03:43 PM EDT 05/21/2012
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Cover Flashback: Princess Diana in 1990 and Kate Today!
Originally posted 05/20/2012 12:15PM
Much like Prince William's late mother, Princess Diana, Duchess Kate has captured the attention of the world with her grace, style and charitable work.
And just like Princess Diana – who was featured on roughly 55 PEOPLE covers during her all-too-short lifetime – Kate's also landed on several covers of the magazine. In this week's cover story, PEOPLE explores Kate's evolving style and blossoming confidence in her new royal role.
Diana, too, was a trendsetter in her day. In the daring look above from 1990, Diana sports a glamorous, plunging neckline – similar to Kate's own bold, individual style.
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Princess Diana's Astrologer Predicts the Year Ahead for William and Kate
Originally posted 04/30/2012 08:30AM
As Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge wrap their first year of marriage, Penny Thornton – former astrologer to Princess Diana – says the couple's stars are perfectly aligned for another happy year ahead.
"You couldn't have put the astrological symbols in a better place, " says Thornton on the pairing of Kate, a Capricorn (born January 9, 1982) and William, a Cancer (born June 21, 1982). "They even have the sun/moon tie up. It's classic symmetry."
Looking to the stars to see what the year ahead will hold for the royal couple, Thornton says: "It's all about re-establishing the popularity of the monarchy and they will continue with that."
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Naomi Watts to Play Princess Diana
Originally posted 02/09/2012 06:00PM
Naomi Watts is about to become royalty – at least on screen.
The actress, 43, is set to star in Caught in Flight, a film described as "a compelling portrait of Diana, Princess of Wales during the last two years of her life," according to BBC News.
"It is such an honor to be able to play this iconic role," British-born Watts said in a statement. "Princess Diana was loved across the world, and I look forward to rising to the challenge of playing her on screen."
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Kate's Picks: Five Charities to Donate Her Time, Energy
Originally posted 01/04/2012 07:00PM
The Duchess of Cambridge is ready to hit the new year running! The palace announced the good causes that will get the benefit of her super-hot publicity.
Her choices will likely bring comparisons with husband William's late mother Princess Diana as she adopts a group of children's hospices and an addiction charity. And young Boy Scouts in North Wales are set for a surprise when the outdoor pursuits-loving royal pops in to volunteer.
A palace source says Kate – 30 on Monday – sifted through "a few hundred" requests in order to make her choice of four patronages and her volunteer position.
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Princess Diana Biopic: Who Should Wear The Crown?
Originally posted 11/08/2011 09:10AM
Fourteen years after her death, Hollywood is preparing to pay homage to Princess Diana with not one, but possibly three biopics.
Jessica Chastain, who recently lit up the screen in The Help, is reportedly in talks to star in Caught in Flight, which will focus on Diana's relationship with heart surgeon Dr. Hasnat Kahn.
Last year Charlize Theron, Keira Knightley and Scarlett Johansson were all rumored to play the princess in two different films.
Theron was said to be in line for Closely Guarded Secret, based on the book by Diana's bodyguard Ken Wharfe. And both Knightley and Johansson were rumored to star in a movie simply titled Diana.
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Princess Diana Paid Tribute on Her 50th Birthday
Originally posted 07/01/2011 10:00AM
As Prince William and Duchess Catherine take Canada by storm this weekend, Friday marks another occasion in the young royal's life: the 50th birthday of his late mother, Princess Diana.
The occasion is hardly going unnoticed in London, where remembrances in the form of cakes, candles, cards and other tributes are being left outside the gates of Kensington Palace, home to Diana before she was killed in a 1997 car crash at age 36.
"She would've been so popular still. Everyone would have been here to help celebrate," Kathy Martin, 49, a childcare worker from Australia, tells the Associated Press. "We'll never get to see her grow old."
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Princess Diana Digitally Altered to Look 50: Is it Disrespectful?
Originally posted 06/28/2011 05:30PM
She was 36 when she died, but the spirit and grace of Princess Diana has lived on through the years.
In commemoration of her 50th birthday Friday, Newsweek, too, has done its part to keep her memory alive – just in an unconventional manner.
On its latest cover, a computer-generated image of the late princess is superimposed into a photograph of an upbeat and on-the-town Duchess Catherine. The cover and corresponding story, penned by editor-in-chief and Diana biographer Tina Brown, imagines what her life would be like today if tragedy had not struck on Aug. 31, 1997.
"Diana would have been 50 this month," Brown writes. "What would she have been like? Still great-looking: that's a given."
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Princess Diana's Brother Weds at Family Estate
Originally posted 06/18/2011 11:55AM
Another royal wedding?
Charles Spencer, Prince William and Prince Harry's uncle – and the younger brother of the late Princess Diana – married Canadian philanthropist Karen Gordon at Spencer's ancestral home in England.
The morning wedding at the private estate in Northamptonshire was attended by close family and friends, a spokesman says.
Gordon wore a sleeveless ivory lace dress and the local Spencer House choir sang a hymn, The Telegraph reports.
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How Does Duchess Catherine's Train Compare to Princess Diana's?
Originally posted 04/30/2011 05:00PM
Since the day Prince William proposed to Kate Middleton with his late mother's sapphire engagement ring, comparisons to his parents' massive 1981 wedding were bound to be inevitable.
In some ways, the newlywed couple emulated Prince Charles and Princess Diana; for instance, by riding in the same carriage after exchanging vows and kissing on the same balcony. But in many ways, they made the ceremony their own. From asking for charitable donations instead of gifts to driving themselves in the 'getaway car,' the wedding was unmistakably William and Catherine.
One highly visible way the new princess distinguished herself? With a much smaller train on her Alexander McQueen gown.
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Carole Middleton Wears One of Princess Diana's Favorite Designers to the Wedding
Originally posted 04/29/2011 06:15AM
Here comes ... the mother of the bride.
Carole Middleton chose a designer beloved by the late Princess Diana for her daughter's big day: Catherine Walker.
Middleton arrived at Westminster Abbey sporting a pearly blue wool crepe coat dress with matching satin piping and braiding at the waist and cuff over a sky blue silk shantung day dress.
She also wore a hat by Berkshire-based milliner Jane Corbett, and was accompanied down the aisle by her son, James.
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