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The first pearls she ever bought

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SHORTLY before her engagement, Diana bought herself a single string of large, graduated pearls that fitted snugly round her neck. It was simple and subtle; the polar opposite of the ostentatio­us jewels she would later go on to wear as Princess.

The 19-year-old saw the pearls as ‘grown up’, so wore them frequently in the lead-up to her wedding in 1981. Here, she paired them with a turquoise tartan coat by the Emanuels, on a gondola trip in Venice in 1985.

Although the modest necklace was superseded by priceless jewels from the royal vaults, Diana continued to wear it as late as 1987, perhaps because it reminded her of times gone by.

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