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Princess Diana was a fan of Duran Duran and would drive around with sons William and Harry listening to Wild Boys guitarist John Taylor claim
The late Princess Diana was a fan of Duran Duran, claims the band’s bass guitarist, John Taylor.
According to the 62-year-old rocker, he once met her sons William and Harry, who told the band they would listen to the 1984 hit Wild Boys as she drove them around.
“That idea stuck with me, that those little boys would go, ‘Wild boys!'” John said.
Princess Diana was a fan of Duran Duran and would drive around with sons William and Harry listening to Wild Boys, guitarist John Taylor claimed this week
“When we met Harry and William they said, ‘Oh, we sat in the backseat and Mama played Wild Boys and we sang along.’
He added, “That would be a moment for them.”
The band was formed in Birmingham in 1978 by Stephen Duffy, Nick Rhodes and John Taylor.
Her Favorite Rockers: According to the 62-year-old rocker, he once met her sons William and Harry, who told the band they would listen to the 1984 hit Wild Boys as she drove them around. Simon Le Bon and John Tayor pictured in June
“When we met Harry and William, they said, ‘Oh, we sat in the backseat and Mom played Wild Boys and we sang along,’ he explained. Pictured in 1987
The group is known for hits such as Come Undone, Save a Prayer and Ordinary World.
At Diana’s memorial concert in 2006, Simon Le Bon said: “We are honored that she always called Duran Duran her favorite band, because she was definitely our favorite princess.”
The late Princess of Wales, who tragically died in a car accident in Paris in August 1997, was also a fan of artists such as Rod Stewart, George Michael and Lionel Richie.
It comes as actress Elizabeth Debicki debuted as the late Princess of Wales on Wednesday night on Netflix’s The Crown.
Rock on: The group is known for hits like Come Undone, Save a Prayer and Ordinary World
Controversial role: It comes as actress Elizabeth Debicki debuted as the late Princess of Wales on Netflix’s The Crown on Wednesday night (pictured)
The Crown has continuously criticized her choice to dramatize traumatic moments from Diana’s final years, including her infamous 1995 interview with Martin Bashir and the Paris car accident that caused her untimely death in 1997.
In a new interview with British Vogue, she shared how she was “overwhelmed” by the prospect of taking on the character — and how she thought about recreating her “revenge dress” scenes.
She told the publication: ‘I think that really overwhelmed me at first, the idea of this kind of collective’ [of Diana disciples] Outside.
‘It’s a trap, isn’t it? A swampy swamp. So I went and stood over the counter and said, ‘I can’t do this.’
Backlash: The Crown suffers continued backlash for choosing to dramatize traumatic moments from Diana’s final years, including her infamous 1995 interview with Martin Bashir and the Paris car accident that caused her untimely death in 1997 (pictured in 1993 )
During the chat, she also thought about wearing Diana’s iconic black “revenge dress” – which she said was “super daring” for the time.
She explained: ‘It was busy! It’s a complex dress. I let the fitting happen around me as I thought about what the dress meant. Why this dress? She’d had it for two or three years. It was super daring then.
“She claimed the space. The way she got out of that car, the clarity, the strength of her when that car door opened, she was so fast and so forward. It is extraordinary to watch.
“To decide what to say about yourself through fashion… it was currency. An incredibly powerful coin.’
Iconic: Diana, Princess of Wales wore a black dress commissioned by Christina Stambolian when she attended the Vanity Fair party at the Serpentine Gallery on November 20, 1994