Boy George; Princess Diana.Photo:Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/Getty; Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty
Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/Getty; Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty
Royals and pop stars usually mix and mingle – especially at gigs put on for charity.
But whenBoy Georgewas invited to an event withPrincess Dianain the late 1980s, he found he was not on the meet-and-greet list for the iconic royal.
However, Diana, had other ideas, hewrites in his new memoir. She wanted to meet him, and his mom Dinah, whom George had brought along to the event.
“That must have taken forever,” Diana told him of his spangled outfit. George quipped back, “I didn’t do it myself, love.”
Princess Diana in 1985.Terry Fincher/Princess Diana Archive/Getty
Terry Fincher/Princess Diana Archive/Getty
He then asked if the princess could meet his mom, and pointed out where Dinah was standing. Diana sent for her. “They spent 10 minutes chatting. She told Mum I was a true survivor.”
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On another occasion, George met the lateQueen Elizabeth’s sisterPrincess Margaretat the Sony Music Radio Awards, held at the London Hilton. She reportedly said afterwards, “Who’s that Boy George? He looks like an over made-up tart.”
InKarma, George reports that he, “snapped back in the press.” The quick-witted singer had T-shirts made showing the royal’s face imposed on his body with the words, “I’m not a tart.”
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Princess Margaret (right) with her sister Queen Elizabeth in Winchester, U.K. in 1998.UK Press/Liaison
UK Press/Liaison
While he was out having lunch a little later, Margaret’s son, Lord Linley (now Lord Snowdon) asked to have a word. “My mother never called you a tart. She had lots of gay friends and knew exactly who you were,” Linley told the singer.
“It must have been Carol Decker," George responded, of another singer who was popular at the time. “Although I don’t think she wears as much make-up as me.”
At the end of it all, George held no ill-will toward the royal. “I actually loved Princess Margaret,” he said. “She was my type of royal — very glamorous, full of it and excited.”
source: people.com
