Happy international women’s day everyone, as a book lover, author and writer i thought share some of my favourite female authors who saved me during bullying in school and female authors i started reading as an adult.
1.) Dorothy Whipple – high wages.
It is about women’s need and rights to work and own their own wages. When i watched the documentary at Blackburn’s museum and saw she was another female authors from Blackburn i was struck with excitement. Blackburn might not have the cold, elitists fashion like kensington chelsea and knightsbridge. But Blackburn was multi cultural, the textile industry and cotton town. Blackburn was full of art and also literature.
High wages is exactly that story set back then when women were looked down for having a job or even self employment. Dorothy Whipple of course use her strong beliefs about working women.
2.) Holly webb- The girl of glass.
A fantasy fairytale about a girl who senses and suspects that the girl of glass is a ghost made to be real. Its a story about sisterhood, mother and daughter friendship. Wicked stepmothers much like you’re cinderella stories, this story helped me through primary school.
3.) Alison Wier and Phillipa gregory
Now the book i’m holding up is not one of Alison Weir six tudor queens series, but still written by Alison Weir. She is a historian and author of many historical fiction. Similar to Philippa Gregory and even her majesty Queen Camilla even shared these two authors on her queens reading room.
4.) Queen Camilla has always been a big literature lover and supporter of books ever since she was a little girl. One if my main women in the literature industry i look upto. Her father and brother written books.
5.) Dale Elizabeth Harper (Lady Tryon, third baroness) also known as kanga, i have always spoken dso fondly of Dale, called her my darling designer, Australian princess, fashion queen of my heart. Before she became a fashion designer she was a fashion writer for the melbourne office of Australian women’s weekly later fleet street office in London England. Her parents owned a publishing company in Melbourne Australia.
5.) My mother Angelika Kraasch (Shaukat). My mother always supported me with reding she took me to the library every Saturday she listened to me read and saw me write pages after pages, saw me publish two books supported me as a young author and writer.
Those are the authors and writers, literary lovers and supports i support for international women’s day 2026.In loving memory of my darling mama and darling designer and fashion queen Kanga Dale elizabeth Harper.
Today i was just reading through gloss magazine on the internet, and i came across this article that said how to live your life like a 1960s socialite. But that is not the exact fact of becoming a socialite.
There are some correct information that are facts, and there some incorrect like the last subheading mentions be scandalous.Again they do not encourage to sleep with your best friends boyfriend or husband, or any of your female friends husbands and boyfriends.
Btu what they do advise is when at a charity event or gala, throw a cocktail at one of your male friend and call him names. That is so wrong and let me tell you not every socialite is scandalous, they do not go through scandalous affairs, not create a scene or a scandal at an event. That would be seen as the typical Kardashian jenner, Hilton, Paris Hilton, Ivana Trump basically any american typ of socialite. Many american socialites are the ones that have celebrity friends, who use celebrities and famous people to climb the ladder.
i always been fascinated with my fashion queen of my heart, soul sister, best friend Dale Elizabeth Harper nicknamed Kanga from her husband whom she called Ant. My Dale was an Australian socialite and fashion designer, she started of as a fashion writer for the australian women’s weekly and the women’s weekly office in fleet street london. I mentioned to her she has the looks of a fashion model, but she didn’t want to do professional modelling not wanting to be sculpted and moulded by managers who can not see the true essence of fashion. She designed colourful clothes with elasticated waist and pockets for omen who came out of maternity or like me felt intimidated by high end fashion.
Her socialite status came from attending and hosting dinner parties, charity events and galas, she also since she was never invited to the MET gala or this invite only couture, haute couture shows hosted her own fashion shows from her home great dunford and boutique. But her only high profile friend ws the then prince of wales, his majesty the King charles. She never had celebrity freinds.
Her majesty the queen queen Camilla was a British Socialite in her youth from 1960s – 2005, she like my fashion soulmate where in the same circle as they both were friends of King Charles. Known as his closest female confidantes, Camilla like Dale attended and hosted charity events. Both countryside women socialite.
