Tatler January 2024 : Princess Diana by David Bailey

[vogue28]

 

[Kite]

We really need to get over this Woman. 🙄

 

[tigerrouge]

Reminds me of the recent Vanity Fair cover with Barbra Streisand.

She's continually on covers because of the constant myth-making (or money-making) - but if Diana had married unremarkably, she still would have appeared in Tatler every now and again, by dint of having been born a Spencer.

Leaving aside the royal side, her family is featured in the magazine nearly every month - Charles Spencer's eldest son is a good-looking lad, and Kitty, Eliza and Amelia have been fixtures for a while, with Tatler covers of their own.

 

[Ivancica]

Reminds me of the recent Vanity Fair cover with Barbra Streisand.

She's continually on covers because of the constant myth-making (or money-making) - but if Diana had married unremarkably, she still would have appeared in Tatler every now and again, by dint of having been born a Spencer.

Leaving aside the royal side, her family is featured in the magazine nearly every month - Charles Spencer's eldest son is a good-looking lad, and Kitty, Eliza and Amelia have been fixtures for a while, with Tatler covers of their own.

You really think they would be featured as much if Diana isn't their aunt?

 

[gallianostan]

seriously? she was nowhere near interesting enough to warrant this much posthumous coverage.

 

[tigerrouge]

You really think they would be featured as much if Diana isn't their aunt?

If Diana had never existed, the Spencers would still appear in Tatler. Some of the aristocratic families of the British Isles have been going for a long time, and they are the bread-and-butter of what appears on those pages.

In a world without Diana, Charles Spencer's children would still look as they do (thanks to his wives), and being photogenic, combined with a family lineage that's more established than the current Royals, greatly increases anyone's chances of appearing in the magazine.

And before there was a Diana, the most famous person in the wider Spencer family was probably Sir Winston Churchill.

It's a different world.

 

[mepps]

You really think they would be featured as much if Diana isn't their aunt?

Lady Spencer on the cover of Tatler, 1919.

 

[Deleted member 141523]

I'm surprise reading the hate on her. The charity work she did was immense. And she was the first known person that touch an AIDS patient, creating a new awareness about the virus and the people that was dying alone in terrible conditions. Diana made a lot for us, and not only as a fashion icon.. It's so moving looking at those pictures.

 

[lelaid]

God, can we just let this woman rest in peace?

 

[Deleted member 116957]

I'm surprise reading the hate on her. The charity work she did was immense. And she was the first known person that touch an AIDS patient, creating a new awareness about the virus and the people that was dying alone in terrible conditions. Diana made a lot for us, and not only as a fashion icon.. It's so moving looking at those pictures.

I don't think it's hate, but I think it's just oversaturation with her (and her children). Anyway, isn't this just in time for the new season of The Crown?

 

[Deleted member 141523]

It's not her fault at all. She was a victim of media them and even now. So sad. Such a good woman. There's no so many personalities with incredible soul in recent times. She was so pure and beautiful person. I really hope she will be remembered by her work and not the gossip arround her private life. The world is really an awful place if you read anything that the Royalty, the press and the politics made to her. It's like beating to death an angel just for nothing.

 

[Deleted member 116957]

It's like beating to death an angel just for nothing.

Um... but she wasn't an angel, she was an actual human being. Flaws and all.

People complaining about a dead royal on the cover of Tatler is no different than people complaining about dead celebrities on Vanity Fair, IMO. It IS boring!

 

[tigerrouge]

I've received my print subscription copy of Tat (and my World of Interiors).

The main issue is 120 pages, and it comes with the annual Travel supplement, which is 104 pages. A lot of the adverts in the main issue are for Chanel in some form or other. Features include the enduring appeal of Dickens, a little bit about Saltburn, country estate of the month belongs to the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, there's more about the Wildensteins (will it ever end), and a look at the Cliveden Literary Festival 2023.

The fashion editorial in this issue is THE RIOT STUFF, shot by Alex Bramall, styled by Hannah Teare, with Delphi Primrose made to look like a posh punk. Most of this is shot in a studio, I fear Conde Nast cost-cutting has even come to Tatler.

Going back to the cover story, the cover looks great, thanks to the gravitas of b/w combined with the glossy finish. Let me speed-read the article... it's a short rehash of all the clichés, although it does point out that for many people these days, they have no memory of the living Diana, so their reference points are Instagram posts. There's a four-page piece about how erroneous The Crown is, I've never watched it...

For those actually interested in Diana content, there's nothing in this issue.