Wax Diana in ‘revenge dress’ is unveiled in Paris decades after her death in the city

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The life-size wax figure of Lady Diana is presented at Grevin Museum in Paris, France, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

PARIS – Princess Diana returned to Paris in wax Thursday as one of Europe’s oldest wax museums unveiled a new figure of the British royal in the so-called “revenge dress,” decades after her tragic death in the city.

The statue was ordered in Paris after the director of the Grevin Museum visited London and came away underwhelmed by the Diana likeness at Madame Tussauds, prompting him to commission his own version, museum officials said.

Grevin's life-size — and very convincing — figure of the late Princess of Wales is dressed in a replica of the black, off-the-shoulder, figure-hugging