Princess Diana had a secret message on the heels of her wedding shoes Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Fashion This is the secret message Princess Diana had written on the heel of her wedding shoes By You Magazine - July 30, 2021 It’s hard to believe it’s been a whole 40 years since the most anticipated wedding of the time – that of Princess Diana and Prince Charles. The royal couple tied the knot on 29 July 1981, when the world watched Diana step out in what would become one of the most-talked about wedding dresses ever. Getty Images The ‘people’s princess’ emerged outside of St Paul’s Cathedral in a silk taffeta gown, decorated with antique lace. Trailing behind Diana was a huge 25 foot train attached to her dress, which is currently on display at Kensington Palace for the first time in 25 years. But, there’s one part of Lady Di’s wedding outfit that had remained a secret… until now. It’s likely that not many of us actually know what the bride’s shoes looked like. After all, we couldn’t get a proper glimpse of them under her iconic dress. The wedding shoes Princess Diana wore were made from suede and had a small heel. They were also adorned with 542 sequins and 132 pearls in a heart-shaped pattern. Getty Images It turns out the pretty shoes Princess Diana wore on her wedding day were made with a special secret message, too. A small ‘C’ and ‘D’ were painted underneath the small heel on each shoe, as a touching tribute to her betrothed. Celebrity cobbler Clive Shilton revealed the information to the Daily Mail. He recalled how designer Elizabeth Emanuel had told him to come and meet a ‘special client’. There, he found Diana waiting to have her feet measured. ‘[Diana] was a very shy, sweet, smiley-eyed young girl… Her main concern was that she wouldn’t appear taller than Prince Charles, and because she was very tall – 5’10” – the shoes would have to have a low heel,’ he said. Clive Shilton added: ‘No one even saw the bottom of the shoes, but it was important to us that they looked fantastic. You would have seen much more of them if she’d tripped!’ Getty Images Of course, we all know how Charles and Diana’s marriage ended. But we still love to see how the royals sneak in secret, special touches to their outfits. READ MORE:The perfumes worn by Princess Diana, The Queen, Kate Middleton and Meghan on their wedding day RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Rochelle Humes has launched a gorgeous new edit with Next Shop the YOU Magazine Instagram YOU picks the best new-in buys from M& S Popular in Fashion Laura Jackson has teamed up with Next for the chicest knitwear January 22, 2020 Holly Willoughby’ s birthday dress is another Zara bargain February 10, 2020 The Instagram-famous & Other Stories wool blazer is back in stock August 31, 2022 Lorraine just wore Emma Willis’ Next collection from head to toe March 17, 2020 The prettiest spring dresses under £100 March 1, 2022 Everyone is buying Holly’ s gorgeous gingham Oasis dress May 14, 2020 13 bargain dresses to buy in ASOS’ s extra 20 per cent June 10, 2020 This £20 H& M dress is set to be the social media June 26, 2020 Stacey Solomon x Primark is back for a third collection with July 20, 2020 Searches for this perfect heatwave summer top style are up 5000% August 10, 2020 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved