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

[post_page_title]It began with the light switches[/post_page_title]

Everything began innocently, not only because Charles was dating her sister but also because in 1977 he was 29 and Diana was still a teenager. The future king arrived at the 1,500-acre Althorp House for a weekend of hunting, and would later recall “what fun” Diana was.

It began with the light switches

Diana, for her part, was smitten, telling her piano teacher, “I’ve met him at last!” She even gave Charles a tour of Althorp’s art gallery, because she knew where the obscured light switches were and Sarah didn’t, leaving her older sister incensed. It was a memory Charles would carry for years.

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