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Photog talks about Diana's last photo shoot
Feb 3, 2006, 14:10 GMT
Photographer Mario Testino has spoken out about his last minutes with Princess Diana.
Testino has published never-before-seen photographs from Diana's last portrait session in new book - 'Diana Princess of Wales by Mario Testino at Kensington Palace'.
The famed photographer said: 'She was quite shy when she first walked in. 'I asked her - because I had been warned I should address her as ma'am - and I said that will be difficult because I call my mother ma'am and you're younger. She said: 'Call me Diana'.' The portrait session was Princess Diana's last, just five months before her death on August 31, 1997. Diana's sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, have said the photos represent most accurately the mother they really knew. They show Diana, with little makeup and simple hair, having fun. Testino said he was still haunted by one moment he shared with the princess, when Diana told him she always knew, since she was a child, that something big would happen to her. He said: 'Whether that was her early death or her marrying the future king of England, I don't know what she really meant.'But it's true that she did have a big role in life, even if it was a short one. I think she touched the hearts of many, many people.'
Princess Diana would have been 46 this year.
Copyright 2006 BANG Media International
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