![]() I adore how playful and mischievous the princess looks in these shots, how fun loving she clearly was. ![]() When Diana showed the photographs to her butler Paul Burrell, she asked, ‘Don’t you think I look a little like Marilyn Monroe?’ I actually think there’s hints of Audrey Hepburn, Jackie Onassis and, most particularly, Princess Grace of Monaco here as well. Later, she was to recall that the shoot with Mario Testino, an eminently skilled photographer whose flattering and seductive eye is to modern celebrity photography what Madame Vigée Lebrun was to Marie Antoinette and the luminaries of her court, as ‘One of the happiest days of my entire life’. ![]() They were destined to act as publicity for the upcoming sale of some of Diana’s dresses at Christies but now have a greater significance as the final formal photographs taken of the princess. ![]() ![]() This set of photographs was taken in an old school in Battersea in 1997, just five months before the princess’ tragic death. He’s shot Vogue covers, iconic portraits of Princess Diana and signature ad campaigns for Estee Lauder.But between setups, 60-year-old Peruvian-born photographer Mario Testino possibly the. How beautiful are these stunning photographs of Diana, Princess of Wales by Mario Testino? I defy anyone (okay, almost everyone, I try not to think about the fact that there’s a tough crowd out there) not to look at these images and think ‘Oh, wow, she really WAS a beauty.’ ![]()
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