You heard it is true many people now days think socialite, they must be city girls, they must fashion models. The Kardashian/jenner family and Paris Hilton, Ivana Trump. Those were fashion models and socialites in the New York and LA los angelos. Also Parsi Hiltons british twin, not really twin but Tara Tomkinson Palmer was a british it girl and socialite who like paris was a fashion model modelling high end fashion, partying in nightclubs and being seen as it girls in their time.
But the reality of being a socialite is understanding right i am asocial butterfly, i loe and i always attend events i have been invited too, i love hosting events mainly for charity.
Build the influence and once you built your influence have people coming to you asking me advise on skin care , hair care, make up brands and products.What clothes to wear. Also i have also been asked to write poems and sings for others and i did that tag those people in the video and thanked them for their lovely comments and support and my social media went viral, i have been on TikTok live and often do lives on youtube and sing, dance engage with others, act making others laugh. read or write on a live video im an average reader, and i’m an author of two books, writer and trainee journalist.
Also Juliet Mcdaniels written about luxury, if you cannot afford luxury, don’t worry, you can still be a social butterfly you are still a socialite. Do as a charity worker go shop at charity shops, get second furniture craft with second hand furniture and fashion.
Concluding this article to reassure others, traditionally socialites do not need to get involved in scandals,they do not need to invest in luxurious items, they can get a vintage item at a charity shop on a budget.
(photo credited by Image Contributor Philip Ide/Shutterstock)
Kanga my best friend and also how she resembles my mother
Most of my articles were recently about mourning the death of a loved one, me mentioning about my mother and then the death of my truest bestie best friend the late lady Dale kanga tryon.
I remember shortly after her death Journalist like Nigel Dempster, Glenys Roberts wrote about her in most horrific way. My fashion queen of my heart was not in a loveless marriage she and lord Tryon loved each other truly, they gave each other affectionate nicknames kanga and Ant. Yes, it was him who nicknamed her kanga king Charles.
Both Nigel Dempster and Glenys Roberts both said she met the the prince of wales in Australia in the1960’s, well they are all wrong. Because her brother and her children say other wise, that it was lord Tryon who introduced them.
There happened to be a mishap between back in 1998 between a builder who claims to have loved Dale and had an affair with her and the actress Sarah Miles.
Now i already know and Dale herself, well mostly her children know that Sarah Miles was not a friend of My best friend Kanga Tryon. Neither were the two daily mail journalist Nigel dempster and Glennys Roberts, neither where any of the sun or daily mail journalist friends of my Bestie Kanga Tryon.
I mean my bestie like me always saw everyone as a friend, she was one of the most friendly, kindhearted and caring people i’ve ever met.
Also i remember reading an old daily mail article written by Glennys Roberts headlined what royal secrets will kanga take to her grave? and in there Roberts writes about dale resembling Diana, no, no, Dale Tryon Kanga my dearest aussie friend did not resemble Diana at all, Dale was not like Diana at all she was in a loving marriage.
Lord Tryon never remarried after losing his precious Australian jewel, the precious australian jewel i forever keep in my heart. People on the internet those internet commentors always make up fantasy, thinking Kanga Tryon was public property. She wasn’t she wasn’t even famous, maybe visible yes but never famous.
About Kanga’s resemblance, Glennys Robert was wrong to say she resembled Diana the late princess of wales,Kanga resembles my mother. Both were funny, kind, caring, had this zest for life. I miss them both and i always hold them both close in my heart.
I love my Australian side and jewel, the fashion queen of my heart.
For years i have always been meaning to research both through books, articles, journals and of course going out meeting people building social connections.
Socialites like the Kardashian jenner family and paris hilton are those American socialites who alert the press. also They have apress agent well more of a team of press agents. Who will help them not lose support and trust in the public.Remember how Paris Hilton did a lot crimes during her youth and that could have really messed her reputation, however, she had a press agent to built herself up.
But you do not need a press agent to built your self as a socialite, a true socialite is someone who strives and values social interactions and attending social events and gatherings making a mark through their fashion what they are wearing.
Coming from a true german socialite and best friends with an australian socialite lady Dale Tryon also known as Kanga.We both loved fashion and always challenged each other making bold statements with our fashion and social etiquette at charitable events. We were both philanthropist, i still am, a writer, author, and fashion designer.
