Princess Diana was given a plethora of stunning jewels by the Queen when she joined the royal family in 1981. One of these was a diamond and emerald choker that Diana last wore on her 36th birthday.
Once, when Diana sported the jewel, it wasn’t around her neck but on her head.
The fashion forward princess wore the choker as a headpiece instead of as a necklace.
Diana is pictured with the piece just inches below her blonde fringe as she danced with Prince Charles at a dinner in Melbourne.
This was during the couple’s tour of Australia in 1985.
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Diana donned the piece with matching emerald and diamond dangling earrings and a phenomenal blue dress.
The dress was tied at one shoulder in a huge bow and featured a tight bodice and a billowing satin skirt.
Although the look was very on trend, a royal expert claimed the choker as a headpiece was in fact a mistake, and Diana did not intend it to be worn on her head.
In her 1997 book The Royals, royal biographer Kitty Kelley said the necklace got stuck as the princess tried to get it over her head and around her neck.
“The diamonds…
