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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Emily Retter

Princess Diana's childhood and life before Charles - education, parents' split and sport

The shy nanny besieged when news of her relationship with Prince Charles broke. The deer in headlights startled by the reality of Royal life after she joined The Firm.

Diana’s story usually begins with those poignant images of a confused young woman newly courting our future king and suddenly catapulted into the limelight, trying to drive her mini metro through the hoards.

But while the attention she received undoubtedly sent shockwaves under her previously sedate life, Diana ’s early years had actually been played out alongside the royals. She was no stranger.

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