Queen Camilla Under Fire for Removing Princess Diana’s Pictures from the Royal House

(who became the Princess of Wales, the title formerly held by Diana, following the death of Queen Elizabeth in September).

The other piece is a scarlet silk gown with short sleeves and ruching in the waist and hips by designer Bruce Oldfield, worn in November 1991 to the premiere of the film Hot Shots! starring Charlie Sheen. Princess Diana completed her look for the red carpet event with a red clutch and pearl jewels.

The dress is expected to fetch between $200,000 and $400,000 at auction,“I think for all of us there was always this problem that there wasn’t a clear idea of how she should dress. She was aware that even in some far-flung part of the world she was representing Britain, and she couldn’t be a glamorous clotheshorse. I remember one occasion where I urged her to shorten her skirt. But she still resisted going too far. I said, ‘You should look at the miniskirts Princess Margaret wore in the ’60s.’ At the very beginning, she didn’t care about clothes, but gradually she grew to enjoy fashion. One thing I noticed was that she’d lock her knees backwards. She wore her skirts below the knee at that time and I’d look at pictures of her and think, ‘What the hell is she doing?’ Then I realized that she was pushing those knees backwards, I’d tell her not to and she’d say, ‘Stop nagging.’”

The royal became a regular client of the designer, sporting his clothes for everything from daytime royal engagements to evening galas.