The Princess & The Platypus Foundation Podcast - # Princess Diana

Libbi Gorr host of This Weekend Life on ABC Radio, Melbourne Australia interviews Renae Plant founder of The Princess Diana Museum. Visit: www.princessdianamuseum.org Support the show

Artist Daniel Funes "Ringo" tells us what it was like growing up in Los Angeles and being mentored by the late Steve Kaufman. He tells us what inspired him to paint Princess Diana which was a collaboration with Steve. Visit the Princess Diana Museum to see the items we discussed during this interview and the tiny clay "Platypus" in 3D that started this non-profit foundation and how you can help give back. Human Kindness Matters...in 2020 more than ever we need to do something for others...

Enjoy a lunch date with Mervyn Wycherley, Chef to the royal family for over 20 years as he takes us back through his incredible life and what it was like cooking for Princess Diana. He shares what Diana craved while pregnant with Prince William and a moment in the kitchen at Kensington Palace when she is wearing her bathrobe and a tiara! Also hear the real "truth" about Prince Charles's boiled eggs. Visit the Princess Diana Museum to see the items we discussed during this interview and...

Enjoy a lunch date with Mervyn Wycherley, Chef to the royal family for over 20 years as he takes us back through his incredible life and what it was like cooking for Princess Diana. He shares what Diana craved while pregnant with Prince William and a moment in the kitchen at Kensington Palace when she is wearing her bathrobe and a tiara! Also hear the real "truth" about Prince Charles's boiled eggs. Visit the Princess Diana Museum to see the items we discussed during this interview and...

Enjoy a lunch date with Mervyn Wycherley, Chef to the royal family for over 20 years as he takes us back through his incredible life and what it was like cooking for Princess Diana. He shares what Diana craved while pregnant with Prince William and a moment in the kitchen at Kensington Palace when she is wearing her bathrobe and a tiara! Also hear the real "truth" about Prince Charles's boiled eggs. Visit the The Princess Diana Museum to see the items we discussed during this interview...

Artist Royi Akavia shares how he lived next to Gianni Versace in Miami and was inspired to paint him for his "Faces of Money" series. Also worked with Salvadore Dali in Spain. He started his career by painting murals on the floor to make money to survive. He was discovered in Palm Beach, Florida by the Frankel Gallery and did first drawing of John Lennon for Yoko Ono. In 1990 thousands of his paintings were destroyed in a fire. The only thing that didn't burn was a $100 bill which is what...

Artist Gary Saderup talks about his career as a painter and actor and shares his techniques as a painter. Visit the Princess Diana Museum to see the items we discussed during this interview and the tiny clay "Platypus" in 3D that started this non-profit foundation and how you can help give back. Human Kindness Matters...in 2020 more than ever we need to do something for others and expect nothing in return. It's a new decade, it's a new beginning. Charities the Princess & The Platypus...

Richard Young (born 1947) is an English society and celebrity photographer. His photography career started in 1974 and since then, he has photographed personalities such as Princess Diana of Wales, Elizabeth Taylor, and Mick Jagger. Richard shares what it was like taking photos of Diana when she went on her first official engagement in 1980 wearing the 'now famous' black Emanuel strapless dress. He captured her bending down getting out of the car. He remembers how 'explosive' the image was...

Simon Barnes who was bound to a wheelchair from the age of 21 after a spinal injury during an army assault course shares how he first met Princess Diana after him and two friends completed a ride in their wheelchairs from Land’s End to John O’Groats in 1986. Diana and Simon became friends when Diana supported The International Spinal Research Unit that he worked for - she said: “She told me that when we’d found a cure for paralysis and I was back on my feet she’d have the first dance with...

Simon Barnes who was bound to a wheelchair from the age of 21 after a spinal injury during an army assault course shares how he first met Princess Diana after him and two friends completed a ride in their wheelchairs from Land’s End to John O’Groats in 1986. Diana and Simon became friends when Diana supported The International Spinal Research Unit that he worked for - she said: “She told me that when we’d found a cure for paralysis and I was back on my feet she’d have the first dance with...

Simon Barnes who was bound to a wheelchair from the age of 21 after a spinal injury during an army assault course shares how he first met Princess Diana after him and two friends completed a ride in their wheelchairs from Land’s End to John O’Groats in 1986. Diana and Simon became friends when Diana supported The International Spinal Research Unit that he worked for - she said: “She told me that when we’d found a cure for paralysis and I was back on my feet she’d have the first dance with...

