The Crown props: Replicas of Princess Diana’s ‘revenge dress’ and gold state carriage up for grabs in auction
More than 450 props, gowns and sets from all six seasons of Netflix’s The Crown are to be sold in a live and online auction next month with proceeds funding a host of scholarship places for future filmmakers.
Among some of the items, part of an exhibition now open to the public in London, is a replica of the so-called Princess Diana “revenge dress”.
The infamous black silk gown made headlines in 1994 when Diana wore it the same evening Prince Charles admitted adultery in a television interview – and again when fans of the series saw Elizabeth Debicki recreate the look.
Replica outfits worn by the Royal Family
The dress could sell for as much as £12,000, according to Meg Randell, head of fashion at Bonhams.
“As soon as you see the dress, you think ‘oh my goodness it’s Diana’, but also it’s Elizabeth Debicki as Diana,” she said.
“I think the dress itself, just what it represents, is huge. It stops being just a dress. It’s a real moment.
“You know it’s as good as you can get if you’re a fashion collector, a royal fan or a Diana fan – it’s so eye-catching, so I think this one is going to be really popular. We’ve already had lots of people talking about it.”
Another item that’s caught the eye of Bonhams’ director of iconic collections, Charlie Thomas, is the like-for-like gold state coach.
The real one has been used in every coronation since 1831 and in the series it’s used in scenes of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
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Mr Thomas said: “The fact they built a carriage that’s completely unique is incredible. I’ve looked really hard to try and find another reproduction of a gold state carriage and I cannot find one, it’s in fully working order, as you saw in The Crown. So you know if you had six horses, you could strap them up to it and off you go.”
It’s estimated the coach may sell for £50,000.
Replica outfits worn by the Royal Family
Replicas of the late Queen’s regal garments including her coronation ordaining dress, the Imperial Mantle (cloak) and red coronation robe are expected to fetch £30,000.
Among the lots are portraits and location sets too such as the recreation of Number 10 Downing Street’s front door which is thought to sell for between £20,000 and £30,000.
A replica of Queen Elizabeth II ‘s coronation ordaining dress
Princess Diana’s engagement ring, worn by actress Emma Corrin, could go for as much as £3,000.
A reproduction of Princess Margaret’s coronation gown
Mr Thomas said: “We’re already getting interest from all over the world.
“The Crown has been running for almost 10 years, six seasons, and it’s been watched all over the world by millions and millions of people who’ve all fallen in love with that cinematic experience that they’ve offered people at home.
“The sales are about celebrating the costumes, the sets, the decorations, all things that when you watch The Crown and maybe you don’t really pay that much attention to because you’re focusing on the actors, this is all about the people that make the sets that make the costumes and they are absolutely phenomenal.”
A replica of a gown worn by Queen Elizabeth II
Sales from the live auction will go towards funding a new scholarship programme at the National Film and Television School.
The school’s director, Jon Wardle, said it gives a chance for them to uncover new talent.
He said: “Over 20 years, depending on how much money is raised, it will support around 100 students to come to the school so it will mean that they won’t have to pay fees to come and it will make it much more accessible for many, many people across the UK.
“A big thing for us is we will have people with real ability, not just those with the ability to pay. And there are lots of people who have dreams of building their life in film and TV and a scholarship programme can transform the lives of people there.”
A recreation of the 10 Downing Street facade and front door
The exhibition is open to the public until 5 February with the live auction taking place two days later.
Donald Trump has said he is considering “taking away” the US citizenship of actress and comedian Rosie O’Donnell, despite a Supreme Court ruling that expressly prohibits a government from doing so.
In a post on Truth Social on Saturday, the US president said: “Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship.”
He also labelled O’Donnell, who has moved to Ireland, as a “threat to humanity” and said she should “remain in the wonderful country of Ireland, if they want her”.
O’Donnell responded on Instagram by posting a photograph of Mr Trump with Jeffrey Epstein.
“You are everything that is wrong with America and I’m everything you hate about what’s still right with it,” she wrote in the caption.
“I’m not yours to silence. I never was.”
Rosie O’Donnell moved to Ireland after Donald Trump secured a second term. Pic: AP
O’Donnell moved to Ireland with her 12-year-old son in January after Mr Trump had secured a second term.
She has said she’s in the process of obtaining Irish citizenship based on family lineage and that she would only return to the US “when it is safe for all citizens to have equal rights there in America”.
O’Donnell and the US president have criticised each other publicly for years, in an often-bitter back-and-forth that predates Mr Trump’s move into politics.
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This is just the latest threat by the president to revoke the citizenship of someone he has disagreed with, most recently his former ally Elon Musk.
But the two situations are different as while Musk was born in South Africa, O’Donnell was born in the US and has a constitutional right to American citizenship.
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Amanda Frost, a law professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, said the Supreme Court ruled in a 1967 case that the fourteenth amendment of the constitution prevents the government from taking away citizenship.
“The president has no authority to take away the citizenship of a native-born US citizen,” he added.
“In short, we are nation founded on the principle that the people choose the government; the government cannot choose the people.”
The Salt Path author Raynor Winn’s fourth book has been delayed by her publisher.
It comes amid claims that the author lied about her story in her hit first book. Winn previously described the claims as “highly misleading” and called suggestions that her husband had Moth made up his illness “utterly vile”.
In a statement, Penguin Michael Joseph, said it had delayed the publication of Winn’s latest book On Winter Hill – which had been set for release 23 October.
The publisher said the decision had been made in light of “recent events, in particular intrusive conjecture around Moth’s health”, which it said had caused “considerable distress” to the author and her family.
“It is our priority to support the author at this time,” the publisher said.
“With this in mind, Penguin Michael Joseph, together with the author, has made the decision to delay the publication of On Winter Hill from this October.”
A new release date will be announced in due course, the publisher added.
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Winn’s first book, released in 2018, detailed the journey she and husband took along the South West Coast Path – familiarly known as The Salt Path – after they lost their family farm and Moth received a terminal health diagnosis of Corticobasal Degeneration (CBD).
But a report in The Observer disputed key aspects of the 2018 “true” story – which was recently turned into a film starring Jason Isaacs and Gillian Anderson.
Raynor and husband Moth (centre) with actors Jason Isaacs (L) and Gillian Anderson (R). Pic: Steve Tanner/Black Bear
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As part of the article, published last weekend, The Observer claimed to have spoken to experts who were “sceptical” about elements of Moth’s terminal diagnosis, such as a “lack of acute symptoms and his apparent ability to reverse them”.
In the ensuing controversy, PSPA, a charity that supports people with CBD, cut ties with the couple.
The Observer article also claimed the portrayal of a failed investment in a friend’s business wasn’t true, but said the couple – whose names are Sally and Tim Walker – lost their home after Raynor Winn embezzled money from her employer and had to borrow to pay it back and avoid police action.
Anderson played Winn in a movie about the couple’s journey. Pic: Steve Tanner/Black Bear
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It also said that, rather than being homeless, the couple had owned a house in France since 2007.
Winn’s statement said the dispute with her employer wasn’t the reason the couple lost their home – but admitted she may have made “mistakes” while in the job.
“For me it was a pressured time,” she wrote. “It was also a time when mistakes were being made in the business. Any mistakes I made during the years in that office, I deeply regret, and I am truly sorry.”
She admitted being questioned by police but said she wasn’t charged.
The author also said accusations that Moth lied about having CBD/CBS were false and had “emotionally devastated” him.
“I have charted Moth’s condition with such a level of honesty, that this is the most unbearable of the allegations,” Winn wrote on her website.
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