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Princess Diana’s workout sweatshirt expected to fetch over $5,000 in online auction

R Vargese

The iconic Virgin Atlantic sweatshirt that Sir Richard Branson gifted to Princess Diana is expected to fetch over $5,000 in an online auction.

The baggy Virgin Atlantic sweatshirt was worn by the Princess of Wales to discourage media interest in her exercise routine.

The dark blue cotton-polyester sweatshirt features the airline's flying lady logo with the words "Fly Atlantic" in white.

Princess Diana's sweatshirt

It is being sold by Jenni Rivett, Diana's longtime personal trainer. Diana gave Rivett several sweatshirts months before her August 1997 death. In a letter that comes with the shirt, Rivett writes that Diana thought there were more pressing issues in the world to worry about, so wearing the same thing to every session would be "a good way to stop the media frenzy."