The palyfully designed 'Black Sheep' sweater emerged as a highly iconic garment worn by Diana, which in hindsight seems to foretell her troubled journey as a member of the British royal family.
The palyfully designed "Black Sheep" sweater emerged as a highly iconic garment worn by Diana, which in hindsight seems to foretell her troubled journey as a member of the British royal family.The total was over ten times more than Sotheby's initial estimate of between $50,000 to $80,000. / Photo: AP
The 19-year-old sported the knit garment — which includes one black sheep amid dozens of otherwise white woolly creatures — at a June 1981 polo match during her whirlwind days as a shy royal-in-the-making.
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