The truth behind ‘R-rated’ Princess Diana photo confirms what we all suspected

“Everybody doesn’t believe this, but it is the gospel truth — halfway through, the sun came out and revealed those beautiful legs,” Edwards said, describing it as an “amazing silhouette,” and “iconic picture.”

“I don’t want to be known as….”
Several newspapers chose to run the picture, and it indeed was an iconic one. But Diana was in shock. Her legs were visible underneath her skirt – and Diana felt she had shown the public too much skin.

According to Today, she told Charles, “I don’t want to be known as the girlfriend who had no petticoat.”

While Diana barely had a private life, she also understood that being a royal meant being a public figure 24/7. That also included being the victim of media scrutiny – and paparazzi photographers.

“There were, at times, some fractious moments, particularly with the holidays with the boys, but she understood that myself and the other guys on the newspapers had a job to do – she knew very much the difference between the paparazzi and the staff guys,” photographer Kent Gavin, who worked with Diana for more than 20 years, said.

On July 29, 1981, Diana and Charles tied the knot. Their marriage was troubled, not least because of Charles’ affair with Camilla – and the shocking Tampongate.

Despite their divorce, people never stopped loving Princess Diana. And undoubtedly, people never will, despite what some would call the R-rated picture taken of her at her school job.

After her death, there were many Diana-written documents to discover. Some of her letters had more serious and sometimes even tragic subjects, including one where she feared that someone plotted to kill her.