How Princess Diana's Showstopping 1987 Cannes Dress Honored Mentor Grace Kelly

How Princess Diana's Showstopping 1987 Cannes Dress Honored Mentor Grace Kelly

When Princess Diana graced the 1987 Cannes Film Festival alongside Prince Charles for a fleeting ten-hour visit, her choice of a strapless blue tulle gown was far from accidental. The exquisite creation served as a poignant homage to another glamorous, world-famous royal, Princess Grace of Monaco, a figure who had become a royal mentor of sorts to Diana and who had tragically died five years prior in a car accident. This fate would, with heartbr…

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Princess Diana's 1987 Cannes Dress Was a Powerful Tribute to Grace Kelly

“A lot of thought and preparation had gone into the moment.”Getty Princess Diana at Cannes on May 15, 1987Princess Diana attended the Cannes Film Festival on May 15, 1987, alongside then-husband Prince Charles.The Princess of Wales’s strapless blue tulle gown paid tribute to Princess Grace of Monaco, who had died five years prior in a 1982 car accident, and her famous role in 'To Catch a Thief.'Tragically, Diana would also die in the same manner…