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Princess Diana Covers Vanity Fair September 2013 Issue (PHOTO)

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Even though she died almost 16 years ago, Princess Diana still fascinates us today.

The late Princess of Wales covers Vanity Fair's 2013 September issue, with a photo shot by famed fashion photographer Mario Testino in 1997, which was the last major photo shoot Diana had before her untimely death. (Fun fact: Testino also photographed Di's son Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton for their engagement shoot in 2010).

The magazine issue comes at a poignant time for the royal family; the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge welcomed their first son, Prince George Alexander Louis, last week and Kate even gave a subtle nod to her late mother-in-law by wearing a similar polka-dot dress while presenting the royal baby to the world.

However, the Vanity Fair story doesn't focus on Prince George. In fact, it concentrates on the secret love affair Princess Di had with Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan from 1995 to 1997, before she started her relationship with Dodi Al Fayed.

The cover photo shows a close-up of Diana, who was 36 at the time just before her death in August 1997, with her shoulders bare, makeup at a minimum and short blond hair tousled. The pic really shows just how much her two boys look like their mum.

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With Prince Charles at Craigowan Lodge on the Balmoral Estate. (Tim Graham/Getty photo)
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Posing for pictures on her wedding day. (Lichfield/Getty photo)
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More wedding pictures! (AP photos)
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At a banquet at the Guildhall in London. (Anwar Hussein/WireImage photos)
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At the premiere of "A View to a Kill" in London. (Tom Wargacki/WireImage photos)
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Wearing a Victor Edelstein gown to a White House State Dinner in Washington, DC. (Pool/Tim Graham Picture Library/Getty photos)
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Leaving Cirencester Hospital in England after Prince Charles broke his arm during a polo match. (AP photo)
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At Indian Castle Beach. (Getty photo)
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At the Serpentine Gallery in London, wearing a dress by Christina Stambolian. (Jayne Fincher/Getty photos)
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Sitting with Prince Harry during V-J Day celebrations in London. (AP photos)
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Meeting with Argentinian president Carlos Menem in Buenos Aires. (AP photos)
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Arriving at a cancer research benefit in Washington, DC. (AP photos)
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Walking through the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to attend the Costume Institute Gala. (AP photos)
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On a British Red Cross mission to highlight the evil of land mines in Luanda. (Getty photo)
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Meeting with Nelson Mandela to discuss the threat of AIDS in South Africa. (AP photos)
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At a gala benefit for victims of landmines at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC. (AP photos)
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Meeting with Mother Teresa in New York. (AP photos)
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Leaving Christie's auction house in New York after selling some of her dresses, the proceeds of which went toward AIDS and cancer charities. (AP photos)
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Arriving at Sarajevo airport on a tour to publicize the international problems of land mines. (AP photos)
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Diana Princess of Wales watches Prince Charles playing polo on May 30, 1982 at the Guards Club, Smiths Lawn, Windsor. Diana was pregnant at the time with Prince William. (Photo by David Levenson/Getty Images)
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The Princess of Wales visits Chinatown in Liverpool, April 1982. She is pregnant with Prince William, and wearing a pink wool maternity coat by Bellville Sassoon and a hat by John Boyd. (Photo by Jayne Fincher/Princess Diana Archive/Getty Images)

CORRECTION: This article initially referred to Princess Diana as Kate Middleton's grandmother-in-law. In fact, Diana would have been Kate's mother-in-law.

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