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Princess Diana's clothes remain capable of drawing a crowd more than 14 years after her death. Some of her most famous dresses are to be exhibited together for the first time at Kensington Palace, her former home, The Guardian reported.

The exhibition, from March, commemorates and drums up publicity for the palace, which has undergone a £12m renovation. Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge will move into Princess Margaret's former apartment there next year.

Some of the princess's frocks have been exhibited around the world, including in the US and at her family home, Althorp in Northamptonshire. A number have even been auctioned for charity. But several of the latest group to be exhibited have never been seen in public since she wore them in the 1980s.

The dresses that will go on display include a black, off-the-shoulder taffeta number worn by Diana at one of her first public appearances, at a recital at the Royal Opera House, a few days after the announcement of her engagement to Prince Charles in 1981. It was designed by David and Elizabeth Emanuel, who designed her wedding dress a few months later.

Also on display, from later in her life, will be an ivory dress designed by Catherine Walker, which she wore for a Vanity Fair photoshoot by Mario Testino in 1997. There will also be a fuchsia and purple silk sari, another designed by Walker, which Diana wore to a dinner for the King of Thailand in 1988.