Celebration, which showcased the bridal gown and 28 of Diana’s designer dresses.

Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed in a car crash in Paris, France in 1997.

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