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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Amy Mackelden

The "Strange" Code Name Princess Diana Used to Keep Her Wedding Dress a "Secret"—and Its Surprising Connection to Queen Camilla

Princess Diana on her wedding day wearing a long white gown and standing with King Charles, who is wearing military uniform.

David and Elizabeth Emanuel were responsible for creating Princess Diana's wedding gown, which remains one of the most famous royal wedding dresses of all time. In a new documentary, one of the designers has revealed the secret code name they gave Princess Diana, in order to keep her wedding gown a secret until the royal wedding.

Princess Diana married King Charles, then the Prince of Wales, on July 29, 1981. Diana's wedding dress was apparently inspired by a "fairytale" gown worn by supermodel Jerry Hall, which was also created by the Emanuels. In new documentary, Secrets of Diana's Wedding Dress, Elizabeth Emanuel shared (via People), "When we started to see Diana, we were just very aware of security, so we decided to call her Deborah. We called her Deborah Cornwall. Isn't that strange?"

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