Princess Diana returns to Paris in iconic ‘revenge dress’

The Grevin waxwork museum has unveiled a new star attraction, Princess Diana, clad in the famous "revenge dress" she wore the night she split from Prince Charles, dominating headlines.

The central Paris museum—often compared to Madame Tussauds in London—already features figures of Charles, now King Charles III, and Queen Elizabeth II. Diana, however, had long been absent despite her enduring association with the city where she died in a car crash in August 1997.

The new statue recreates the long black backless gown designed by Christina Stambolian, which Diana wore in 1995 at a public appearance overshadowed by media frenzy over her collapsing marriage. She stepped out in the striking dress the same day a televised interview aired in which Charles admitted to being unfaithful.

"More than 28 years after her tragic death in Paris, Diana is still a major figure in global pop culture, celebrated for her style, humanity and independence," the Grevin Museum said in a statement.

"The gown became a statement of reclaimed self-assertion, a powerful image of determined femininity and renewed confidence," it added.

The waxwork will be displayed under the museum's dome alongside fashion icons Jean Paul Gaultier and Chantal Thomass, as well as French queen Marie-Antoinette, executed in 1793.