Princess Diana's Eagles Jacket: A Symbol of Youthful Motherhood and Fashionable Rebellion

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Princess Diana's Eagles Jacket: A Symbol of Youthful Motherhood and Fashionable Rebellion
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Princess Diana's former bodyguard, Ken Wharfe, explains that Diana wore her iconic Philadelphia Eagles jacket to appear casual around her sons, William and Harry, and to showcase her desire for normalcy. The late princess received the jacket as a gift from a Philadelphia Eagles statistician and wore it on various occasions, including dropping off Prince Harry at school and during a family outing to Alton Towers Theme Park. Wharfe believes that Diana would have been thrilled to see the jacket receive positive public attention even decades later.

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