Princess Diana taunted Camilla with a blue polyester dress amid Charles marriage: royal author

This revenge dress really hit the spot. Princess Diana once tried to make Camilla Parker Bowles go insane by wearing a simple blue polyester dress with polka dots, according to one royal author.

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This revenge dress really hit the spot.

Princess Diana once tried to make Camilla Parker Bowles go “insane” by wearing a simple blue polyester dress with polka dots, according to one royal author.

Tina Brown, who authored the 2022 book “The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor — the Truth and the Turmoil,” revealed that the dress, in which the late Princess of Wales was seen by a TV audience of millions in 1985, was made by a woman who once competed with Parker Bowles, 72, for the then-Prince Charles’ heart.

According to Brown, 69, Dale “Kanga” Tryon, an Australian clothing designer who met Charles at the age of 17 when they both attended Geelong Grammar School, became close to the future king after moving to London.

“After moving to London and marrying Lord Tryon, she became a trusted confidante,” Brown writes in her book. “Dale’s directness, warmth and talent at country entertaining were just the sort of qualities that Charles admired in Camilla.”

Camilla was not happy, Brown adds, that Charles once allegedly said that Tryon was “the only woman who ever understood me.”

Princess Diana once tried to make Camilla Parker Bowles go “insane” by wearing a simple blue polyester dress with polka dots, according to one royal author. Fox/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Tina Brown revealed that the dress, which the late Princess of Wales wore in front of a TV audience of millions in 1985, was made by a woman who once competed with Parker Bowles, 72, for the then-Prince Charles’ heart. Georges De Keerle/Getty Images
Tryon, who asked Charles to be the godfather of her child, proclaimed the future king once said that she was “the only woman who ever understood me.” Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Tryon proceeded to make her name in fashion, creating what was known as the “Kanga” line of dresses. It was one of these distinctive outfits which she supplied to Princess Diana to wear to the 1985 Live Aid concert.

“Princess Diana wore one of her deeply off-brand, multi-patterned dresses … just to make Camilla insane,” Brown noted.

Whether or not the petty princess succeeded in her mission is unknown. However, Brown reports in her book that Parker Bowles’ attitude toward Tryon turned even colder following Diana’s stunt.

Tryon’s love for Charles remained unrequited, as the prince fell in love with Parker Bowles as his marriage to Diana began to unravel. Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images
According to Brown, Tryon later fell apart after Charles and Parker Bowles started their affair. Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images

“All this stuff about Lady Tryon being such a friend of Lady Diana … She’s never even met Diana Spencer,” Parker Bowles later told Brown in an interview.

However, Tryon’s love for Charles remained unrequited, as the prince fell in love with Parker Bowles as his marriage to Diana began to unravel.

According to Brown, Tryon fell apart after Charles and Parker Bowles started their affair.

Tryon later died in 1997 at the age of 49 after she developed sepsis, or blood poisoning.

Prince Charles and Princess Diana formalized their divorce on Aug. 28, 1996. Charles then married Parker Bowles on April 9, 2005.

“The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor — the Truth and the Turmoil” is currently available for purchase on Amazon and other major retailers.

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