Diana’s love of mismatched earrings
Diana made no secret of expressing her personality through her jewellery — and this quirky pair of mismatched earrings is the perfect example.
Diana owned the earrings, comprising an unusual round-shaped gem attached to a pearl drop, in two stones: rubies and sapphires. She’s thought to have been given them on one of her many international tours in the late Eighties.
For this outing, during an official visit to Seoul, South Korea, in 1992, she decided to mix and match — wearing a ruby earring in her right ear and a sapphire in her left. Perhaps she had packed one of each colour by mistake. Or, more likely — judging by the glint in her eye — the playful Princess was making a fashion statement.
Her avant-garde earrings mirrored a look she sported at the america’s Cup Ball in London in 1986, when she donned one red glove and one black glove to match her flamenco-style dress, to the bemusement of onlookers.