Britney Spears’ rumoured obsession with Princess Diana confirmed

A long-standing rumour surrounding Britney Spears and her apparent obsession with Diana, Princess of Wales, has finally been confirmed. 

Spears, 41, often referred to as the ‘Princess of Pop’, has expressed her empathy for the late People’s Princess in recent years, and some fans believe the Toxic hitmaker feels a special connection to the traumatic life of the British royal.

The speculation was finally confirmed on Saturday, when Spears uploaded a bizarre Instagram video of herself dancing at home in front of a framed portrait of Diana.

Clad in a racy pink mini dress, sunglasses and white boots, the pop-star undulated suggestively to the iconic track Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, by Cyndi Lauper. 

‘PRETTY IN PINK … TODAY,’ the Circus songstress wrote in her caption alongside a pink bow emoji. 

Fans quickly noticed the prominent image of Diana in the background, with one Tweeting: ‘My mood today is the framed photo of Princess Diana in Britney Spears’ house.’

‘Britney Spears being a fellow Princess Diana worshipper is so real of her,’ another added. 

It comes as no surprise the troubled pop-star sees a kindred spirit in Diana, whose career in the spotlight was similarly marred by intense criticism and battles with the paparazzi. 

Britney Spears’ rumoured obsession with Princess Diana was confirmed on Saturday when the troubled pop-star, 41, shared a bizarre Instagram video of herself dancing in front of the late British Royal’s portrait in her living room 

 The classic image was hard to miss in the background of Spears’ racy video 

In 2009, Vanity Fair writer Steve Dennis wrote an article about ‘The Diana-Britney Connection’ writing, ‘In many respects, these are two women whose fame consumed and defined them, and left them lost as private people within the bubble.’

Back in May 2021, Spears  paid a seemingly timely tribute to Diana in an Instagram post, following renewed criticism of the BBC’s 1995 Panorama interview that is said to have exploited the late Royal. 

‘She never wanted to be the queen,’ Britney began writing to her 29.9million followers, alongside a classic photo of Diana.

Fans quickly noticed the prominent image of Diana in the background, with one Tweeting: ‘My mood today is the framed photo of Princess Diana in Britney Spears’ house’

It comes as no surprise the troubled pop-star sees a kindred spirit in Diana, whose career in the spotlight was similarly marred by intense criticism and battles with the paparazzi. (Left, Spears in 2001, and right, Diana in 1996)

Britney wrote this Instagram tribute to Diana in May 2021

‘She wanted to be the heart of the people! She was more than class… she was sheer genius down to the way she spoke to the way she mothered her children,’ she continued.

‘The essence of being completely oblivious to her own power!!!! 750 MILLION people watched her get married on TV!!!! She will always be remembered as one of the most remarkable women to date.’ 

Like Diana, who was 36 when she died, Spears, has also found her troubled life to be the subject of television fodder for the BBC, after they released the controversial documentary The Battle For Britney: Fans, Cash And A Conservatorship, weeks before Spears’ post. 

Britney slammed the documentary herself as ‘hypocritical’ in a separate Instagram post at the time. 

In 2009, Vanity Fair writer Steve Dennis wrote an article about ‘The Diana-Britney Connection’ writing, ‘In many respects, these are two women whose fame consumed and defined them, and left them lost as private people within the bubble’. (Left, Diana in 1983, and right, Spears in 2018) 

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