This was a difficult period for Diana. Her marriage was in name only, her children were away at boarding school, and her attempts to create a meaningful position for herself and Britain were being undermined by her husband. On this trip to Brazil, Diana mentioned in conversation to the Ambassadress that she was reading her homework on Brazil. As Sarah Bradford relates, "Charles chipped in 'Oh, she doesn't know a thing about Brazil''. Public putdowns by the heir to the throne in front of high-ranking official fueled Diana's desire to escape from the sham her marriage had become." ("Diana", page 205). She had begun wearing more pale colors, particularly pink, to express the fragility she was feeling.

When Diana auctioned 79 of her gowns for charity in 1997, this was Lot 65, listed as "a long evening dress in ivory silk crepe", although in her autobiography Catherine Walker describes in as being in ivory romain satin. It fetched $26.450. It was part of the group of gowns bought by Maureen Rorech-Dunkel and later exhibited for charity in the Dresses for Humanity touring exhibit. The gowns were later auctioned again in London in 2013, and this one was purchased for approximately $106,000 by Historic Royal Palaces, which runs Kensington Palace and is part of their permanent Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection. It was showcased in their 2017 "Diana: Her Fashion Story" exhibit.