According to Simone Simmons, a psychic healer used by the Princess who became a close friend, Diana would often wear wigs out in public when she didn’t want to be recognised. ‘In spite of the media putting her in the spotlight, she put on her wig, wore what she wanted, came for walks on Hampstead Heath, went to the charity shop with me in Camden High Street,’ Simmons told the 2017 documentary Diana: The Woman Inside. On one occasion, Diana even tricked Simmons herself with one of her get-ups, much to the delight of the Princess’ sons: The boys just could not stop laughing… then she said “I fooled you!”’
It appears that for several decades, Princess Diana travelled around London incognito, from shops to bars – which may give many royal fans a rightful pause for thought. After all, it’s not often you hear that you may have bumped into the Princess of Wales on Camden High Street…