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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Woman Collapses After Winning Princess Diana's Iconic Dress and Video Goes Viral
Woman Collapses After Winning Princess Diana's Iconic Dress and Video Goes Viral originally appeared on Parade. Often, the most beautiful moments happen when pure emotion meets historical significance, and Renae Plant just delivered both in a viral auction moment that has the internet collectively reaching for tissues. The Princess Diana Museum founder's reaction to winning the People's Princess's iconic "Caring Dress" has become the kind of wholesome content we all needed. The drama unfolded at Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills during the "Princess Diana's Style & A Royal Collection" sale on June 26. As bidding climbed from $125,000 to the final hammer price of $400,000 (plus fees totaling $520,000), Plant sat in the front row, bidder number 333, watching her dream potentially slip away. When the auctioneer's gavel finally fell in her favor, Plant's reaction was pure magic. She leaped from her seat, danced with joy, and declared "Oh my god!" before collapsing to the floor in an overwhelming rush of emotion. The moment, captured on video, shows her laughing and crying simultaneously as the room erupted in applause. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Princess Diana Museum ™ (@theprincessdianamuseum) The dress itself carries profound significance beyond its $520,000 price tag. The 1988 Bellville Sassoon floral day dress earned its "Caring" nickname because Diana repeatedly wore it during hospital visits between 1988 and 1992. According to auction house executives, as reported in People, the blue silk creation featuring rainbow flowers was designed to be "colorful, approachable, likeable, and huggable." 🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox🎬 For Plant, this victory represents more than collecting memorabilia – it's personal history. At 18, she met Diana outside St. Andrews Cathedral in Sydney while wearing a white bikini top and shorts, ditching beach plans to shake hands with her idol. "That moment became the beginning of a lifelong connection to Diana's legacy," Plant shared in a previous Instagram post. "And here's the full-circle moment: She (Princess Diana) wore her blue floral Belville Sassoon dress that day." Fans couldn't be happier about Plant's win, "What a beautiful story!! 🙌🙌 and now you have the dress!! 💗" The virtual Princess Diana Museum, founded by Plant in 2019, now houses over 2,700 items and represents one of the world's largest Diana collections. Her philosophy remains simple: "You cannot put a price tag on history."Plant's emotional auction victory proves that sometimes the most authentic reactions create the most beautiful viral moments. In a world of manufactured content, genuine joy over preserving Diana's legacy feels refreshingly pure. Woman Collapses After Winning Princess Diana's Iconic Dress and Video Goes Viral first appeared on Parade on Jun 27, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jun 27, 2025, where it first appeared.
Time of India
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Diana Museum Founder SCREAMS, JUMPS, CRIES; Whopping $500k Auction Bet Ends With Happy Tears
Princess Diana Museum founder Renae Plant stole the spotlight at a Los Angeles auction after securing Diana's iconic 'Caring Dress' for $520,000. Overcome with emotion, Plant jumped, danced, and fell to the floor as the room erupted in applause. The 1988 Bellville Sassoon floral dress, worn by Diana during hospital visits, became a highlight of the sale. Plant, who met Diana as a teen, called the moment priceless as she added the treasured piece to her massive collection. Read More
Sydney Morning Herald
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Australian collector buys Princess Diana's ‘caring dress' for $520,000
An Australian collector of Princess Diana memorabilia has purchased the iconic 'caring dress' at auction for US$520,000 (approximately AU$794,000), 37 years after the purchaser met the princess wearing the dress. Renae Plant – who manages an archive of 2700 Diana pieces as well as the virtual Princess Diana Museum – fell to the floor crying after placing the final US$400,000 bid (plus US$120,000 in fees) for the Bellville Sassoon dress designed for then-prince Charles and Diana's 1988 tour of Australia to mark the bicentenary. The floral day dress was expected to sell for between US$200,000 and US$300,000 according to pre-auction documents. It received its nickname after Diana wore it repeatedly to visit hospitals across the world, including in Nigeria, Brazil and Spain, says designer David Sassoon. On the website for The Princess Diana Museum, Plant says she met the royal couple as a teenager during their 1983 and 1988 tours, and shook hands with the princess while she was wearing the dress at St Andrew's Cathedral in Sydney. 'When Diana saw me she reached up over the crowd and shook my hand!! As you can imagine, that was a dream come true, and definitely the beginning of a long journey … a lifelong passion for the Princess,' Plant wrote. 'Over the years, people have asked why Diana is so important to me. Here's why: Diana stood for change … She was the first royal to remove her gloves and shake the public's hands. That was huge. She brought much-needed attention and sympathy to the AIDS crisis, helping to diminish the fear and stigma associated with the disease … I can think of no one who has the same positive effect on the world that Diana did during the short time she was alive.' Plant also operates the Princess and the Platypus Foundation – named after a ceramic platypus she says Diana dropped in 1983, which Plant still has today – a charity that raises money to acquire and maintain pieces for the museum, and donate to charities in Diana's honour. Earlier in June, the museum's Instagram page posted a fundraising callout to raise money for the dress.
