Rare photo of teenage Princess Diana sells for $18K
Diana, Princess of Wales, converses during the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute fund raising dinner in Sydney 31 October. Diana was the guest of honour at the USD 800-a-head gala dinner – her first official engagement during her four-day visit. AFP PHOTO. (Photo credit should read POOL/AFP/Getty Images)
A rare photograph of teenage Diana Spencer marked "not to be published" was auctioned for $18,306, CBS News reported.
The photo, which shows Spencer before she became Princess of Wales, has been the subject of recent speculation.
It is believed she is 17 or 18 at the time of the photo and it shows her reclining on a bed with a young man. It was "acquired" by a British newspaper just after her engagement Prince Charles in 1981.
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CBS News said RR Auction said the photo sold to a San Diego real estate investor for more than was originally estimated.
According to CNN, the back of the photograph is stamped February 26 1981, two days after Spencer's engagement to Prince Charles. Experts said the picture was most likely taken a year or two before that.