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

[post_page_title]Working up the nerve to confront Camilla[/post_page_title]

As time went on, Charles seemed unwilling, unable or both to break off his apparent relationship with Camilla. In 1989, things finally came to a head. During a birthday party for Camilla’s sister’s 40th, the typically shy and reserved Diana worked up the nerve to say something.

Working up the nerve to confront Camilla

Showing up unannounced at the party, which was enough of a shock, Diana interrupted a conversation between Camilla, Charles, and a third unnamed man. In her secretly-recorded tapes, released later, Diana admitted to being “terrified” at asking to speak to Camilla privately. Nevertheless, she stayed “deathly calm” and did just that.

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