The Age
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
Australian collector buys Princess Diana's ‘caring dress' for $520,000
An Australian collector of Princess Diana memorabilia has purchased the iconic 'caring dress' at auction for US$520,000 (approximately AU$794,000), 37 years after the purchaser met the princess wearing the dress. Renae Plant – who manages an archive of 2700 Diana pieces as well as the virtual Princess Diana Museum – fell to the floor crying after placing the final US$400,000 bid (plus US$120,000 in fees) for the Bellville Sassoon dress designed for then-prince Charles and Diana's 1988 tour of Australia to mark the bicentenary. The floral day dress was expected to sell for between US$200,000 and US$300,000 according to pre-auction documents. It received its nickname after Diana wore it repeatedly to visit hospitals across the world, including in Nigeria, Brazil and Spain, says designer David Sassoon. On the website for The Princess Diana Museum, Plant says she met the royal couple as a teenager during their 1983 and 1988 tours, and shook hands with the princess while she was wearing the dress at St Andrew's Cathedral in Sydney. 'When Diana saw me she reached up over the crowd and shook my hand!! As you can imagine, that was a dream come true, and definitely the beginning of a long journey … a lifelong passion for the Princess,' Plant wrote. 'Over the years, people have asked why Diana is so important to me. Here's why: Diana stood for change … She was the first royal to remove her gloves and shake the public's hands. That was huge. She brought much-needed attention and sympathy to the AIDS crisis, helping to diminish the fear and stigma associated with the disease … I can think of no one who has the same positive effect on the world that Diana did during the short time she was alive.' Plant also operates the Princess and the Platypus Foundation – named after a ceramic platypus she says Diana dropped in 1983, which Plant still has today – a charity that raises money to acquire and maintain pieces for the museum, and donate to charities in Diana's honour. Earlier in June, the museum's Instagram page posted a fundraising callout to raise money for the dress.
New York Post
23-06-2025
- Health
- New York Post
3 easy, healthy foods you can grow at home — even if you only have a window sill
Talk about a plant-based diet. You don't actually need a green thumb to start growing your own healthy food at home, promises Welsh chef and influencer Gaz Oakley — in fact, you don't even need a garden or a yard. Oakley says there are several things you can grow inside your house or apartment with just a sunny window, some soil and water — and he handpicked the three easiest, most low-maintenance foods that have tons of nutritional value. 'I've actually started doing this as an experiment to show people that you don't need space,' he told The Post. 5 Chef and influencer Gaz Oakley told The Post that there are several things you can grow inside your house or apartment with just a sunny window, some soil and water. Tom Lewis #1: Microgreens 'I think the most nutritious thing you could start off with and that takes up a limited space is microgreens,' said Oakley, who recently published 'Plant to Plate: Delicious and Versatile Plant-Forward Recipes.' These come in lots of varieties and include cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, watercress, radish, arugula, radicchio, chard, spinach, chives, dill, endive, and herbs like mint, basil, rosemary, sage and oregano — all harvested when they're small and young. Nutrients in microgreens are more concentrated than in full-grown plants, meaning they pack 4 to 40 times as much nutritional punch. Kale, for example, has tons of vitamins You don't need any special equipment, either. He uses a cut-open Oatley milk carton, fills it with soil and sprinkles in seeds. 5 Microgreens are easy to grow at home. ronstik – 'They need just sunlight, so you need to be putting them somewhere where there's sun, and give them daily watering,' he recommended. 'I always say most vegetables are less sensitive than your average house plants. House plants are the most drama queen plants I've ever known. You give them everything and they just die, and it's really annoying. But vegetables, they're a bit more resilient.' 5 Oakley's new book, 'Plant to Plate,' is out now Quadrille You can harvest these after about eight days when they're around two inches tall, and they'll continue to grow back over and over again. 'They're so nutritious and you should eat them right away that they're incredible for you,' said Oakley, who recommends them as toppings or ingredients for smoothies. #2: Tomatoes Tomatoes are great for your heart, lungs, eyes, skin, teeth and blood vessels. Besides vitamins C and K, potassium and folate, they're packed with the antioxidant lycopene — which can lower your risk of cancer and help manage a bunch of diseases. Oakley says these are very easy to grow — and planting these in front of a sunny window will 'all be worth it.' 5 Tomatoes are great for your heart, lungs, eyes, skin, teeth and blood vessels. 'You just need a small bucket with some holes in the bottom. Put a plate underneath it. Or you can go fancy and get a nice terracotta pot and fill it with some compost,' he said. 'You can get it to buy a tomato plant from a garden center, or you can sow your seeds into a little tray first and then transplant it. Water every now and then, and maybe give it some support with a piece of bamboo. 'And then in about two months' time, you will have tomatoes to harvest.' End up with more tomatoes than you can eat? Oakley recommends fermenting them into something like his tomato kimchi recipe. It's 'so delicious,' he said — and you get that extra bang for your buck since fermented foods are great for gut health. 5 Finally, lettuce is great if your home doesn't get much sunlight. geshas – #3 Lettuce If your home doesn't get a ton of sunlight, you should still be able to grow lettuce — and it does best in spring and autumn climates. No special planters necessary for this, either: He grows his in an old pipe split in half, filled with compost. 'Sprinkle some lettuce seeds on top, water every now and then, and within about 21 days, you'll have lettuce,' he said. 'Pick the outer leaves and then leave the center leaves to grow and get bigger.' Even if lettuce doesn't get you terribly excited, it's certainly versatile — and full of vitamin K (good for blood and bones), flavonoids (gets rid of those free radicals), and the 'eye vitamin' lutein.