A true socialite and it girl do not need to be slim and skinny, even if you are chubby who does it hurt at least you are turning up to social gatherings. Paris Hilton and the Kardashian jenner family, they all have brainwashed the public and thinking people from working families cannot become socialites but anyone can be social meaning anyone can be a socialite.
Get yourself into papers and magazines, i’m more on the local ones like lancashire telegraph. Being part of a charity event. Be good at that networking, influential people are not celebrities and social media followers, influential people the ones who own a wealthy company like a hotel owner, restaurant owner, or cafe or diner. Many social gatherings happen in restaurants and hotels. Those are built by true influential people.
Most importantly make sure you have fun and get networking in public give both local and national media outlets something to write about outshine the haters.
A tribute to themost loveliest, kindest,calmest, caring, sweetest, cutest, adorable Australian fashion designer. My number 1 favourite fashion designer, lady Dale Tryon barroness Tryon also known as Kanga.
Which she said herself I the autralian. Womens weekly 1977 to Lana Wells; “prince Charles calls me kanga it’s my husband’s nickname for me and I call him Ant.
In England everyone calls me that.”
Born Dale Elizabeth Harper, 3rd January 1948. First of three children to a wealthy printing magnitude owner.
Dale’s early childhood was on irons, and she did not defeat or overcome perthes disease and spina bifida. According to many health care information sheets on perthes disease and spina bifida, perthes disease can affect mainly boys then girls around age 4 to 12 and comes with mobility issues specifying more in the hips.
Excercise and diet is recommended, and this what Dale did joining many social clubs and sports clubs during her school years I the 1960s, even enjoying some quality time after school and work at nightclubs.
Her early twenties late 196os, she worked as a fashioneditor for the Australian women’s. Weekly, later she relocated to London to work for the same magazine in their London office in fleet street.
This how she met her best friend and soulmate Lord Anthony Tryon 3rd Baron. It was an instant match, the pair called each other Ant and Kanga. They welcomed four lovely healthy children the honourable Zoe Tryon, Charles Tryon later 4th baron, (2018). And her honourable twins victoria and Edward Tryon.
It is mentioned, by kanga herself that after the birth of her twins, she struggled quiet but with her mobility.
However, it did not stop the fashion queen of my 💓 heart to assist American born, Hong Kong based designer Diane Frais, it is said kanga loved the elasticated waist a dbold colorful dresses, she even once before her marriage, on a strict budget to buy something from yves saint Laurent, in later Interview in 1992 she mentioned how find she was of Yves saint Laurent designs the texture, colour and shape.
This is why she also became Diane frais fashion agent In the early 1980s after meeting her at a stop iver in Hong Kong, took around 20 dresses with her back to London set up her own boutique and sold quite well. The following year In 1983, she started her own fashion corture dale Tryon collection, kanga collection which sold mainly Diane frais designs and her own inspired by Diane frais.
Kanga gave her support to number of charities including SANE both for the UK and australia, where she was the chair woman of.
Later after her tragic fall out from farm clinic rehab window the inspire foundation.
She also helped a lot of fashion charities and supported may fashion designers mainly the Independant ones.
Also about Kanga’s schooling she said herself attending lauriston school for girls, not timbertop feeling grammer school, the the prince of Wales now king Charles did. But not kanga.
Even Kanga’s brother Derek harper said she did not meet Charles in 1966 and kanga herself denied, until during her last days where she wasn’t feeling well mentally and physically.
It is against the law to use someone words whilst they where not in the right state of mind.
She has complication of bedsides which she wanted to treat after he trip to Australia to see her mother in Melbourne her home town, not Sydney for Diana’s memorial as an Australian financial source claims. Why would Dale Tryon mourn of someone who was never close to her and she did not know.
Yes my darling designer and fashion queen had a huge, gigantic big heart of gold for everyone, but not everyone turned that love and kindness, certainly not Diana, some sources suggest Diana did not get along with any woman close to Charles.
In last article I mentioned how Dale Tryon is my fashion best friend and soulmate/sister, never Diana’s, they never had a connection my darling designer needed a fashion promotion and thought Diana would be a good example when she met her at lunch at San Lorenzo which as opposite her boutique.
