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The Cup, a princess and a rule-bending outfit – Sydney Morning Herald
In 1985, Princess Diana, then 24, attended the Melbourne Cup. It marked the beginning of a defining decade for the mother of two, as megastardom descended upon…
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Thirty-five years ago, the Melbourne Cup was a vastly different affair to what we know today. The famed Birdcage was still a car park, where people would drive in their Range Rovers and picnic out of the boot (it would be another year before the first corporate marquee was erected). Businessman John Elliott, then the boss of Elders and Carlton & United Breweries, says in the early ’80s, the event was “dying” as meets in Sydney began offering…
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