Anniversary Of Diana's Death: UK TV Schedules

If you are on cable or satellite television the UK Biography channel are showing next weekend the following programmes to remember the anniversary of Diana's death.

1. Diana (Her Biography)
2. Diana: Story Of A Princess (Parts one and two Saturday, three and four on Sunday)
3. Princesses of the World.

Quite a difference from the first and fifth anniversary's where over 100 hours of television was dedicated to the late Princess!

Anne: A Frugal Princess

When Princess Anne recently attended the wedding of a minor royal she, not the bride, turned heads. The Princess had pulled out of her wardrobe the same dress that she wore to brother Charles's wedding to Lady Diana Spencer, TWENTY SEVEN years ago.

The white silk dress, with a pattern of colourful yellow flowers, still fitted the Princess perfectly, showing us that her figure has not changed at all in nearly three decades. The Princess, frugal as ever, also wore the same shoes, same hat, only with a different handbag.

Although the dress is, I have to say, rather vile and outdated for 2o08 (see bottom photo) it was perfectly appropriate for the grand 1981 wedding of Charles and Diana (see top photo).

Royals can't do right. If they wear outfits too often (as Diana did) she was moaned at by press and public for being boring if too much is spent on the wardrobe ( a la Fergie) they get criticised for wasting money. Princess Anne, who often wears evenings gowns even older then the dress she wore to the Gloucester wedding earlier this month, doesn't seem to care about fashion, trends and what the media think of it.

Although I don't like the dress it's brave of Anne to wear it after so many years, and particularly after she had worn it to a very high profile wedding. I like Anne as she is her own person. I have to say I wouldn't mind seeing the suit she wore to Prince Andrew's 1986 wedding to Sarah Ferguson. I think that outfit, a pale lemon silk and lace suit has aged well.

Fingers crossed maybe we will see it again!