My darling designer, Fashionqueen died on. The 15th November 1997 after contracting septicemia after undergoing treatment in India.
She forever be the queen of ymheart, Diana mentioned in an Interview she antes to be the queen of peoples heart now many use that, however, Diana never will be the queen of my heart as I saved that position for my darling designer my fashion queen. Dale Elizabeth Harper Tryon, 3rd Baroness. Kanga. My daffodil.
Museums are historical archives, they archive art work, fashion and textile, well researched information about each garment has been displayed at the Harris museum in Preston lancashire.
I love to visit new and exciting places, meet new people make new friends keep people in contacts.
This dress from the form of the silhouette the ripples from the skirt, light wight fabric lighter polyester perfect for everyday way especially if you’re like me you love dresses and skirts.
The colour combo on this dress, a perfect evening wear party wear the sleaves flowy the red shoes would be so fitting for this dress.
Pink is my favourite colour with beautiful roses and tulips these where the dresses from the 1930s and 1940s.
This an example of a former student in Preston, also the sketches fashion illustration the fabric choice. These are the behind the scenes.
A close up on the sketch book also the colour palleted for the silhouettes.
These where the heroic faces during the great world war 2.
This silhouette bold and crafty i just loved the dramatic scruffles on the neckline. This was created by Ndine Knight in 2019 this is the carnival costume.
This is the perfect hat choice, i love hats not for home of course or indoors but for events and garden parties.
Glittery and sparkles the colour combo of a fish type.
Now to some art and sculptures
and here is the book of women something i would love to have on my bookshelves.
But on the second floor near the computer study area was the south asian exhibition. The bold colours.
Here on the next part are fragrances and i love a good natural fragrance.
Again here is a silhouette i adore the red and black perfect colour combo, i do love agood blazer.
This morning in town was lovely — I joined in with circus skills and dipped into the tree workshop. I felt grounded, playful, and connected. And now, I’m preparing for my friend’s 27th birthday on Tuesday, 19th August.
At Claire’s, I found the sweetest gifts:
A friendship bracelet for me and Ureka, one of my besties since I was 17, but didnt get that one as i already had done in 2021.
A three-way butterfly necklace for my trio — delicate, symbolic, and full of meaning
One half of the butterfly reminds me of Dale Tryon in Australia and the other half is me, born in Germany
A white pearl necklace that shimmered like Dale’s grace — soft, elegant, timeless
👑 Princess Diaries and the Pressure to Conform
I’ve been watching Princess Diaries — not the fictional one from my birth year, but the newer series with Katie Price’s daughter. She dreams of owning her own makeup brand, which I admire. But when the manager said, “Many girls get nose jobs at 18,” I paused.
I turned 18 in 2019. No nose job. No surgery. Just me — learning to love my natural curves and features.
Plastic surgery might seem glamorous, but it has consequences. I choose to celebrate real beauty — the kind Dale Tryon embodied, the kind my grandmother nurtured, the kind that doesn’t need filters or fillers.
👓 Glasses as Fashion, Not Flaw
I used to feel peer pressure — people saying, “You look prettier without glasses.” But now? I’m in love with them.
I’m short-sighted, so I need them
I wear reading glasses, distance glasses, and sunglasses — all part of my outfits
They’re not just practical — they’re powerful
Dale would’ve smiled and said, “Darling, glasses are just another accessory — wear them like pearls.”
so next time you have someone telling you to not wear you glasses when you need them, don’t listen because the truth is you are pretty inside and outside with or without glasses.
by Alina shaukat (lin zainab) – critiquing sensationalized headlines regarding a so called more hypothetical friendship between my number 1 favourite fashion designer and Lady Diana Spencer.
(Photo credited by Tim Graham)
It has come to my attention after careful research that many believe the tabloids yet many tabloids especially the daily mail have created fantasies based on real people and real actual events sensationalizing it as always.
The truth is, thye do this for money but are hurting others like family members and close friends of that person.
