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

[post_page_title]Charles wasn’t ‘very cool'[/post_page_title]

Despite clicking instantly – and their massive age gap – Charles and Diana would actually not really see each other for three years following that fateful guided tour. When they did next, it was in 1980. The timing wasn’t perfect – Charles’ great-uncle and confidant Lord Mountbatten had just been assassinated by Irish extremists.

Charles wasn’t ‘very cool’

Diana watched the funeral and felt so sorry, so she tried to offer the Prince comfort with some kind, heartfelt words. Charles, allegedly, responded by “leaping on her,” as Diana herself recalled. She’d never had a boyfriend before, but remembered thinking, “This isn’t very cool.”

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