Five dresses worn by Princess Diana sell for $500,000

Her wardrobe was the envy of millions of women across the globe.

And it seems the appetite for Princess Diana's glamorous dresses has not subsided.

Five dresses designed for and worn by the late British royal have gone under the hammer in Los Angeles for a total of nearly half a million dollars.

Three of the gowns were made by British dressmaker Catherine Walker, Diana's personal couturier and close friend for 16 years.

And the surprise of the night came from a Caroline Charles burgundy wool coat dress, which was expected to go for $20-40,000 but scored a total of $125,000. 

The collection was originally sold in Paris in 1997 - a month before Diana's death in the French capital at the age of 36.