1/12. A THREAD! Wow! I must say that I am amazed at how #TheCrownSeason4 has got so many RR’s, blind Royalists and other media so twisted! What is wrong with people? The “facts” are not that hard to check, especially since we have Google!

2/12. However, even better than Google is lived experience! I’m 55 just a few years younger than #PrincessDiana, so for many of us her engagement was like a real life fairytale. We watched the engagement interview with excitement and anticipation.

3/12 Yes, we did wince when we heard Charles say “whatever in love means” but we put it down to an awkward joke and looked forward to the day off school to witness a real life Princess wedding! Very few people, at that time, thought anything more than how lovely she looked

4/12. on her wedding day (dress was questionable in MY opinion but she looked like a Princess!). We had no reason to question that they were in love. However, we witnessed the veneer slipping ... and the same media desperate to backtrack now, told us what was going on!

5/12. Even moreso, was that gossip amongst their friends & courtiers was less than discreet! By the time I started my career in the media, it was practically an open secret their marriage was in trouble, Camilla was very firmly on the scene and Diana was ill! The Crown, though a

6/12. dramatisation, is actually a sanitised version of what actually occurred and those of us who lived through those times know it! We saw Diana virtually disappear before our very eyes, we saw -and heard - Charles’ jealousy play out over the years!

7/12. We saw how the Royal Family dismissed Diana and tried to undermine her popularity - sound familiar?! Before #MeghanMarkle, Diana was - by far - the most famous and photographed person on the planet! The World was obsessed with her,

8/12. that’s a lot of pressure for one person who was essentially alone and that family left her to deal with it! I have always been in awe of Diana’s strength, courage and commitment to find and be herself amongst that lot! She fought for her boys to be children

9/12 and to have as normal a childhood as possible. She fought for them to experience humanity and to acknowledge their privilege & with every step that family & the media tried to beat her down. Eventually they “won”, but it’s a hollow victory because what they actually did

10/12 was expose the gaping empty space that should have held a heart! That family are emotionally inept, entitled and well past their expiry date! The media have exposed themselves so many times that it is only the gullible and the professionally outraged that pay them

11/12 any real attention! I’ve been a big fan of #TheCrown since day 1 and I’m glad they didn’t shy away from portraying this living history exactly as is! Whether you like it or not - it happened & you can easily check it for yourself! So, regardless of how much that family

12/12 and the media want to now downplay their part in Diana, Harry and Meghan’s story it is there for all the World to see - if they want to see it!!