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With actress Emma Corrin in the role of Diana Spencer, the new episodes of the hit Netflix drama about the British royal family were released this Sunday. SPOILER ALERT
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In the new season “The Crown” will see a young Lady Di (Emma Corrin), who lives her love story with Prince Carlos (Josh o’Connor)
The highly anticipated fourth season of “The Crown” premiered this Sunday, November 15, on Netflix, and fans will experience a new era of the British royal family: the Diana years. In addition to introducing Emma Corrin as a young princess Lady Di, a new political figure enters the scene in the form of Margaret Thatcher, played by Gillian Anderson. And Olivia Colman returns as Queen Elizabeth II in one of the most difficult periods of her reign: the tumultuous 80s . SPOILER ALERT.
The new season will see a young Lady Di (Corrin), who lives her love story with Prince Charles (Josh o’Connor), at a time when Margaret Thatcher (Anderson) unhesitatingly directed the fate of the British. The new chapters also cover the escalation of the conflict in Northern Ireland and the Falklands War.
It also portrays the bitter marriage of Prince Charles and Princess Diana.
Diana Spencer had just turned 20 when in 1981 she married a Prince Charles in his 30s, heir to the throne under pressure to find a wife. The eldest son of Elizabeth II agreed to marry her, but remained in love with his young girlfriend, Camilla. Portrayed in previous episodes as a sensitive and misunderstood young man, Carlos becomes a cold and unfaithful husband, who reproaches his wife’s “fragility”.
Emma Corrin in “The Crown”
The loving trio is one of the plots of the fourth season of “The Crown”, set in the late 1970s and 1980s, a turbulent period for the United Kingdom when the IRA murdered Louis Mountbatten, great-uncle in 1979 and mentor to Prince Charles , and the country became embroiled in the Malvinas War with Argentina in 1982.
An episode of the show is dedicated to the incredible story of the intruder who entered Buckingham Palace. Michael Fagan, 33, managed to enter the bedroom of Elizabeth II, awakening the monarch who did not lose her legendary composure.
Critical and public success. “The Crown”, whose first season aired in 2016, has won several awards, including three Golden Globes and ten Emmys, the accolades of American television. Seventy-three million households around the world have watched the series, Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s chief content officer, said in January.
Did Prince Charles date Diana’s older sister Sarah first?
Lady Di and Princes Charles at Balmoral
Yes. Carlos met Lady Sarah shortly before his 30th birthday, an age his biographer Jonathan Dimbleby said he had “recklessly hinted at was an appropriate age for marriage.” In fact, he dated her in 1977. Carlos was the guest of Diana’s older sister, Lady Sarah McCorquodale , at a hunting party at Althorp, home of the Spencer family. That was the first time he met then-Diana Spencer, who struck him as ” a very cheerful, funny, attractive, and full of life 16-year-old,” she said in her engagement interview in 1981. It wasn’t until three years after that first meeting when Carlos and Diana met again.
In July 1980, the two were invited to lunch by a mutual friend. Diana spent a weekend in Balmoral as a guest of Prince Charles, and on September 8, 1980 the British press published: “He’s in love again.” They saw each other only 13 times before Carlos proposed to her .
Emma Morrin as Lady Di in “The Crown”
On February 2-4, 1981 , Buckingham Palace announced the news with a statement: “With the pleasure that the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh announce the engagement of their beloved son, the Prince of Wales, to Lady Diana Spencer, daughter of Earl Spencer and the Honorable Mrs. Shand Kydd ”. According to an article written at the time by The Guardian , Diana’s sister, Lady Sarah, told reporters: “I introduced them. I am Cupid ”.
Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer were married in St. Paul’s Cathedral on July 29, 1981, just over five months after the official announcement of their engagement. The wedding was seen by 750 million people around the world.
Did Lord Mountbatten send Carlos a letter before he died about finding a suitable wife?
Diana (Emma Corrin) and Prince Charles (Josh O Conno) in a scene from “The Crown”
He may not have sent a letter to Carlos on the eve of his death, as shown in the first chapter, but Lord Louis Mountbatten certainly offered a number of advice to his great-nephew. Their relationship was more one of grandfather-grandson, and the mentor of Elizabeth II’s eldest son and the Duke of Edinburgh took it upon himself to advise the prince on matters of the heart. Mountbatten was a prominent figure, who exerted a strong influence on the Windsors . It was Mountbatten who often encouraged Carlos to enjoy his singleness and warned him that a perfect girlfriend would be one without a past and that she had to be young enough to be “molded into the role of wife and mother.” In the series, he is seen advising the prince not to marry Camilla Shand (Camilla Parker Bowles). The dynamic between him and Carlos caused tensions in the family, with Felipe feeling his son no longer needed to search for a father figure because he already had one.
The Duke of Edinburgh’s uncle was assassinated on 27 August 1979 after a bomb placed by the IRA on his fishing boat exploded . He and his grandson Nicholas died, as well as the mother of his son-in-law, Doreen Knatchbull, who died the next day, in addition to Paul, a member of the crew. Her daughter Patricia, her son-in-law John and Timothy, another of her grandchildren, were seriously injured. His death is precisely one of the most tragic moments that this fourth season narrates. As depicted in “The Crown,” Lady Di became something of a shoulder to cry on for Carlos after the death of his beloved great-uncle, leading him to regard her as a suitable candidate for Princess of Wales, recalling Mountbatten’s council.
