Newbridge Silverware at 90 — and auctioning one of Princess Diana's dresses

Newbridge Silverware is turning 90. But there's a second milestone this year, as they prepare to auction one Diana's dresses on site. Mary Cate Smith hears the history from the factory floor - and the stories behind the iconic dresses in the costume museum 
Martin Nolan of Newbridge Silverware, with one of Diana's dresses, Pics: Nina Val

Martin Nolan of Newbridge Silverware, with one of Diana's dresses, Pics: Nina Val

Six pearls severed from a Bvlgari dragon bracelet lay strewn in the car that held Princess Diana in her final moments.

Forged in nature, imperfect and iridescent, those six single jewels became a perfect metaphor for the People’s Princess.

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