Queen Elizabeth II passed away at the age of 96 at Balmoral in Scotland on 8 September, plunging Britain into deep mourning.
Before her death, the United Kingdom’s longest-serving monarch was cherished for a stoic calm that exemplified her nation’s wartime slogan, “Keep calm and carry on.”
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However, it’s not not been all rainbows and sunshine for Queen Elizabeth II. Controversies involving Prince Charles, Meghan Markle and more brought extra attention during the Queen’s record-long monarchy, which lasted from 1952 until her death on Thursday at age 96.
It was supposed to be a fairy tale, but the wedding of Prince Charles and Diana turned out to be anything but that. AP
Diana and Charles and the ‘third’ in their marriage
The royal marriage of Prince Charles and Diana attracted worldwide attention; it was going to be a fairy tale. The most eligible bachelor, Prince Charles, the royalty, was about to marry a young, beautiful Diana.
But the bubble quickly burst. In 1992, Charles and Diana officially announced their separation.
In 1995, Diana sat down for a tell-all solo interview with journalist Martin Bashir to talk about the immense pressures of public life and her struggles with self-harm, postpartum depression, and bulimia.
She famously quipped that “there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded”, alluding to Charles’…
