Louise O'Neill: a 32-year-old man marrying a barely 20-year-old woman isn’t a fairy-tale and it never was

This season of The Crown highlights how very young Diana was during all of this — and it’s uncomfortable to look at that through a modern lens

Princess Diana (Emma Corrin): The Crown costume designer wanted to create something that wasn’t an exact replica of Lady Diana’s original dress but which captured the same spirit and style of David & Elizabeth Emanuel’s iconic design

Like everyone else this week — according to social media, at least — I have been binging the fourth season of The Crown on Netflix. There’s much to admire, not least of all the eerie vocal work being done by Emma Corrin, the actor playing Princess Diana; at times, if you close your eyes, you would be hard-pressed to tell the difference. The royal family are reportedly none too happy with the idea of such a painful period in their history being dramatised to entertain the unwashed masses and honestly, I think they’re right to be worried. The PR rehabilitation of Charles and Camilla has been nothing short of masterful.

These days, most of us respect Charles’s conservation and environmental work, and the campaigning Camilla does for the Rape Crisis centres across Britain is hugely important; more than that, they are thought of as a true love match, a couple destined to be together.