In this article i will cover about a hypothetical friendship between lady Diana spencer and Lady Dale Tryon. Dale’s Fashion Label Began in 1983 — Not the 1970s
Many journalists lazily claim Dale launched her fashion line in the 1970s. That’s false. Dale opened Kanga in 1983, with her boutique on Beauchamp Place, Knightsbridge. Before that, she was a private figure — a mother, a wife, and a quiet socialite. She wasn’t a public designer in the 1970s. Saying “Kanga line in the 1970s” erases her journey and misrepresents her timeline.The 2008 documentary prince charles other mistress, didn’t even pick up on Dake’s love and passion for fashion and her kind offer to help american born designer Diane Fraise whom she met at a stop over in Hong Kong, took around 20 dresses with her to London and set up a fashion trade helping Daine Frais fashion business in the early 1970s. This is according to the independent Dale Tryon’s obituary.
It was at this stage, on a stopover in Hong Kong on her way to visit her mother, that Dale Tryon met a Hong Kong-based American designer, Diane Fries, whose speciality was a one-size-fits-all, uncrushable, drip-dry, elasticised-waist dress. Tryon considered it perfect for the expanding figure, and agreed to be Fries’s agent in the UK. this was in the early 1970s.
The Pink Diamond Ball Photo Is Misrepresented. ( photo credited by Tim Graham)
The image of Diana and Dale at the Lancaster Hotel in 1990 is often captioned as them “sharing a laugh.” But the photo shows Dale in her poised, hostess role — not laughing with Diana, not sharing intimacy. Diana wore her Catherine Walker mermaid gown, and Dale was radiant in her socialite grace. There’s no evidence of friendship in that frame — only proximity.
Samantha Ibrahim (2023) took to the new york post writing a caption for this picture saying they shared a laugh, which when i look closely they did not share a laugh Lady Dale Tryon was an australian socialite and the host of this pink diamond ball on 5th December 1990.
Ibrahim (2023, New York post) later quotes that Lady Dale Tryon struck up a friendship with Lady Di quoting Christopher wilson words from the 2008 documentary prince charles other mistress “[Camilla] was the enemy, and on the basis that my enemy’s enemy is my friend, [Diana] could see that there was some purpose in having an alliance with Dale,” royal expert Christopher Wilson said in the Channel 4 special. The “Friendship” with Diana Was Never Real
The New York Post article parrots Christopher Wilson’s words — not Diana’s, and certainly not Dale’s in her clearest state. Wilson said, “Camilla was the enemy, and on the basis that my enemy’s enemy is my friend, Diana could see some purpose in having an alliance with Dale.”
But this is speculation, not truth. Diana never publicly called Dale a friend. Dale’s own quote — “We were great friends” — was given during her final interview, when she was deeply unwell, emotionally and physically. that quote was extracted under pressure, not spoken from the heart.
First of all Christopher Wilson does not even know Lady Dale Tryon, he sexualised her pitied her against Camilla and Diana in the 2008 documentary. claiming she was a mistress when she and her husband and family denied any sort of romantic affair.
She was a fashion lover/ enthusiast, fashion influencer even though she felt like she hasn’t influenced anyone with her style, she influenced her daughter Zoe and Victoria Tryon, she influenced me. I wouldn’t say she didn’t influence Diana Spencer, when Diana was princess of Wales, she had to persuade Diana to wear one of her designs which Diana did to the live aid concert 1985 and then to a polo match and then that interview with Charles, William and Harry. But sources say it was to make Camilla mad, which is not what Dale designed dresses Dale was inspired by Diane Frais whom she once kindly helped on her way to London.
There were also whispers that Dale used her relationship with Charles as publicity for her “Kanga” line in the 1970s and early 1980s. This quote from the New York Post shows that this journalist doesn’t know Lady Dale Tryon, as Dale opened her Kanga collection Dale Tryon collection in the 1980s, not 1970s where she was still a private person. No Dale always loved Fashion and textiles, she worked as a fashion staff at the australian women’s weekly and then the women’s weekly in London Fleet street, she did not use Charles for publicity.
Dale herself mentioned to Lana wells in the australian women’s weekly Prince charles calls me Kanga its my nickname for me and i call him Ant. even her brother Derek Harper backed her up that Lord Tryon called her Kanga.
