Queen Camilla carries Lady Dior bag made famous by Princess Diana
She’s got royal style in the bag.
Queen Camilla has toted many a chic handbag over the years, but this week she shocked royal fans by stepping out with an iconic purse named after King Charles’ late ex-wife, Princess Diana, for the first time.
The 76-year-old royal debuted her taupe Lady Dior bag ($6,000) while enjoying Wednesday’s Wimbledon tennis championships in London, and even carried it again the next day for a visit to Wales on Thursday.
Queen Camilla wore her quilted bag with a tan giraffe-print dress by Anna Valentine to take in the tennis match, switching things up to sport a pink coat dress and oversized straw hat while visiting the Welsh parliament on Thursday.
She then changed into a cheerful green maxi dress and matching cardigan as she toted her new bag to visit Lacock Primary School in England later in the day.
Per Dior, Princess Diana developed a fondness for their design when Madame Bernadette Chirac, then the First Lady of France, presented her with the fashion house’s unreleased “Chouchou” bag in 1995.
After Diana was seen carrying the bag on several occasions, Dior decided to rename it the “Lady Dior” in honor of the royal, who was nicknamed Lady Di.
The style became synonymous with the late Princess of Wales over the years, making the bag a surprising choice for King Charles III’s new wife.
However, this isn’t the first time she’s sported a Dior piece.
Queen Camilla wore an elegant navy cape dress by the French fashion house to a royal banquet at Versailles in September 2023 and she’s also worn Dior designs to Royal Ascot in both 2023 and 2024.
Meghan Markle has also got in on the Lady Dior action, carrying the designer’s updated D-Lite version in a no-longer-offered black iteration in 2021. And in 2022, the French fashion house even re-issued the blue satin mini version of the bag that Prince William and Prince Harry’s mother famously wore to the 1996 Met Gala for a limited run.
The queen’s choice to carry a bag that was quite literally named after Princess Diana ruffled a few royal fans’ feathers.
“Camilla with a LADY Dior bag is a big no for me! Princess Diana is the one who made the bag iconic,” one fan commented on Royal Fashion Police’s Instagram post about her Wimbledon outfit.
“I thought this too. It’s a no go! Diana forever 🥰,” another agreed, while a third fan added, “Lady Dior!!! Really? Given name while using by Diana ❤️.”
Over on X (formerly Twitter), another Diana fan put it more bluntly, writing, “Nooot camila Parker Bowls or whatever that witch name is, using a Lady Dior.”
No matter what royal watchers think, we can all agree this stylish bag has stood the test of time.
