Bill Graham's wife likes Princess Diana — a lot.
According to an April 18, 1999, article in the Salisbury Post, Shari Graham is a longtime admirer of the princess. When Christie's held an auction of 80 of her dresses in 1997, the Grahams each picked their favorites out of a catalog:
Bill's favorite is a long dinner dress of cream and salmon pink silk with long sleeves. The bodice is of cream silk and is cut to reveal an under-bodice. The skirt is salmon pink and is slit in the back. The cuffs to the sleeves are set with large gilt cuff links with simulated Baroque pearls.
Diana wore the dress on a state visit to Japan in 1986 and at a production of "Swan Lake."
The Grahams hope the dresses will become family heirlooms, planning to leave one to their daughter and one to their son. In 1999, they allowed them to be displayed at a fundraiser at Lowe's Motor Speedway.
"I get to appreciate them all the time, but to share them with other people is even better," Shari Graham told the Post.
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