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Princess Diana’s ‘shame’ bike sells for an eye-watering £44k at auction
Princess Diana has been sold for £44,000 at auction in East Sussex.The bike was nicknamed the “shame” bike after Diana was told to get rid of it by Palace officials before marrying Prince Charles.She had ridden it to work at a nursery ever day before becoming engaged and being told that the bike was not “fit for a princess” forcing her to quickly sell it.Since then the blue Raleigh bike has become a symbol of the Princess’ life as a royal.Diana sold the bike to the dad of one of her friends, Gerald Stonehill, who kept the bicycle for nearly 30 years before selling it in 2008 for £211.In a framed letter that was part of the lot auctioned today, Mr Stonehill wrote that “Diana had hoped the sale would be concealed” since she was worried that
