{"id":2069982,"date":"2025-10-05T07:21:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T07:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2069982"},"modified":"2025-10-05T07:21:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T07:21:17","slug":"princess-dianas-taboo-request-for-item-to-be-smuggled-into-royal-home-celebrity-news-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/princess-dianas-taboo-request-for-item-to-be-smuggled-into-royal-home-celebrity-news-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Princess Diana&#8217;s taboo request for item to be smuggled into Royal home &#8211; Celebrity News &#8211; Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/news\/royals\/185666\/princess-diana-hairdresser-sets-record-straight\">late Diana, Princess of Wales<\/a>, once had her hairdresser &#8220;smuggle&#8221; tabloids into the Palace while she was a member of the Royal Family.<\/p>\n<p data-mce-linkchecker-status=\"valid\"><a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/182664\/princess-dianas-former-hairdresser-disgusted\">Richard Dalton, Princess Diana&#8217;s longtime hairdresser,<\/a> revealed that she secretly arranged for tabloids to be brought inside Kensington Palace for her perusal.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with People magazine, Mr. Dalton shared, &#8220;One of the hairdressers smuggled them in. Did I say that? They were smuggled in, but it&#8217;s not to do with me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He further added: &#8220;She used to say, &#8216;Richard, can you bring them in for me?&#8217; Nobody questioned it because nobody knew. Once I&#8217;d got through security and into the pantry, it was all plain sailing from there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dalton, who first met Diana in 1978, served as her official hairdresser from 1981 to 1990.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>According to him, one of the tabloid rumors that deeply affected Diana involved speculation about the paternity of her youngest son, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/prince-harry\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\">Prince Harry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They always [went] on about, &#8216;Is Charles the father of Harry?'&#8221; Dalton recalls of the tabloid chatter surrounding King Charles (then Prince Charles). &#8220;Of course he is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also noted: &#8220;Diana&#8217;s brother, Charles Spencer, when I used to cut his hair, his hair was bright red. Lady Sarah, also red. The Spencers definitely had red hair. But at that time, I wasn&#8217;t in a position to actually say, &#8216;Hello, Charles Spencer&#8217;s hair was red.'&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DON&#8217;T MISS&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/185870\/hollywood-veronica-lake-death-waitress\" target=\"_blank\" data-name=\"Hollywood star went back to waitress job and died penniless age 50\">Hollywood star went back to waitress job and died penniless age 50 [INSIGHT]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/entertainment\/tv\/185708\/antiques-roadshow-most-horrifying-items\" target=\"_blank\" data-name=\"Antiques Roadshow's most daunting items that experts refused to value\">Antiques Roadshow&#8217;s most daunting items that experts refused to value [NEWS]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/185948\/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-proposal-garden\" target=\"_blank\" data-name=\"Taylor Swift says Travis Kelce built 'proposal garden' for her to pop question\">Taylor Swift says Travis Kelce built &#8216;proposal garden&#8217; for her to pop question [COMMENT]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Dalton has been reminiscing about his experiences with the late princess, encouraged by his friend Renae Plant.<\/p>\n<p>As the founder of The Princess Diana Museum, she has dedicated herself to preserving Diana&#8217;s legacy.<\/p>\n<p>Plant unveiled the virtual Princess Diana Museum in 2019, which boasts a collection of over 2,700 personal and historical items belonging to Diana.<\/p>\n<p>The collection is set to have its first physical exhibition in Los Angeles, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/california\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\">California<\/a>, come November 2026.<\/p>\n<p>After a six-month stint, it will embark on a US tour before heading to Canada, parts of Asia, Australia, and eventually Europe. Her ultimate goal is for the museum to find a permanent home in the UK as a tribute to Diana.<\/p>\n<p>In the early morning hours of August 31, 1997, Diana tragically passed away due to injuries from a car accident in the Pont de l&#8217;Alma tunnel in Paris, France, earlier that evening.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.the-express.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The late Diana, Princess of Wales, once had her hairdresser &#8220;smuggle&#8221; tabloids into the Palace while she was a member of the Royal Family. Richard Dalton, Princess Diana&#8217;s longtime hairdresser, revealed that she secretly arranged for tabloids to be brought inside Kensington Palace for her perusal. 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