The wedding dress looks elaborate

The wedding dress looks elaborate, but, Murton said, "The actual train and the actual dress are incredibly light. Everybody looks at it, and they think, 'Hey, it must be so heavy.' But it's not. When we change the dress, etc., I can hold the dress with my little finger, it's that light."While the wedding gown is the exhibition's big draw, the second most popular of the show's nine galleries is the childhood gallery, Norman said. It spotlights Diana's handwritten letters, photo albums, toys and more. On a large screen in the gallery rolls 8 mm footage her father shot of Diana and her siblings playing. Sometimes, items in the exhibition appear in the film.
"Diana, A Celebration" has been open to the public at Althorp for two months each year since 1998 and then travels around the world. More than 1 million people have seen it.
As for why there's such a continuing fascination with Diana, Murton said, "She was a woman that actually changed. She was in the public eye, and she was, if you like, riding on a crest of the wave. The whole world was changing at that time, including the royal family. She brought the royal family to the people, and I think people understood it a lot more."
The exhibition details that change through its nine galleries. It follows her as she became a member of the royal family and as she became focused on charity work.
For Murton, one other tiny item in particular makes a big impact - the small prayer book that Mother Teresa inscribed and gave to Diana."Those two women were so charitable-minded and became kindred spirits," he said. "It's the size of a key case. ... It looks like a very small Bible. We try and keep the page open so you can see the wording in it. It's so, so sweet."Diana's life covered it all, everything from humble charity to grand riches. Indeed, "Diana, A Celebration" boasts its share of tiaras and Spencer family jewelry.
"It is mind-blowing because the diamonds have obviously been handed down for many generations," Murton said. "They're enormous diamonds, but they're cut differently to how they're cut nowadays. So, to coin a phrase, they're very, very bling, bling. But they're very real. Sometimes, when we're handling them, you look at them and think, 'My God, that's an actual diamond.' We have to be incredibly careful of all the different jewels that belong to the Spencer family."

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