It was a tall order to try and encapsulate the Princess of Wales’ warmth, effortless style and rebellious flair in one photograph. Yet photographer and friend of Diana, Patrick Demarchelier mastered it over and over again.
He was the creative behind Diana’s iconic December 1991 cover for British Vogue in which she placed her chin on her hands and peered cheekily down the camera lens. Dressed in a black turtleneck, her modish short hair lightly tousled, Diana was captured as herself, rather than a characterless royal figurehead.
