Emma Corrin once again slipped into character as Princess Diana as she filmed scenes for season four of the Crown on Saturday afternoon.
The actress, 24, portrayed the moment where the late Princess of Wales visited the Henry Street Settlement in New York during her official visit in February 1989.
The centre’s mission is to opens doors of opportunity for Lower East Side residents and other New Yorkers through social services, arts, and health care programs.
Filming: Emma Corrin once again slipped into character as Princess Diana as she filmed scenes for season four of the Crown on Saturday afternoon
In 1987, two years before Diana visited, Henry Street was designated the official provider of AIDS Mental Health Services for the Lower East Side by the Department of Mental Health.
During filming, Manchester was transformed into the streets of the Big Apple as filming took place in the city centre, with the Metrolink being overhauled into the Subway.
A Metro entrance, which would have previously featured routes around Manchester, was rebranded as 23 Street Station Subway which linked to Manhattan.
New look: Manchester was transformed into the streets of the Big Apple as filming took place in the city centre, with the Metrolink being overhauled into the Subway
Arrival: Emma was seen gazing out of the window as she arrived at the centre
Similar style: Diana wore a similar look to Emma (left) during her New York trip (right)
Emma herself was wearing a brightly patterned hounds tooth skirt suit, which consisted of a tailored jacket with green lapels and yellow and pink detailing.
She teamed the garment with a pencil skirt and a pair of white slingbacks, while she kept warm by wearing padded black jacket in between shooting scenes.
Emma was also sporting Diana’s signature voluminous blow dried hair style, complete with a pair of statement stud earrings and light touches of make-up.
Unlike Emma, Diana sported a purple and black suit with oversized buttons for the real life occasion which took place during a visit to the U.S.
Glasses: Emma also added a pair of green-framed glasses to her ensemble
Changing it up: Unlike Emma, Diana sported a purple and black suit with oversized buttons for the real life occasion which took place during a visit to the U.S
Pensive: The star appeared apprehensive as she arrived in the back of a limo
Set: Elsewhere, the streets were lined with tables of props
New York vibes: An old fashioned bus could be seen with the words New York on the front
Elsewhere, the streets were lined with tables of props and an old fashioned bus could be seen with the words New York on the front.
In April 1987, Princess Diana shook hands with a gay man who was dying of AIDS.
The People’s Princess touched the unnamed man without wearing gloves, challenging the previously believed notion the disease could be passed via skin-to-skin contact.
She was quoted as saying: ‘HIV does not make people dangerous to know.
Off-screen: Emma took direction from one of the producers on set
Transformation: A selection of road signs were scattered over the pavement
Vintage: A bus of the era was pictured parked at the side of the road
‘You can shake their hands and give them a hug. Heaven knows they need it’.
At the time, Princess Diana was opening the UK’s first unit that exclusively cared for HIV/AIDS patients at London Middlesex Hospital.
Princess Diana was famously the first member of the Royal Family to touch someone with AIDS.
Shooting: Emma could be seen looking out of the car window on the back seat
Real life: The Princess of Wales, flanked by two New York City police officers, tours the Henry Street Setlement, in the city’s Lower Eastside today, escorted by director Verona Jetter
Strolling around: A selection of cast members were seen dressed in outfits of the time
Crowds: Fans lined the streets as they caught the moment on their phones
It is unclear if this picture is the first time she made physical contact with an HIV-infected patient.
The People’s Princess would also regularly visit the Lighthouse, both with the media present and without.
According to Dr Rosemary Gillespie, chief executive of the HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust: ‘London Lighthouse offered residential and day care for men, women and children living with HIV and AIDS, and provided a refuge and respite to people marginalised and abandoned because of their diagnosis’.
Princess Diana was a patron of the National AIDS Trust at the time of her death in 1997.
Pictured: The Princess of Wales, wearing a Catherine Walker suit, surrounded by security while visiting the Henry Street settlement in New York City, February 1989