Lady Diana Bridgeman

Lady Helen Diana Abdy (née Bridgeman; 22 June 1907 – 7 May 1967) was an English socialite and fashion leader[1] included in The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton.

[1][3] In 1922 she was the youngest bridesmaid at the wedding of Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, daughter of George V.[5] In May 1923, a month short of her 19th birthday, she was introduced to the American socialite and anglophile Henry 'Chips' Channon.

[1][3] Sir Robert Abdy was an art authority who owned antique shops in London and Paris.

[9] In 1933 she was included, together with her sister, in The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton: "Lady Abdy is a more exotic edition of her (Rosamond Pinchot n.d.r.

); leonine large and pale, sullen with flowing ash air and richly curving lips.