In 2015, the Prince of Wales visited Mountbatten’s place of death and recalled how close their relationship was: “For me, Lord Mountbatten represented the grandfather I never had.” Charles’ eldest son, Prince William named his son Louis in his honor.
Did Diana win over the royal family during her first visit to Balmoral Castle in Scotland?
Lady Di and Carlos on their honeymoon at Balmoral in 1981
Passing the so-called Balmoral test has been important to all kinds of visitors, not just prospective royal wives. Politicians and their spouses have been among those vetted by royalty and their entourage. At 19, Diana passed the test with flying colors, as shown in episode two, winning over Carlos’s friends during those first vacations in late summer in early fall 1980. Philip of Edinburgh also took her under his wing. in those early days.
Was Diana allowed to choose her own engagement ring?
Emma Corrin, as Princess Diana, in a scene from the fourth season of “The Crown” (EFE)
Truth. Diana received a tray of wedding rings before the engagement. In “Diana: Her True Story – In Her Own Words,” author Andrew Morton recounts that the Royal House made up a story to explain the arrival of the jewels at the palace so that word would not get out early. Staff were told that Prince Andrew was to receive a special signet ring for his upcoming 21st birthday. Diana was shown various options and she chose a ring that reminded her of her mother’s jewel. This piece passed to Kate Middleton when she got engaged to Prince William in 2010 and she commented on camera: “It’s beautiful. Hope to take good care of it! It is very special “
Did Camilla initially try to befriend Diana before the wedding?
Emerald Fennell as Camilla Parker-Bowles (Netflix)
Truth. Throughout the courtship, there is evidence of Camilla’s closeness to the Prince of Wales. Diana and Carlos stayed with Camilla and her husband Andrew Parker Bowles on the weekends, and they would also attend Buckingham Palace dinners while Carlos wooed Diana. When Diana moved into Clarence House, the then home of the Queen Mother, on the eve of her engagement announcement, there was a letter from Camilla waiting for her, inviting her lover’s fiancée to lunch. But for Diana, any potential friendship was short-lived. As their July 1981 wedding day approached, she discovered that Carlos had commissioned a special bracelet with the interlocking letters of G and F inscribed on it, for the nicknames they had for each other: Gladys and Fred. This painful moment unfolds in the third episode of the show.
Did Princess Diana really skate in the palace?
“The Crown” (Netflix)
While it hasn’t been confirmed whether Princess Diana did, in fact, skate around Buckingham while listening to Duran Duran’s “Girls on Film” on her Walkman (as she does on the show), she was known for having that hobby. It is also said that he used to relax while skating in Kensington Gardens. “I think she really did that,” actress Emma Corrin , who plays Diana Spencer, told Sky News.
Did Princess Diana have an eating disorder?
Princess Diana by Emma Corrin in “The Crown”
Princess Diana herself confirmed that she struggled with “rampant bulimia” in a November 1995 interview with BBC1’s “Panorama”. The princess referred to this illness as something symptomatic of her marriage , but something that people turned to refer to her as an unstable person. His eating disorder is shown during season four. “I had bulimia for several years. And that’s like a secret disease. You inflict it on yourself because your self-esteem is at a low point, and you don’t think you are worthy or valuable, “Lady Di told the journalist Martin Bashir. “It was a symptom of what was happening in my marriage. He screamed for help (…) They decided that was the problem: Diana was unstable, “he added. “The cause was the situation where my husband and I had to keep everything together because we did not want to disappoint the public and yet there was obviously a lot of anxiety within our four walls.”
Corrin was very meticulous in her portrayal of the princess and, according to an interview with Variety magazine, she did a lot of research on eating disorders so she could bring it to the small screen. In an interview with Radio Times, she explained that it was very important both for her, and out of respect for the late princess, to interpret bulimia in a very honest way. “Diana was very candid about her experience with bulimia, and that’s something I admire a lot about her.” shared.
Did Princess Margaret try to stop Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s wedding?
Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret in “The Crown”
There is no evidence that Margarita spoke out against the union before the wedding, as she does in episode three. In fact, Helena Bonham Carter said that she came up with the idea that her character, Princess Margaret, should oppose the marriage of Prince Charles and Princess Diana . Bonham Carter shared at a press conference that in fiction “it is very clear before marriage that there are big problems,” but the family encourages Prince Charles to move on.
Did Princess Diana surprise Charles with an “Uptown Girl” dance at the London Opera?
Olivia Colman and Josh O’Connor in “The Crown” (Netflix)
Truth. The December 1985 dance was Diana’s idea. The princess, who loved ballet and took lessons at Kensington Palace, contacted ballet star Wayne Sleep to choreograph a surprise dance for her husband. They were found in a trial study in west London. “She said, ‘I’ve got the music, it’s Billy Joel’s Uptown Girl and I’m your uptown girl. He always signed me little cards like that, ”Sleep said later. “We just clicked, we had the same humor.” Despite the delight of the crowd at the Royal Opera House, it was said that Carlos did not like it much with the three-minute number.
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