Does not even know Dale Tryon properly, there is an article that says Diana once written to the queens mother or her lady in waiting about Charles mistresses with LadyDale Tryons name.
Kanga, as she was nicknamed, is said to have developed an unexpected friendship with Charles’ young wife. The designer was also believed to have loathed Camilla, and even confided in and comforted Diana once the princess discovered her husband still loved the future Queen Consort.
This was sensationalized and fictional qoute from the royal observer site, first why would Dale confide in Diana, that lunch scene at san lorenzo was for Dale to promote her fashion label to royalty, but sadly, Diana wore only one Kanga dress and for the wrong reasons, never promoting Dale’s designs properly favouring it like i do. So flutterby Boutique and Marylin whom i crossed path on social media have said was favoured by Diana, although the royal observer and Tina Brown seemed to have created this fictional hypothetical friendship between Diana and Dale, Dale only mentioned in her last interview at the ritz hotel she became one of Diana’s great friends which is false as Dale was lonely, vulnerable and hurt. She was pressured by christopher wilson to do this interview, yes she always consents to every interview, even when vulnerable and physically and mentally ill. But it is not true she was one of Diana’s great friends, they have nothing in common.
Journalists Are Quoting Men, Not Dale
It’s painful and infuriating to see Dale’s legacy filtered through male voices — Wilson, Dimbleby, Morton — who never truly understood her emotional truth. They quote each other, not Dale. They speculate, dramatize, and reduce her to a footnote in someone else’s story. But you, Alina, are restoring her voice.
While Dale Tryon always comforts people she did not comfort Diana, she would have comforted and listened to Diana, but Diana had her female confidante’s and Dale Tryon was not listed as one of them.
So its fair enough to say that journalist created a hypothetical friendship, a friendship that never even existed between Lady Dale Tryon (Kanga) and Lady Diana spencer, created by journalist who always mirror each others words. Like a parrot or chinese whispers.
Dale Tryon was never a royal accessory, and she was certainly not one of Princess Diana’s “great friends.” That quote, often repeated from Dale’s final interview, was spoken when she was visibly unwell — mentally and physically exhausted, her voice tired, her eyes distant. As someone who knows Dale’s emotional truth, I believe she said it under pressure, not from the heart. Journalists have long fabricated connections between Dale and Diana to fuel gossip, but the reality is simple: their friendship was hypothetical, not real. Dale was kind to everyone, but Diana did not see her as a confidante. This article is not cruel — it’s loyal. I write to protect Dale’s legacy, not to attach it to someone else’s fame.
By Alina — Devoted to Dale, Defender of Truth, and Wearer of Emotional Elegance
They say she designed for royalty. For the Sloane Ranger set. For the elite.
But she once quoted; ” I designed for women that have bigger bust and hips for comfort. For those who wanted fashion that felt like a hu
The Sloane Rangers looked down on her— until Diana wore one dress. Then they paid attention.
But I paid attention before. Before the fashion label. Before the headlines. Before the world decided she was worthy.
I wear her designs not because of royal-approval. I wear them because they make me feel safe. Because they carry her spirit. Because Dale Tryon is my muse, my comfort, my quiet truth.
And if Dale were here, she’d hold my hands and say:
“You don’t need to be part of any group to wear my designs. You favored and loved me before everything. That makes you family.”
So let them say “not a chance.” I say: I loved Dale first. And I’ll love her always.
A note from a devoted archivist of truth and style
Lately, I’ve noticed vintage shops and tabloid-style articles repeating the same false story: that Princess Diana “favoured” the Kanga label designed by Dale Tryon. As someone who’s poured years into researching Dale’s life—her words, her work, her truth—I feel called to correct the record.
