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Catherine, Duchess de Cambridge, Has has often been identified as the first royal affordable "High Street" accessories and fancy jewelry with haute couture clothes, butprincess diana did it well before his elegant dreams never heard of Zara.

During a 1986 trip to the Persian Gulf to meet the Sultan of Oman, Diana wore shiny croissant moon earrings (photo above) that have been widely reported to have been an extravagant gift diamonds of several carats From his guests, but were, in fact, whimsical jewelry. The princess had bought the fancy earrings in the form of Saudi Arabia's national symbol the day before going on a trip for £ 23 ($ 30) in his favorite costume jewelry shop.

Although the Princess of Wales had one of the most impressive jewelry collections in the world (according to some estimates its value to more than $ 30 million), his tastes were decidedly eclectic. While some of his most valuable pieces were gifts, includingThe Tiare Queen Mary, which has been given to him byQueen Elizabeth II In 1981, and its emblematic diamond sapphire ring and engagement ofPrince Charles (whoPrince Williamgave laterCatherine) - Some of the favorite pieces of Diana came from a non-conventional surprise source: the popular London shopButler & Wilson, Well known for its vast collection of fancy jewelery.

When I interviewedSimon Wilson For my first book on the Princess of Wales,Diana: the secrets of his styleHe told me that she was a frequent surprise visitor in her Fulham Road shop. "She would come with a single bodyguard and buy loads and loads of earrings and pearls," he said. "The princess would try earrings and tell guests," Do you like these things? She carried loads of our earrings. She was just fantastic. She never called said, "Do you want to send me things more? She would come from shopping ".

The first point she has ever bought by Butler & Wilson were arc and heart earrings that cost £ 20 ($ 27) and became instant best-sellers in the mid-1980s when Diana was photographed to wear them Many times.

Irony, dianamade Receive a gift from the Sultan during the visit: a diamond in the form of crescent and sapphire necklace and earrings that it was first of all in Germany in 1987. But in the 1980s, it was equally likely to Wear pieces that any other young woman could afford.

"She would go to bring the real thing when she owed, Wilson told me. "But she liked to buy other things for fun just because she loved them. »

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Diane Clehane is a journalist and author of New YorkImagine Diana andDiana: the secrets of his style.

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