

" Perhaps that was in part because he proposed without an engagement ring.

"I remember thinking, this is a joke, and I said ‘Yeah, OK,’ and laughed. “He said ‘Will you marry me?’ and I laughed," Diana told journalist Andrew Morton while being interviewed for her biography Diana: Her True Story. Many of these pieces have gone on to become some of the most famous jewels in the world-partly because of their provenance but also because of the amazing person who wore them and the effect her sense of style had on the world.On February 6, 1981, Charles popped the question during a private dinner at Buckingham Palace.

We're sharing our admiration for the princess and her legacy by highlighting the royal's best jewelry moments-from the signature pearl chokers she wore during good times and bad to the blazing blue gemstones she creatively donned as a headband. The style of her dress chosen for the statue is also intended to represent her choice of clothes when she performed her humanitarian duties. The children Diana has her arms around in the statue are meant to commemorate her ability to connect with children around the world. Princes William and Harry commissioned a statue in 2017 in Diana's honor that was installed in Kensington Palace's Sunken Garden on what would have been their mother's 60th birthday on July 1, 2021. Family, friends, and fans around the globe remember the iconic royal in their own special ways as she is still held up as a shining example of style, taste, and class, and her legacy lives on through the sharing of memories. Every summer, August 31 marks the anniversary of the tragic death of Diana, Princess of Wales.
