Princess Diana’s former South African trainer puts famous sweatshirt on auction

Cape Town - Princess Diana’s beloved workout sweatshirt, which she wore three times a week, is now being sold to the highest bidder.

The dark blue cotton pullover was a gift from billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson and is expected to receive more than $5 000 during the online auction on 10 July,The garment, which features the Virgin logo along with the words"Fly Atlantic" is being sold by Princess Di’s personal trainer, Jenni Rivett, through a Boston-based PR Auction,Jenni, a South African expat living in the UK, worked with the princess between 1990 and 1997.

"She was tired of the media speculating about her clothes when there were more important things happening in the world," she said. "Obviously, she was the most photographed woman in the world and photographers would gather outside of the place where we trained so she would purposefully wear the same outfit as a result."

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