After two failed attempts to get Princess Diana on the cover of ‘British Vogue,’ the former Princess of Wales was finally convinced after a heavily orchestrated breakfast date with none other than supermodel Linda Evangelista.
After two failed cover attempts, the former Princess of Wales agreed to move forward “without seeking permission from the palace” this timeRachel Burchfield serves as digital editor, royals at PEOPLE. She has worked at PEOPLE since August 2024, and her work has previously appeared in Marie Claire, Vanity Fair, and Vogue.
They wanted somewhere “where we can talk, we can all chat and giggle,” McKnight added. “And we don’t want anyone to see us. It was going to be a private thing. So Liz arranged for them to open the cafe early. Now, the princess would have been absolutely mortified if she had thought they had opened up just for her. So they had to kind of pretend they were open.
The secret mission of the cafe meetup, McKnight said, was for Tilberis to convince Diana to let her use the closeup shot taken by Demarchelier for the December 1991 cover. “And Liz got a magnificent cover,” McKnight said on the show. “And she did not force, she waited for it to organically happen, you know?”went on to become a bestseller, and featured Princess Diana on the cover of the magazine for the first time in 10 years. The following month, Tilberis was named editor-in-chief atHer friendship with Princess Diana certainly didn’t end after Tilberis finally landed her coveted Princess of Wales cover, though.
“She called a lot and they would have a lot of chats,” said Tilberis’ former assistant Stephanie Albertson. “That was a very real friendship, and I remember once she called and the message was, ‘I’m just watching a movie with the kids.’ And what did she say? She said something like, ‘I’m sitting in bed eating popcorn with the kids — just have her call me back.
, Tilberis felt that previous portraits of her for the magazine were too formal, failing to capture the warm, funny woman Tilberis knew so well. They shared a sense of humor, and at one of their many lunches, when Tilberis complimented Diana on her Chanel loafers, Diana answered dryly that the entwined Cs of the fashion house’s logo stood for, who were by now known to be romantically involved, something Princess Diana was perhaps more aware of than most anyone.
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