The story behind Princess Diana’s iconic Philadelphia Eagles jacket

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The story behind Princess Diana’s iconic Philadelphia Eagles jacket
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The late royal was photographed wearing a green NFL varsity jacket on numerous occasions in the ’90s, but many fans don’t realize how she obtained it.

There’s one royal who would have been cheering on the Eagles in the Super Bowl 2023 on Sunday.

“She was not necessarily an Eagles fan, but she did love the colors of the Philadelphia Eagles,” Marnie Schneider said on the broadcast. The team’s statistician at the time, Jackie Edelstein, was a friend of the Kelly family’s and attended the Philly native’s funeral, where he chatted with the Princess of Wales — laterWhen he said they were silver and green, Diana replied, “Those are my favorite colors,” according to Edelstein.UK Press via Getty Images“[Edelstein] said, ‘I want to send her some T-shirts,’ and my grandfather said, ‘She’s the princess! You cant send her just T-shirts. We gotta do something special for this woman.

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