The young bride of Prince Charles-turned-dynamite public figure,Princess Dianaintrigued just about everyone.
But Diana’s life in the royal family was anything but a fairytale.
Her husband’sreported years-long affairwith Camilla Parker Bowles left her marriage in tatters.
Think rolling hills, beautiful gardens, and polo matches.
But Diana’s childhood was not all what you’d think it would have been.
As noted byVogue,Princess Diana had a tragically lonely childhood.
Diana’s mother left her and her siblings for another man when Diana was only 6.
The thought makes us shudder, but that was the reality for Diana Spencer.
As noted byElle,Princess Diana and Prince Charles met just 12 times before they got married.
So how did that happen?
“The next minute he leapt on me, practically.
But it certainly was not all roses.
“He’d found the virgin, the sacrificial lamb,” she said.
Diana was just 19 when she and Prince Charles became an item.
There’s a lot to learn, and Diana Spencer was left to figure it out on her own.
“And you had to learn that very fast.”
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And he kept saying he thought it was a good idea too.”
In all honesty, who wouldn’t want to marry a prince?
“They had nothing in common,” Mooney toldThe Sun.
“She was in awe of him and he was the Prince of Wales.
It was a bit like a fairy tale for her.
But, of course, it ended up being completely the reverse.”
And, my goodness, I’ve had to grow."
After a lengthy separation, they finally got divorced, but that came with some immense losses for Diana.
Let’s start with the royal title.
Diana was formally known as Her Royal Highness, the Princess of Wales.
When she got divorced from Charles, he made a point of stripping her title away from her.
This hurt for a number of reasons.
As part of the divorce repercussions, Diana also lost her police protection.
Princess Diana told theBBCin 1995.
She went on to share that her depression was used as a new target in her marriage.
“It gave everybody a wonderful new label Diana’s unstable and Diana’s mentally unbalanced.
And unfortunately that seems to have stuck on and off over the years,” she said.
But Diana’s candidness, although tragic, had lasting impact on mental health in Great Britain.
Yes, you read that correctly.
She shared that there had been “three of us” in her marriage.
The interview marked one of the saddest parts of Diana’s life, as she faced the media alone.
“William was absolutely livid,” Simmons said.
“The weekend after it went out they had a big row at Kensington Palace,” Simmons shared.
“William was furious and Diana was distraught.
I was there the day after she spoke to him and Diana was in a terrible state.”
While the two did reconcile, their relationship really took a hit.
She was just 36 years old.
Her bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones, survived after enduring serious injuries.
It’s safe to say that the world went into a state of shock.
But outcry from the British people mounted, and things got really sad and very tense.
Her funeral consisted of a viewing at St. James’s Palace and a formal ceremony at Westminster Abbey.