Renae Plant, Curator of the Princess Diana Museum and Founder of The Princess & The Platypus Foundation recalls what is was like the day she met Princess Diana for the very first time at the Yandina Ginger Factory in Queensland, Australia, on the 12th of April 1983 at the age of 12 on a "field trip" and how the "Platypus" that started this Non Profit Foundation in Diana's honor came about. Visit the Princess Diana Museum to see the tiny clay "Platypus" in 3D that started this non-profit foundation and how you can help give back. Human Kindness Matters...in 2020 more than ever we need to do something for others and expect nothing in return. It's a new decade, it's a new beginning & it's Charities the Princess & The Platypus Foundation Support in Honor of Diana. campaigntoendloneliness.org centrepoint.org.uk chla.org ejaf.org halotrust.org handsthatlove.com nat.org.uk royalmarsden.nhs.uk twitter.com/hashtag/sparkkindness diana-award.org.uk kindcampaign.com/ leprosymission.org/ turning-point.co.uk/ #HUMANKINDNESSMATTERS Support the show

Mona shares about being the custodian of the now famous Versace dress for over 20 years before it found it's home at the Princess Diana Museum. Visit the Princess Diana Museum to see the items we discussed during this interview and the tiny clay "Platypus" in 3D that started this non-profit foundation and how you can help give back. Human Kindness Matters...in 2020 more than ever we need to do something for others and expect nothing in return. It's a new decade, it's a new...

Jeffrey Archer, Novelist, Politician and confidant of Princess Diana talks about being with Diana the day she tells the world she will be "withdrawing from public life" and what he regrets most about that day. His best-selling books have sold around 330 million copies worldwide. Visit the Princess Diana Museum to see the items we discussed during this interview and the tiny clay "Platypus" in 3D that started this non-profit foundation and how you can help give back. Human Kindness...

Artist Kris Cieslak talks about his life as a painter and what inspired him to paint Princess Diana with butterflies. Visit the Princess Diana Museum to see the items we discussed during this interview and the tiny clay "Platypus" in 3D that started this non-profit foundation and how you can help give back. Human Kindness Matters...in 2020 more than ever we need to do something for others and expect nothing in return. It's a new decade, it's a new beginning. Charities the Princess & The...

Barry Iverson tells us what it is like being a photojournalist in the Middle East, and his days taking these incredible portraits of Princess Diana when she visited Cairo which are on display at the Princess Diana Museum. Visit the Princess Diana Museum to see the items we discussed during this interview and the tiny clay "Platypus" in 3D that started this non-profit foundation and how you can help give back. Human Kindness Matters...in 2020 more than ever we need to do something for...

Artist Roger Payne explains how he painted the illustrations for the iconic "Royal Family Pop Up" book. He also shares how he painted the original painting with Prince Charles Reading a book on Jung while Diana listed to Duran Duran on a cassette tape with headphones. He remembers being in Capri, Italy having breakfast when he found out Diana had died. How he was shocked when the Monarch took Diana's HRH title but kept the Princess title. Visit the Princess Diana Museum to see the items...

Street Artist Pegasus tells us how his first painting of his dear friend Amy Winehouse after her death inspired his name and his career as an artist. He shares how he adds diamond dust to most of his paintings including the two of Princess Diana that are on display in the Princess Diana Museum. Visit the Princess Diana Museum to see the items we discussed during this interview and the tiny clay "Platypus" in 3D that started this non-profit foundation and how you can help give back. Human...

Kent Gavin is a renowned British photojournalist whose iconic images have been featured consistently on newspaper and magazine covers worldwide. Through his key position as Chief Photographer with the Daily Mirror, Kent had the privilege to become accepted as one of the few trusted and respected Royal photographers in Great Britain. Kent shares his incredible career as a trusted Royal Photographer and shares with us the history behind these two incredible Australia & NZ Royal Tour books...

Jayne Fincher shares her life as a trusted Royal Photographer from her summer home in France. She is one of the most well respected female photojournalists in the world and takes us back in time about her life on tours, how as a woman in a male dominant field she never wanted to let anyone see her cry and the day she could not hold back her tears....the day of Diana's funeral. Also find out the names of her two beloved boys....you'll never guess!! Visit the Princess Diana Museum to see the...