"I do things differently, because I don't go by a rule book, because I lead from the heart, not the head, and albeit that's got me into trouble in my work, I understand that.
Ī year later, she and Charles would return to Balmoral to take engagement photos, and for their honeymoon.
AGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CHARLES AND DIANA PLUS
"The adjectives every witness applied enthusiastically to Diana in these early days of her romance with Charles were 'uncomplicated,' 'jolly,' and 'easygoing.' It was a big plus to Diana's cause that she appeared so happy tramping over sodden moors,'" Tina Brown wrote in The Diana Chronicles. In September 1980, Diana traveled to the northern reaches of Scotland to spend a weekend with Charles and his family at Balmoral.īy all accounts, Diana passed the "Balmoral Test," the name for the informal criteria the Windsors use to judge visitors and outsiders. Season 4 of The Crown depicts an important chapter of Diana and Charles's relationship: Meeting the family. September 1980: Diana visits Balmoral on her third date with Charles. “He’d found the virgin, the sacrificial lamb, and in a way he was obsessed with me,” she said. In the 1992 biography Diana: Her True Story In Her Own Words, Diana reflected on their rushed courtship to journalist Andrew Morton. "We met 13 times and we got married," she was heard saying in Diana: In Her Own Words. How The Crown's Actors Compare to the RoyalsĪfter that weekend, Diana and Charles went on a few dates, like to Andrew’s royal yacht or to Balmoral Castle in Scotland-but not many.How Princess Margaret Created The Star Signs.I thought, ‘This isn’t very cool’.but I had nothing to go by because I’d never had a boyfriend,” Diana said. “The next minute he leapt on me, practically. In audio tapes recorded with voice coach Peter Settelen, later broadcast in the documentary Diana: In Her Own Words, Diana recalled the awkward encounter that transpired after that conversation. They reportedly bonded over a conversation about Lord Mountbatten’s funeral, which they had both attended, according to Express. Before meeting Diana, some of Charles's other girlfriends and romantic entanglements included Anna Wallace, the daughter of a Scottish landowner Amanda Knatchbull, Lord Mountbatten's granddaughter and of course Camilla Parker Bowles, whom he would go on to marry.ġ980: Charles and Diana meet again, this time romantically.Ĭharles and Diana, then 18-and-a-half, reconnected during a summer weekend at a mutual friend's house. That relationship didn't take off-but Diana was still a suitable match for the future king. Sarah allegedly told journalist James Whittaker that she wouldn’t marry Charles “if he were the dustman or the King of England.” According to Monarch: the Life and Reign of Elizabeth II, Diana later told her friend Mary Robertson, "My sister Sarah spoke to the press.Frankly, that was the end of her.'" But during a ski trip in February 1978, when Sarah was linked to Charles, she dashed her chances. Originally, Sarah had been seen as a match for Charles. Prince Charles and Lady Sarah Spencer at a polo match Tim Graham // Getty Images
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