The entirety of part one of season six of Netflix’s The Crown is set in the summer of 1997, and most of it is set aboard a superyacht belonging to the Fayed family, where Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed, if the show is to be believed, fell in love; at minimum, there was a flirtation and an attraction. We are aware of the characters of Diana, Dodi, then-Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth, so on and so forth—but a character in the first half of season six that we weren’t necessarily expecting to play such a prominent role? Diana’s swimsuits.
Elizabeth Debicki, who plays Diana, is in a swimsuit for a great many of her scenes this season, and each seem to have an interesting backstory, per Vulture. Take, for example, her leopard print one-piece; juxtaposed with her maternal instinct—to protect her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, against the ever-present and invasive paparazzi—the print took on a deeper meaning.
