The real story of The Crown: The seven days that led to the marriage of Charles and Diana

20 year-old Lady Diana Spencer laughed out loud when Prince Charles proposed to her having met her only 12 times. Five months later, she walked up the aisle – watched by three quarters of a billion people around the world – to marry what people believed was her Prince Charming.
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This is the true story of the seven days that led to the wedding of the decade – was it doomed before it even began?
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