Princess Diana, Princess Margaret and Queen Elizabeth fascinating outfits on display

                                            Intricate gowns by Sir Norman Hartnell

Monarch wearing an elegant pale-green Hartnell gown of silk chiffon and

 lace embroidered with sequins, pearls, beads and diamante

Evening dress, by Sir Norman Hartnell, 1961. Lace and lamé

 embroidered with pearls, sequins, diamanté and metal thread

Sir Norman Hartnell, 1963. Silk tulle, silk, bugle beads, crystals.

 Worn by H.M. Queen Elizabeth II to a State Banquet at the Belgian

 Embassy in London in 1963. 

This green silk dress with jewelled embroidery was worn during a 

state visit to Ethiopia in February 1965.

 

Blue-grey silk-organza evening gown by Hardy Amies worn by the

 Queen to a dinner at Government House, Nova Scotia in 1959

A 1945 Normal Hartnell evening dress used in a sitting for photographer 

Cecil Beaton at Buckingham Palace is included in the display

Norman Hartnell evening dress worn by the Queen, right, for a performance

 of the Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House in August 1971

This beige evening gown, designed by Norman Hartnell and worn

 by the Queen for the opening of the New Zealand parliament

 during a Commonwealth visit in 1963 is on view

This pink sequined ivory crepe gown, by Catherine Walker worn by

 Diana, Princess of Wales at a banquet given by President Collor at the

 Itamaraty Palace whilst on a State visit to Brazil, 1991 is on show

Princess Diana evening dress, by Murray Arbeid. Worn at Claridges Hotel, 

London, for a dinner given for the President of Greece in 1986

Princess Diana wore the above dress designed by Zandra Rhodes for 

a royal visit to Japan in 1986

 Princess Margaret's halter-neck dress, 1951 

A Carl Toms kaftan worn by Princess Margaret fashioned from 

luxurious Indian sari silk