Princess Diana’s designer Elizabeth Emanuel reclaims her name thanks to Radius Group

Princess Diana’s designer Elizabeth Emanuel reclaims her name thanks to Radius Group

Coverage from 'The Times' and 'The Daily Mail' - July 2021

Daily Mail Extract - In 2006, however, the European Court of Justice ruled that, as she had voluntarily sold trademark rights to Ahmed, she had no claim on her name. These, says Elizabeth, were her darkest days. ‘I’ve been on the phone to the Samaritans,’ she says quietly. ‘There were times when I was so low. I didn’t know how I could go on. I have never met so many terrible people as I did in those years in fashion.’

Then came a ray of light when Ahmed’s company went bust and her trademark changed hands again.

Now into the story comes her knight (if not in shining armour, then at least in a well-cut suit) in the form of Damian Hopkins, the licensing guru who helped Elizabeth cut a deal to reclaim her eponymous label. On 15 July 2021, Damian finally got Elizabeth her name back.

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