‘A bit chubby, aren't we?'
Diana was suffering from more than just postpartum depression, which was heartbreaking. She recalls Charles grasping her waist and saying, “Oh, a bit overweight here, aren't we?” a week after they were engaged. She was devastated, whether she was being playful or not. She developed an eating issue due to the stress of public attention and her husband's friendship with Camilla. It would take her almost a decade to get over it. Despite this, she claimed to have shed five and a half inches off her waist at her wedding. “I'd shrunk to nothing,” she said.
The trip to Australia that changed everything
The Princess of Wales embarked on her first overseas tour as a member of the Royal Family in 1983 when she was only 21 years old. In fact, it was her first time ever travelling abroad. The Crown's 40-day journey of Australia and New Zealand was painstakingly reproduced in season four, and with good reason. It was a watershed moment for the couple as well as the Royal Family. It was the largest royal visit to Australia since Queen Elizabeth's visit in 1954, with up to 40,000 people gathering to see them on each outing. Looking under the surface, however, revealed a very different picture…