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New Princess Diana Portrait On Display!

Credit: David Bailey

A striking black-and-white portrait of Princess Diana is going on display at the late royal’s former home of Kensington Palace. 

The image, which was taken by famed photographer David Bailey in the late ’80s, will be part of a new exhibition of portraits of the British royal family.

The picture shows Diana, who died in 1997, appearing “reserved, stoic and looking away from the viewer,” according to the curators at Historic Royal Palaces.

Diana sat for the photo in 1988, when she was around 27 years old. Although it was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery, the image was retained by Bailey for his archive and has never been seen in public before.

Diana is said to have chosen Bailey for his “bold minimalism” and was part of her hope to establish a new photographic identity for herself. 

For me, it is the most powerful of images from the sitting,” says curator Claudia Acott Williams. 

The Kensington Palace exhibit, Life Through a Royal Lens, was unveiled on Wednesday and will be open to the public on March 4.

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