The fifth season of “The Crown” continues in the first places of popularity on Netflix just a few hours after its premiere. Millions of people around the world have become hooked on the famous series that shows some of the most controversial moments of the British royal family.
Contrary to what many would think, the followers of the series are far from being satisfied with what the famous streaming platform has shown them so far about the life of the Windsors and more questions arise about certain moments that are portrayed in the new episodes.
During the first chapter of the new season entitled “The Queen Victoria Syndrome”, what happened on one of the family trips made by Lady Di and then-Prince Charles to Italy is recounted, which was sold to the press as their “second honey moon”.
The tension that is shown in said episode between Diana and Carlos portrays that it would be on said trip where the Princess of Wales would have definitively decided to end her marriage, so many wonder if the story was real or is it just a very good dramatization of the producers of the series.
What really happened on Carlos and Diana’s trip to Italy?
Princess Diana and then-Prince Charles took a family trip to Italy in 1991, just a year before their separation was officially announced.
The trip took place on Carlos’ Alexander yacht and most of what really happened on the trip remains a mystery because as it was a private vacation for the couple, the interactions between them could only be witnessed by the people on board. ship’s.
However, many media outlets, journalists and specialists on British royalty have assured that Princess Diana was indeed very unhappy during this period of her life, and that it would have been the “breaking point” for the couple followed by their separation.
The Knatchbulls are also known to have traveled with them. The Scottish Herald reportedly confirmed this after little Leonora’s tragic death.
“Just over two months ago, Leonora and her 10-year-old brother, Nicholas, her eight-year-old sister Alexandra, and their parents joined the Prince and Princess of Wales on a Mediterranean cruise for the summer. They set off with high hopes afterward. of an improvement in his condition, but he became ill again when the family returned to Romsey’s Broadlands estate in Hampshire.
Important changes
An important change in the real events is the inclusion of the British journalist Andrew Morton, who is seen for the first time intuiting the couple’s marital problems during this trip.
In reality, Morton had already talked to Diana about publishing her statements in a biography, before the couple embarked on their vacation.
Also the part in which Carlos organizes a meeting with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, John Major, to discuss the future of the monarchy, would not have happened in reality, according to the words of the former official.
“There was never any discussion between Sir John and the then Prince of Wales about any possible abdication of the late Queen Elizabeth II, nor did the then Prince of Wales (or Sir John) ever raise such an unlikely and improper subject.”
In addition, Diana’s outfit for the beginning of the trip is not the one that the Princess of Wales used for said vacation, it would have been influenced by a completely different trip since it is very similar to an outfit that she wore in Seville in 1992.
ABC