Fact Check: What ‘The Crown’ Got Right And What They Didn’t About Diana

[post_page_title]Fact check: Diana openly weeping in Sydney[/post_page_title]

Despite an entire episode being dedicated to Charles and Diana’s fateful tour of Australia, one especially heart-wrenching moment was for some reason left out of The Crown’s narrative. On one of their walkabouts near the Sydney Opera House, Diana was photographed openly weeping, while Charles completely ignored her.

Fact check: Diana openly weeping in Sydney

If he had noticed, the royal photographer who snapped the photo theorized, he intentionally looked the other way. The photographer went on to say a royal press officer told him it was just “jet lag and heat,” but he insisted it was the first sign the marriage wasn’t working.

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