Photographer Doesn’t Realize What He Captured After Taking ‘Revealing’ Picture Of Diana

Originally from November 2020, this story recalls an iconic 1980 photo of a 19-year-old Princess Diana taken by Arthur Edwards, a royal photographer for The Sun. The photo shows Diana standing in a park wearing a skirt that became see-through due to sunlight backlighting—an innocent, spontaneous moment that unexpectedly made headlines across the UK.

At the time, Diana was a modest nursery school teacher and Prince Charles’s girlfriend. Though embarrassed by the photo, which led her to jokingly tell Charles she didn’t want to be known as “the girlfriend without a petticoat,” it marked the start of her complex relationship with the press.

Edwards continued photographing Diana as she grew into the beloved “people’s princess,” admired for her kindness, compassion, and groundbreaking public work, including supporting AIDS and leprosy patients.

Diana’s sons, William and Harry, continue her charitable legacy, while the story also touches on Harry and Meghan Markle’s decision in 2020 to step back from royal duties, echoing Diana’s own struggles with royal life pressures.