Diana’s doppelgänger! Elizabeth Debicki shows off the late princess in LBD with a striking resemblance to the royal family’s famous ‘revenge dress’ at the LA premiere of The Crown

Elizabeth Debicki will reprise her role as Princess Diana in series six of Netflix’s The Crown, which is released this week.

And the Australian actress, 33, channeled the princess’s famous revenge dress as she joined her fellow castmates at the LA premiere on Sunday.

Elizabeth selected a little black dress from Bottega Veneta for the glamorous event at the Westwood Regency Village Theater.

The sleek off-shoulder design comes from the brand’s Spring/Summer 2024 collection and featured a structured bodice and midi length, highlighting the actress’s statuesque frame.

Elizabeth added sheer black tights and pumps, echoing Princess Diana’s ensemble from her 1994 dinner at the Serpentine Gallery in Kensington Gardens.

Diana’s dress, designed by Christina Stambolian, is perhaps one of her greatest sartorial legacies.

The late royal presented the LBD when Prince Charles appeared on television and confessed to infidelity after their marriage was ‘irretrievably broken’ – and it was subsequently called The Revenge Dress.

Elizabeth also wears her version of Diana’s dress during season five of The Crown.

The actress’s Bottega Veneta midi echoes the princess’s style with her similar neckline and silhouette.

Although Diana was adorned with a statement sapphire and pearl choker – gifted by the Queen Mother on her wedding day – Elizabeth’s aesthetic was jewelry-free.

And this isn’t the first time the actress and her stylist, Elizabeth Saltzman, have created red carpet looks inspired by Diana’s wardrobe.

At last year’s premiere, Elizabeth wore a Dior dress reminiscent of the one Diana wore to the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.

Princess Diana debuted The Revenge Dress at a fundraising dinner hosted by Vanity Fair for the Serpentine Gallery on June 29, 1994.

The sleek off-shoulder design comes from Bottega Veneta’s Spring/Summer 2024 collection and featured a structured bodice and midi length

Princess Diana debuted The Revenge Dress at a fundraising dinner hosted by Vanity Fair for the Serpentine Gallery on June 29, 1994

Elizabeth posed for photos with Rufus Kampa and Fflyn Edwards, who play Prince William and Prince Harry, at the LA Premiere of season six of The Crown

She had initially declined the invitation, but later changed her mind following the revelations of Charles’ infidelity.

Diana had owned the custom-made silk dress, which cost £900, for three years before wearing it, fearing it was ‘too daring’.

However, as it was leaked that Diana would be wearing Valentino to the event, she instead opted for Greek designer Christina Stambolian’s daring off-the-shoulder dress.

Referring to Swan Lake – one of Princess Diana’s favorite plays – Ms Stambolian explained: ‘She chose not to play the scene like Odette, innocent in white. She was clearly angry. She played it as Odile in black. She was wearing bright red nail polish, which we had never seen her do before. She said, ‘Let’s be bad tonight.’

Meanwhile, Anna Harvey, Diana’s former stylist, said: ‘She wanted to look like a million bucks. And she did.” The stylist also wrote in Vogue that it made the princess “excited” to make an impression.

The famous dress was sold at auction for £39,098 in July 1997 to a Scottish couple who planned to use the dress to raise money for children’s charities.

It was exhibited at the Museum of Style in Newbridge, County Kildare, during the 2017 Diana: A Fashion Legacy exhibition, where it was described as ‘the most important exhibition’.