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"England's Rose"
Dolls in the Likeness of
Diana, Princess of Wales

by Valerie Breathet * Photos by Valerie Breathet, unless otherwise noted

Franklin
Mint's
Princess
Diana

A

ugust 31, 1997 - Breaking news that evening from
Paris stunned the world! Princess Diana had been
in a dreadful car crash, together with her driver, her
bodyguard and her friend Dodi Fayed. At first the princess
was in hospital, fighting for her life, then sadly, updated news
sources reported that the doctors had been unable to save her.
Immediately following the terrible news came a huge
outpouring of grief. A short time later there was a strong
public interest in having mementos about this beloved
woman, not just for her beauty and rank, but for her caring
and her humanitarian support.
Many companies and artists rushed to the "drawing
board" to meet the demands for keepsakes from her
multitude of fans. Earlier items, including the Danbury
Mint's lovely Princess Diana Bride doll, the Prince Charles
Groom and the Flower Girl dolls were soon available on
the secondary markets, many of which were offered for
extraordinarily large sums of money.
As soon as the engagement of His Royal Highness
Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, to the lovely nineteenyear-old Lady Diana Spencer was announced, the making
of royal wedding souvenirs began. After all, this was to
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be "the Wedding of the Century." Although there many
other important royal and celebrity marriages in the world
during the twentieth century, this was certainly one of the
most romantic.
Dean's Rag Book Company celebrated the engagement
of the royal pair with its cloth dolls, printed with humorous
likenesses of the engaged couple. Once sewn up, the
pillow-like dolls would have been 14-inches and 16-inches
tall. According to the The Club Reporter: The Magazine of
the Dean's Collectors Club, Issue 16, July 1999, this pair was
never sold commercially. However, they were being made
available to club members in 1999. The printed cloth doll
patterns were designed by Sylvia Wilgoss for the company.
Other companies and artists also made dolls in the image of
Lady Diana.
On July 29, 1981, shortly after her twentieth birthday,
Lady Diana Frances Spencer was joined in marriage to His
Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales at St. Paul's Cathedral
in London. Spectators all over the world were excited to see
the wedding, mainly via television and, of course, to see
what kind of wedding gown the future Princess of Wales was
wearing. When she and her father, Earl Spencer alighted from



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