It was the beloved sweatshirt Princess Diana wore three times a week to her fitness classes — and now it’s being sold to the highest bidder.
The dark blue pullover, adorned with Virgin Atlantic’s classicVarga Girladvertising logo, is up for grabs July 10 at Boston-basedRR auction house.
“She always wore the same sweatshirt when we met to work out,” the late royal’s personal trainer,Jenni Rivett, tells The Post. ”She was tired of the media speculating about her clothes when there were more important things happening in the world.”
South Africa-born Rivett, who was given the item by Princess Diana in 1997 (thesame year she died), has now decided it to sell it for charity. She says proceeds will help a little Malawian girl go to school.
“The princess would definitely approve if she were still alive,” says Rivett, “Causes in Africa were always very close to her heart.”
The price tag for the Virgin Atlantic sweatshirt, in a medium to large size, is expected to surpass the conservative pre-auction estimate of $5,000.
“Considering that the proceeds will be going to a charity, the figure could go well beyond that,” says Bobby Livingston, executive vice president at RR Auction.