than the way diana raised her boys. the queen was largely absent because of her work, her royal duty. there just wasn t a lot of affection in his childhood. she realized that she had the opportunity to shape the future of the monarchy through her influence on her boys. one of the key themes of diana s life is the sense of abandonment. she felt abandoned by her mother during the acrimonious divorce between earl spencer and her mother and she was determined her own children would have a nurturing environment that they could grow up in. she insist that had they go to school so they could mix with their peers, that they weren t off in the palace learning from a governess and that they were out in the world. she would do the school runs, school plays. this made her exceptionally relatable to ordinary people. she wanted to make sure that these boys realized that not
don t forget, you can tweet me @pamelabrowncnn. also follow me on instagram and follow adam on instagram, too, adam charlton. thanks so much for joining us this evening. i m pamela brown. i ll see you again next weekend. the cnn original series diana is next. did you know what you were taking on in that kind of sense, not being able to just walk down the street? no. i didn t. i don t think the royal family quite knew what to do with her. there was just a real frenzy
the first 20 minutes she absolutely categorically denied it, but then she told me exactly what was going on. she was having some sort of relationship with him. she was smitten. she s having her first crush after her marriage. she never had a boyfriend before she met charles and she s living life almost in reverse. i do understand why someone like princess diana who didn t have a loving husband or a happy marriage would become susceptible to looking at barry manarchy. he s epping everything that she doesn t have in her life, warmth, strength, presence. my main thing was to try and persuade her just how dangerous and impossible it would be for her to remain with the boys. it was just lunacy. it was incredibly high risk for diana. it s right under charles nose, and it also kind of makes you wonder how much attention diana was getting from charles if he was missing it.
favorite toy? got a plastic whale that throws things at the top, little balls. it was in fact the place where william took his first steps. charles wrote about it in an almost rhapso diy letter saying how much fun it was. initially she was really overwhelmed, but the more she did it, the more she became confident. it was the sort of crucible for diana to prove herself, and she did brilliantly. charles at first is thinking brilliant. she s such an asset, fantastic, but then, of course, things shifted again. chants followed her. we love the princess. she obviously had to take one side of the street and charles took the other side of the street, and there were audible groans from people who got charles. she was horrified that people
hurry. hurry. too he havey? here we are in 1985, and diana has the family that she s always wanted. she s mother to 1-year-old william and 1-year-old harry. diana was literally night and day to previous royal mothers. diana ripped up that rule book and said, right, i m going to be a very hands-on mother. she worshipped her sons william and harry. she felt that her number one job was being a mom. she was very demonstrative, threw them big kisses, big us which we were really not used to because in previous generations royal mothers didn t display their emotions in public. charles was brought up in such a different environment