How The Crown's Actors Compare to the RoyalsДЄfter that weekend, Diana and Charles went on a few dates, like to AndrewвЂ™s royal yacht or to Balmoral Castle in Scotland-but not many. I thought, вЂThis isnвЂ™t very coolвЂ™.but I had nothing to go by because IвЂ™d never had a boyfriend,вЂќ Diana said. вЂњThe next minute he leapt on me, practically. In audio tapes recorded with voice coach Peter Settelen, later broadcast in the documentary Diana: In Her Own Words, Diana recalled the awkward encounter that transpired after that conversation. They reportedly bonded over a conversation about Lord MountbattenвЂ™s funeral, which they had both attended, according to Express. Before meeting Diana, some of Charles's other girlfriends and romantic entanglements included Anna Wallace, the daughter of a Scottish landowner Amanda Knatchbull, Lord Mountbatten's granddaughter and of course Camilla Parker Bowles, whom he would go on to marry.ДЎ980: Charles and Diana meet again, this time romantically.Д¬harles and Diana, then 18-and-a-half, reconnected during a summer weekend at a mutual friend's house. That relationship didn't take off-but Diana was still a suitable match for the future king. Sarah allegedly told journalist James Whittaker that she wouldnвЂ™t marry Charles вЂњif he were the dustman or the King of England.вЂќ According to Monarch: the Life and Reign of Elizabeth II, Diana later told her friend Mary Robertson, 'My sister Sarah spoke to the press.Frankly, that was the end of her.'' But during a ski trip in February 1978, when Sarah was linked to Charles, she dashed her chances. Originally, Sarah had been seen as a match for Charles.

Charles was visiting Althorp for a hunting trip, as he was already friends with DianaвЂ™s older sister, Sarah.

In short, Diana came from a вЂњsuitableвЂќ family: wealthy and aristocratic.ДЎ977: Charles and Diana meet for the first time.ДЄccording to their official engagement interview, Charles and Diana, then 29 and 16, met at the Spencer family home. When she was 13, Diana became 'Lady' Diana Spencer when her paternal grandfather passed away, and her father became the eighth Earl Spencer. She grew up in close proximity to the royal family, often playing with Prince Edward and Prince Andrew.

When Charles was 12 years old, Diana was born at Park House, a home her parents rented from Elizabeth II. July 1, 1961: Diana is born into an aristocratic family. Regardless of how The Crown interprets and fictionalizes Diana and CharlesвЂ™s courtship, marriage, and separation, hereвЂ™s what really happened-often, in DianaвЂ™s own words. Her death left her sons William, then 15, and Harry, 12, motherless. Years after she and Charles divorced, Princess Diana died in 1997 in a car accident. Though it involves castles, the story of Prince Charles, the heir to the throne of England, and Princess Diana, is no fairy tale, which became evident with the very public dissolution of their marriage and the tragedies that came after. Prince Harry Says He's 'Missing' Princess Diana

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