Diana’s wedding dress designers settle dispute

A husband and wife team who designed Princess Diana’s wedding dress have settled their dispute over the sale of drawings for the gown.

David Emanuel had filed a lawsuit in the UK courts against his ex-wife Elizabeth Emanuel, claiming she had infringed his copyright by reproducing drawings of the designs on which they had collaborated.

The drawings, including those for Diana’s wedding dress, were put up for auction without his consent, he said.

The pair announced on Friday they had settled the case “amicably”. Terms of the settlement were not released.

Diana’s dress, created for her 1981 wedding to the Prince of Wales, was an iconic creation that will always be associated with the late princess.

It was a time when big was in, and Diana walked down the aisle of St Paul’s Cathedral draped in metres of lace with a seven-metre train flowing behind her.