An item fromPrincess Diana‘s wardrobe — and a tool for her to play with paparazzi! — fetched a high price at a recent auction.

The royal’s Virgin Atlantic sweatshirt sold for $53,532, according to Boston-based RR Auction. The winning bid came from a collector based in California, who wishes to remain anonymous.

Diana was known for wearing the navy sweatshirt featuring the “Flying Lady” logo, a gift from Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, to and from gym sessions. But the article of clothing served more than one purpose — in addition to being a comfortable cover-up, the royal mom wore it repeatedly to bore the paparazzi who were snapping photos of her.

Jenni Rivett, Diana’s longtime personal trainer who received the sweatshirt from Diana as a gift, recalled the story in a 2018 interview with theYahoo! seriesThe Royal Box.

“Every single session all the media were outside camped with their stepladders, and cameras and lenses and everything,” she said. “For her, she just found it so incredibly, ‘Why are they so interested in me when there are more important things to worry about in the world.’ It wasn’t her that asked for all this. I remember one of her strategies was that she was going to wear the same Virgin Active sweatshirt every single session.”

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Princess Diana, Princess of Wales, wearing Virgin Atlantic sweatshirt

Princess Diana’s sweatshirt.RR Auction

Princess Diana’s personally-owned- and -worn Virgin Atlantic sweatshirt given to her by business magnate Richard Branson, which Diana later presented to her longtime personal trainer, Jenni Rivett. The dark blue cotton/polyester sweatshirt, no size but likely medium/large, features a screen-printed image of the Virgin Atlantic ‘Flying Lady’ logo with white cursive text: “Fly Atlantic.” Included with the sweatshirt is a small 4 x 2.75 gift tag bearing an ANS from Princess Diana, which reads: “Dearest Jenni, Lots of love from, Diana, x.” In fine condition, with expected wear from use. https://www.rrauction.com/bidtracker_detail.cfm?IN=247 Credit: RR Auction

Princess Diana in 1995.JOHNNY EGGITT/AFP/Getty

Princess Diana, Princess of Wales, wearing Virgin Atlantic sweatshirt

Rivett also wrote letters to accompany the sale.

Princess Diana’s note.RR Auction

Princess Diana’s personally-owned- and -worn Virgin Atlantic sweatshirt given to her by business magnate Richard Branson, which Diana later presented to her longtime personal trainer, Jenni Rivett. The dark blue cotton/polyester sweatshirt, no size but likely medium/large, features a screen-printed image of the Virgin Atlantic ‘Flying Lady’ logo with white cursive text: “Fly Atlantic.” Included with the sweatshirt is a small 4 x 2.75 gift tag bearing an ANS from Princess Diana, which reads: “Dearest Jenni, Lots of love from, Diana, x.” In fine condition, with expected wear from use. https://www.rrauction.com/bidtracker_detail.cfm?IN=247 Credit: RR Auction

Jenni Rivett’s note.RR Auction

Princess Diana’s personally-owned- and -worn Virgin Atlantic sweatshirt given to her by business magnate Richard Branson, which Diana later presented to her longtime personal trainer, Jenni Rivett. The dark blue cotton/polyester sweatshirt, no size but likely medium/large, features a screen-printed image of the Virgin Atlantic ‘Flying Lady’ logo with white cursive text: “Fly Atlantic.” Included with the sweatshirt is a small 4 x 2.75 gift tag bearing an ANS from Princess Diana, which reads: “Dearest Jenni, Lots of love from, Diana, x.” In fine condition, with expected wear from use. https://www.rrauction.com/bidtracker_detail.cfm?IN=247 Credit: RR Auction

Princess Diana’s personally-owned- and -worn Virgin Atlantic sweatshirt given to her by business magnate Richard Branson, which Diana later presented to her longtime personal trainer, Jenni Rivett. The dark blue cotton/polyester sweatshirt, no size but likely medium/large, features a screen-printed image of the Virgin Atlantic ‘Flying Lady’ logo with white cursive text: “Fly Atlantic.” Included with the sweatshirt is a small 4 x 2.75 gift tag bearing an ANS from Princess Diana, which reads: “Dearest Jenni, Lots of love from, Diana, x.” In fine condition, with expected wear from use. https://www.rrauction.com/bidtracker_detail.cfm?IN=247 Credit: RR Auction

Rivett, who served as the personal trainer to Princess Diana for over seven years, plans to donate the proceeds from the sale to help a Malawian family based in South Africa, where she is originally from.

source: people.com