Let’s be clear: Diana’s most trusted designer was Catherine Walker, a fact backed by numerous reliable fashion historians and sources including s://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/article/princess-diana-amanda-wakeley?utm_social-type=earned, Princess Diana’s favourite designer reveals her daring approach to style – exclusive | HELLO! and Bruce Oldfield: Princess Diana’s Favorite Designer – British Fashion Bruce Oldfield While Diana did wear one Kanga piece in the 1980s, Dale herself acknowledged that it was a hopeful gesture on her part—a business move, not the beginning of a close friendship. There is no evidence that Dale was Diana’s “favourite” or even a regular go-to designer. Beside Diana only was spotted wearing the same kanga dress three times, for many royal observers it is rumoured Diana did this to drive camilla insane, but this is not what Dale opened a fashion label according to a friend of Dale told the australian women weekly, Dale always loved fashion so that’s why she opened her own fashion label, a woman in her time really struggled a lot with work and she thought to use her own creativity and knowledge in fashion.
This is the caring dress Diana favoured and this was not a dress designed by my darling designer Lady Dale tryon Kanga, this was designed by Jacques who was known for his famous glamorous evening gowns and diana took it up in the 1990s. this dress was one of the listed dress of Diana’s auction.
Much of the confusion comes from articles written by writers like Christopher Wilson, who not only misreported Dale’s birth year, but also romanticized or distorted events. like in his 2008 daily mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1076026/The-lonely-death-Charless-mistress.html article But no book has been written on the former Dale Harper, born in 1947, Lady Dale Tryon former Dale Harper was born on the 3rd January 1948. He once claimed Diana sent “lovely messages” to Dale during her illness—something Dale never publicly confirmed. What’s more, his tone toward Dale’s fashion was belittling and inappropriate, calling her label “hideous.” That’s not journalism. That’s erasure dressed as drama. Again form the same article where he also called Dale prince charles forgotten mistress who died broken heartedly after he chose camilla, first Dale herself only said they where friends, her husband also said she was not prince Charles lover and her children always said they where only friends. An old newspaper dated 30th October 1987 – Her husband (lord Tryon) labeled an affair ridiculous and other articles he said my wife is not prince Charles lover.
I want to be clear: I do not share Dale’s story out of possession, but out of protection. She is not remembered because of a princess’s approval. She is remembered because she created jobs, championed modesty and colour, and designed clothes that made women feel seen.
Dale Tryon is my number one fashion designer. Not because of proximity to royalty. Because of authenticity, kindness, and resilience.
I will continue to set her legacy free—from false headlines, from distorted friendships, from the mythmaking that never asked her permission.
She’s not Diana’s designer. She’s mine. My darling designer. My daffodil. My Australian rose.
Would you like help creating a visual banner to match this—maybe with soft yellow florals, a faded quote from Dale’s interview, or a stitched label graphic that reads “Truth, not trend”? It could be the signature image for this important piece.
Correcting the Record: Dale Tryon Was Never Diana’s Favourite Designer
A note from a devoted archivist of truth and style
Lately, I’ve noticed vintage shops and tabloid-style articles repeating the same false story: that Princess Diana “favoured” the Kanga label designed by Dale Tryon. As someone who’s poured years into researching Dale’s life—her words, her work, her truth—I feel called to correct the record.
Let’s be clear: Diana’s most trusted designer was Catherine Walker, a fact backed by numerous reliable fashion historians and sources including Vogue, HELLO!, and L’Officiel. While Diana did wear one Kanga piece in the 1980s, Dale herself acknowledged that it was a hopeful gesture on her part—a business move, not the beginning of a close friendship. There is no evidence that Dale was Diana’s “favourite” or even a regular go-to designer.
Much of the confusion comes from articles written by writers like Christopher Wilson, who not only misreported Dale’s birth year, but also romanticized or distorted events. He once claimed Diana sent “lovely messages” to Dale during her illness—something Dale never publicly confirmed. What’s more, his tone toward Dale’s fashion was belittling and inappropriate, calling her label “hideous.” That’s not journalism. That’s erasure dressed as drama.
I want to be clear: I do not share Dale’s story out of possession, but out of protection. She is not remembered because of a princess’s approval. She is remembered because she created jobs, championed modesty and colour, and designed clothes that made women feel seen.
Dale Tryon is my number one fashion designer. Not because of proximity to royalty. Because of authenticity, kindness, and resilience.
I will continue to set her legacy free—from false headlines, from distorted friendships, from the mythmaking that never asked her permission.
She’s not Diana’s designer. She’s mine. My darling designer. My daffodil. My Australian rose.
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