Diana flub sparks outrage

Who knew holiday ornaments could be so divisive?

Social media users went wild after Britain's Selfridges department store released a line of Christmas tree decorations featuring Princess Diana and other members of the royal family.

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Princess Diana Christmas Tree Ornament

The late Princess of Wales is commemorated in the form of a $48 ornament. However, the public seemed baffled by how little the object — which depicts Diana with her signature "bixie" hairdo and iconic sheep sweater — resembles the real woman.

Diana memorably donned two different red wool Warm & Wonderful sweaters to polo matches in the early '80s. Both featured a single black sheep amid a herd of white sheep. On the second occasion, the princess wore the sweater over a white collared shirt with a black tie at the neck.

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Social Media Reaction

People on the internet were outraged by the portrayal of Diana as well as other members of The Firm.

"They're all hideous!" one commentator exclaimed below an article about the decorations.

"Who would even want such a thing?" a second person questioned.

"You must be a fool if you pay that for a bauble," a third chimed in.

"I think they need to get a real artist to make these for that price," another added.

"They look cheap and nasty. Seems that Selfridges have lost the plot. They should be embarrassed at having produced such tat," another said.

"I can't imagine anyone buying these," an additional person noted.

The Christmas tree ornaments resembling Prince William and Kate Middleton also drew heat.

"I definitely wouldn't buy any of these. Catherine's is a mess!" one person pointed out.

"Poor Kate!" another said.

Diana Allegedly Hated Christmas

According to reports, Princess Diana did not enjoy Christmas — especially not when she was forced to spend it with the rest of the royal family.

According to royal biographer and former friend Andrew Morton, who wrote Diana: Her True Story, the mother of two despised going with King Charles III to the royal family's Sandringham Estate for the holidays.

"I do all the presents and Charles signs the cards," Andrew recalled Diana telling him, adding that Christmas at Sandringham was "terrifying and so disappointing" with "no boisterous behavior, lots of tension, silly behavior, silly jokes that outsiders would find odd, but insiders understood."

Diana's former hairdresser Richard Dalton also backed the claim.

"The princess just hated going to Sandringham for Christmas. She told me it was freezing cold and dinner had to be over by 3 o'clock," he told Kitty Kelley for her book The Royals.

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