Throughout the royal family’s history, few people have made a more significant impact thanPrincess Diana.
Her doomed love story with Prince Charles played out in front of the whole world.
Their lavish wedding was watched by 750 million people on TV (viathe BBC).
Diana became the “People’s Princess” and one of the most popular celebrities of her generation.
Her infamous BBC interview in 1995 drew in over20 million viewers.
Of course, when she met Prince Charles, all of that changed.
In her early childhood, Diana lived at Park House, Sandringham (viaRoyal.uk).
While Diana wasn’t officially a member of the British aristocracy, her childhood was spent around them.
“Diana had a happy, secure childhood,” Clarke wrote.
She also revealed that Diana was well-behaved, shy, and friendly.
She wasn’t in the least bit interested in clothes.
She absolutely hated dressing up."
In fact, Clarke recalled that making Diana wear a dress or skirt was no easy task.
“She would go, ‘Do I really have to do this?
In another interview, Clarke revealed that Diana also loved her guinea pigs and dog.
It sounds like Diana could always be found running around outside as a child.
Sadly, Diana was unable to pursue her passion for ballet as a career because of her height.
It seems she was terrified of more change.
Diana’s brother, Charles, also recalled his sister’s reaction to their parents’ separation.
Not her fault, she couldn’t do it.
Diana used to wait on the doorstep for her, but she never came.”
The estate holds a jaw-dropping 31 bedrooms, a ballroom, numerous historical portraits, and a vast library.
“You know, a lot of our life centered around just the park land.”
The children weren’t told about the wedding or invited to the party (viaOprah Daily).
Eventually, Diana and Legge became friends in the ’90s.
“We all used to have pictures of various pop stars that we liked.
The Monkees, Rod Stewart, people like that,” she said.
“I can tell you she used to have photographs of Prince Charles around her bed at West Heath.
With Diana, it was always pictures of Prince Charles.
She had a schoolgirl crush on him for a very long time” (viaThe Sun).
According toThe Sun, she failed her O-Levels twice (high school exams) and was often a troublemaker.
Diana ended up dropping out of school when she was 16 after failing her exams.
In later life, this may have led to some of her insecurities.
According to theExpress, this was a suitable alternative to university at the time.
Apparently, the school was taught entirely in French, which Diana struggled to speak and understand.
Apparently, Diana begged her father to let her come home.
“If you love me, you won’t leave me here,” she allegedlywrote to him.
After just one term, she dropped out of the finishing school and returned to England.
For a year or so, her life was incredibly relatable.
“I came back [to the flat] and sat on my bed.
‘Girls, guess what?’
They said: ‘He asked you.
What did you say?’
‘Yes kindly,'” Diana wrote.
“They screamed and howled and we went for a drive around London with our secret.
I rang my parents the next morning.”
Diana’s flatmates were also interviewed at the time, giving some insight into the nature of their apartment.
The three then explained that they had champagne for breakfast the next day (viaCosmopolitan).
As a nursery assistant, Diana worked at Young England Kindergarten in Pimlico, London (viaThe Sun).
She worked there three days a week.
In fact, at the time, Diana wasn’t dating anyone.
She was very much head over heels in love" (viaTime).
But before she dated Charles, he dated her older sister, Sarah, in 1977.
However, Sarah does consider herself responsible for introducing Charles to her sister.
“I introduced them; I’m Cupid,” she once said toThe Guardian.
And, according to reports, she had never dated anyone else.
Despite this, Diana claimed that she wasn’t worried about their age gap.
“I just feel you are as old as you think you are.”
Plus, she had been confident that she could make her marriage work.
Her only concern at the time, she said, was the press.
