‘These were their happy times’: Recent photos show Princess Diana smiling cheerfully at the sight of Bonnie Prince Charlie in a hard hat during a tour royal couple in Australia
- The short video was taken from a news report about the couple’s 1985 trip to Australia
- During the two week visit, they visited the Alcoa Aluminum Smelter Project
- The royals had to wear hard hats for the trip which was very funny Diana
Princess Diana is seen smiling in amazement at the sight of her husband, Prince Charles, wearing a hard hat in archive photos that have recently surfaced online.
The short video is taken from a news report about the couple’s 1985 trip to Australia, made to mark Victoria’s 150th anniversary.
During the two-week trip, they visited the Alcoa Aluminum Smelter Project in Portland where the royals had to provide hard hats to walk around the facility.
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Princess Diana is seen laughing humorously when she saw her husband Prince Charles in a hard hat in sweet pictures that have recently appeared online.
The short video was taken from a news report about the couple’s trip to Australia made to mark the 150th anniversary of Victoria
This was Diana’s second royal tour of Australia, occurring two years after her debut, which was recently announced on the Crown by Netflix.
The couple, who married in 1981 and separated in 1996, returned for their third visit in 1988.
Photos show Diana starting to laugh before covering her mouth to try to block the giggles.
While greeting staff on site, Charles jokingly asks: ‘Do your wives always laugh at you when you wear your hat? ‘
The sweet moment captured on camera delighted royal fans in the comments. One of them replied: ‘I remember Harry saying in a documentary, how his mother made the most amazing smile. She definitely does! ‘
‘These were their happy times,’ said another. ‘I like the way she was laughing.’
Photos show Diana starting to laugh before covering her mouth to try to block the giggles
During the two week visit they visited the Alcoa Aluminum Smelter Project in Portland where they had to provide hard hats to walk around the plant.
While greeting staff on site, Charles jokingly asks: ‘Do your wives always laugh at you when you wear your hat? ‘
The third wrote: ‘Only Diana can make a hard hat fashionable.’
It comes after more photos were taken back on another trip to Australia in 1988 where Diana is seen playing the piano.
The short video was taken from a press report of their trip to Melbourne.
Prince Charles and Princess Diana at the 1985 Melbourne Cup during their second trip to Australia
It comes after more photos were taken on another trip to Australia in 1988 where Diana is seen playing the piano.
On their last day in town, the royals visited Melbourne College of Art where the princess delighted him by playing part of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2, apparently without any page music.
After a short delay, Princess Diana takes a seat at the piano and starts playing the concerto, which the newsreader says is ‘complicated’.
Diana and Charles visited Australia in 1988 to mark the bicentenary of the arrival of the first fleet of British ships in Sydney.