Perhaps the most famous scene in the BBC’s 1995 series “Pride and Prejudice” showed Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy emerging from a lake, soaking wet, with a white shirt clinging to his chest. (Mr. Darcy walked so Anthony Bridgerton could run.) Seeing this iconic costume piece in the “Jane Austen Undressed” exhibit, Camilla Parker Bowles joked, “But he’s not in it, that’s a bit sad,” according to Us Weekly. The duchess’s tour guide, museum director Lizzie Dunford, added, “I know, that’s sad, and it’s not quite as damp as it was.” Ladies! How scandalous! Camilla then joked that perhaps the museum could spray the shirt down for the sake of authenticity.
The Mr. Darcy joke wasn’t quite as highbrow as the rest of Camilla’s visit, which also included, according to the royal family’s official Instagram, getting a peek at a first edition of “Pride and Prejudice,” the classic work of literature that inspired Firth’s wet shirt. But hey, even royals contain multitudes.
Nicki
