Lady Diana Spencer, the new girlfriend of Prince Charles, was seen with some of the young children in her care in a park near the Young England Kindergarten in Pimlico.
In one particularly iconic image, the woman who would go on to enrapture millions as the Princess of Wales stood with one youngster on her hip and another nervously clutching her hand.The pictures, first revealed 44 years ago today on September 17, 1980, showed off the woman who, it had recently emerged, was dating the future King.
But the pictures that were taken were nothing like those taken in Pimlico, which were of course taken with the Princess's permission. A deal was agreed that in return for her posing for a picture, she and the kindergarten would be left in peace. Lady Diana Spencer walks hand in hand with two children at the Young England Kindergarten in Pimlico, 1980
And so it was that Diana stood there wearing a sleeveless pullover over her blouse and her flowing dress. In the run up to Prince Charles and Diana announcing their engagement, in February 1981, speculation had been rife about the future King's love life as he entered his thirties still a bachelor.
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