Cindy Crawford Shares Photo With Princess Diana After ‘The Crown’ Cameo

After popping up briefly in this season of The Crown, supermodel Cindy Crawford reshared an old throwback photo on Instagram with none other than Princess Diana.

In part two of the sixth season, episode 5, “Willsmania,” Prince William (Ed McVey) returns to his dorm room at Eton to find that his grandfather, Prince Phillip (Jonathan Pryce), had paid a surprise visit. Prince Phillip takes a look at William’s postered walls and, in an attempt to bond with his grandson, asks the prince who the the models in the poster are. Prince William responds that they’re Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer, and Cindy Crawford. “In my day, it was Rita Hayworth, Betty Grable, and Lana Turner,” Phillip replies.

Though it’s a relatively small moment on the show, it made a big impact on Crawford, who shared a photo with William’s mother, Princess Diana, taken at Kensington Palace. Crawford originally posted the image on August 31, 2017, the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana’s fatal car accident. “Remembering this inspiring woman today,” the caption from 2017 reads. “This photo was taken at Kensington Palace. Princess Diana had somehow got the number to my office and called herself to ask for me.” 

She continues: “My assistant was in shock! We finally connected and she asked if the next time I was in London I would come by for tea—I think Prince William was just starting to notice models and she thought it would be a cute surprise for him and Prince Harry,” she continued. “I was nervous and didn’t know what to wear, but remember as soon as she came into the room and we started talking, it was like talking to a girlfriend. She was a class act and showed us all what a modern day princess should be. Rest In Peace.”

Six years later, Crawford has re-shared the image with a nod to her “little cameo” on The Crown.  “I still vividly remember visiting Kensington Palace to meet Diana and a teenage William (who had just discovered the “Super Models”) ♥️,” Crawford wrote on her Instagram story. Even supermodels were excited to be in Princess Diana’s presence.

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