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The funnier side of Lady Diana, who loved telling jokes

Lady Diana she is remembered for her sweet and melancholy smile, for her kindness and for the style that has become iconic. But there is a less known side of the People’s Princess who completed a multifaceted personality: the sense of humor. In the upcoming book William at 40: The making of a modern monarchof which the MailOnline anticipated some excerpts, Robert Jobson tells a story about Lady D e Harry, who certainly took the rebellious spirit from her mother but also a marked irony. “A morning, while Diana and her children were on their way to school, she began to tell a bold joke, seemingly oblivious to the fact that the children were hearing every single lewd word, ”Jobson writes in the book. “The police officer who was protecting Diana, aware that her language was inappropriate for the ears of the little ones, tried to stop her in the middle of the story, to no avail.” Upon arrival at Wetherby School in West London, Jobson continues, William ran into class while Harry began to tell the joke he had just heard to the headmistress of the school. Arriving out of breath, Diana, who had turned red with embarrassment, managed to keep Harry from uttering the punchline“.

Royal chef Darren McGrady, who worked extensively for Diana, revealed that the late princess used to say, “William is as stubborn and deep as his father, and Harry is a hothead like me, he does the first thing that comes to mind“. And this similarity also extended to the desire to joke in private, to have fun breaking protocols. A surprising attitude, considering the public image of Diana that has emerged over the years. This less serious look of Lady D also surprised Naomi Wattswho played the princess in 2013 Diana by Oliver Hirschbiegel. To prepare for the part of her, the actress studied Lady D’s character for a long time, discovering many unexpected things: “I didn’t know Diana had a keen sense of humor. She told jokes, which you wouldn’t expect from a princessand then there was a rebellious part in her, always interesting ».

In 2020 royal photographer Jayne Fincher also confirmed al Daily Mail that the Princess of Wales had a great sense of humor and loved telling jokes, a way for her to escape the strict rules of the English court in which she always felt like she was in a cage. “She loved to entertain others, and together with her friends laugh at jokes, many of which with so-called “dirty” plots»Said the photographer. But Diana possessed another hidden gift, that of an imitator. According to the account of some of her friends of hers al Daily Mailthe People’s Princess had “a formidable facial expression.”

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Source: Vanity Fair

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