Princess Diana’s ‘revenge dress’ goes on show amid clash between brother and Charles

Princess Diana’s “revenge dress” went on display in London on Friday, days after new claims about King Charles’s reaction to her death, as the shadow cast over the royal family by the so-called “people’s princess” lingers nearly 30 years on.The dress became a symbol of the rancour between Charles and Diana during the public breakdown of their marriage in the early 1990s, when she made a public appearance in the off-the-shoulder black silk number soon after Charles admitted his infidelity.This week scrutiny of their troubled relationship has resurfaced thanks ‌to extracts published in a forthcoming book by Diana’s brother, Charles-spencer" class="entity-link entity-person" data-entity-id="205540" data-entity-type="person">Charles Spencer, who accuses the king of being “giddily elated” in the immediate aftermath of her death.Buckingham Palace has hit back at the claims, suggesting that the author’s memory had been affected by his loss.The dress was unveiled in Sotheby’s, its first stop on a world tour that will take it to Hong Kong, Geneva and New York, underlining Diana’s enduring and global allure.A dress worn by Diana, Princess of Wales, is handled by a technician at Sotheby’s Auction House in London on Friday. Photo: EPAIt will be auctioned at its last stop in December, with a guide price of between US$150,000 and US$300,000.Her appearance in it in 1994 was widely seen as a show of strength as the public feasted on details of the royal couple’s separation – an interest which has come back strongly this week.