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Princess Diana's Got Jokes! How the 'Queen of Hearts' Became the 'Wickedly' Funny Queen of Pranks Who Had the Palace in Stitches

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Diana, Princess of Wales, was known for her 'cheeky' sense of humor.

Sept. 5 2024, Published 2:01 p.m. ET

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Prince Louis has a lot in common with his late grandmother, Diana, Princess of Wales, when it comes to being a royal prankster!

The late princess, whose "wicked sense of humor" was recalled by her former hairdresser Richard Dalton in his new book It's All About the Hair: My Decade With Diana even went so far as planting "fake vomit and poo" on flights just to laugh as unsuspecting victims discovered the lewd props.

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Princess Diana loved to play pranks on her friends and family.

"Her jokes were hysterical," Dalton shared. "She always had plastic vomit or plastic dog poop in her bag to place on people’s seats when we traveled on long flights."

Dalton started working for the one-time future queen before her 1981 wedding to then-Prince Charles, up until 1991, when the pair parted amicably after a decade.

The book's co-author, and curator of The Princess Diana Museum, Ranea Plant, shared a similar view of the beloved royal, and stated, "I do find the humorous side of Diana to be very sweet. She just wanted to be 'normal' and was just like the rest of us."

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The late Princess of Wales was said to 'find relief from her sadness through laughter.'

One of Diana's jokes even went so far as to include one of the late Queen Elizabeth II's beloved corgi dogs.

"I was patting it, as I love dogs when Diana came up and the corgi started to lick her legs," Dalton wrote. "She said, 'Whose dog is that?' I said, 'It's your mother-in-law's new corgi.' She replied with a laugh, 'Well, get it out of here, as it’s licking all the fake suntan off my legs.'"

The former Princess of Wales' funny side even came out once during an impromptu moment involving the Prince of Wales having a serious moment.

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Diana, Princess of Wales, had a giggle fit when then-Prince Charles popped the question in February 1981.

The future king proposed to his then-future queen on February 6, 1981, after only roughly eight months of dating between the pair. The engagement was formally announced to the world on February 24 with a July 29 wedding date set for St Paul's Cathedral, which some saw as an odd choice for a royal wedding, with the venue having been selected due to its "massive size" to fit thousands of world guests.

According to various sources, including biographers and Diana herself, the proposal was somewhat awkward and unromantic. The Prince of Wales popped the question in the nursery at Windsor Castle. The moment was not as grand or meticulously planned as one might expect for a royal engagement.

"She burst out laughing," royal biographer Ingrid Seward revealed. "I think that was probably her nerves. She didn't think it was the most romantic of proposals, but she had the proposal."

Author Christopher Wilson shared that Diana "was completely bowled over by this — didn't see it coming."

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Princess Diana tragically died in Paris in 1997.

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Daily Express reported on Diana's pranks.

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