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

[post_page_title]The mouse that roared[/post_page_title]

In truth, Diana was no longer the person she was when Charles married her at the tender age of 20. No longer the introverted, mousy teenager he first met at Althorp, Diana was a worldwide celebrity who rubbed elbows with Elton John and danced with John Travolta at the White House.

The mouse that roared

To be fair, though, Charles wasn’t exactly the same person either. When Diana fell in love with him, he was a debonaire James Bond-style man of the world. At the point their marriage broke down, one magazine profile quipped, he wanted to be a farmer.

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