Princess Diana: Royal's funniest moments

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In 1980, the public hadn’t seen much of who would become Princess of Wales, except for a few photos of Diana walking to and from her flat in Earl’s Court to the nursery where she worked. The 19-year-old was often dressed in shirts and sweater vests with long skirts or patterned trousers.

In September 1980, Diana was photographed by royal photographer Arthur Edwards.

To capture both her lifestyle and fashion sense at the time, Arthur took her photo wearing her usual shirt-and-sweater-vest combo with two nursery children on her hips.

But the photo was controversial because Diana was also wearing a skirt, which was see-through.

The transparent garment was made of a sheer, white material, and fans could see Diana’s bare legs through it.

Despite being risqué, the photographer said he hadn’t intended for the photo to come out as it did.

He told TODAY in 2017: “I didn’t do it on purpose, I promise. I didn’t do it to embarrass her, but it was such a good picture you couldn’t not publish it.”

In 1980, Arthur was the royal photographer for The Sun, and, new to the job, he decided to go and look for Prince Charles’ new girlfriend. He revealed that he knocked on the doors of nurseries in west London until he found the one where Diana worked.

With permission from the school’s owner, Arthur took Diana to a nearby park, along with two children from her class.

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The photographer continued: “She posed up and I did half a dozen pictures.

“Everybody doesn’t believe this, but it is the gospel truth – halfway through, the sun came out and revealed those beautiful legs.”

Arthur claimed that the “amazing silhouette picture” only lasted two or three minutes.

He said: “In many ways, I’m glad the sun came out because it made it an iconic picture.”

Newspapers splashed the photo on their front pages at the time – much to Diana’s horror. She reportedly told Prince Charles at the time: “I don’t want to be known as the girlfriend who had no petticoat.”

Arthur went on to work with Diana regularly throughout her life, and thus got to know her well.

“She was obviously just a charming person. She was never rude, she was never aggressive, she was always pleasant,” he said.

Diana and Charles wed on July 29, 1981, almost a year after the “silhouette” picture was taken.

Arthur claimed that Diana “changed the way it all [the monarchy] worked, and that’s how it goes today”.

He continued: “Her sons are doing exactly the same thing, and Catherine, as well.

“It’s tremendous pressure. If they can cope with that pressure, then they can do the job. If they can’t cope with it, then they’re better off to get out.

“It’s better that they cope with it at these stages and it’s a lot easier than it was for Diana.”

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