school at the Institut Alpin Videmanette in Rougemont, Switzerland, which she left after the Easter term of 1978 due to her poor grades and homesickness.
Upon Diana’s return from school “[…] Diana’s parents rented her an apartment at Coleherne Court in London” (Morton 42). She shared it with three of her friends. For a while, “Diana worked at a kindergarten and also looked after an American oil executive’s children a few days a week” (Campbell 43). Diana says these carefree days were the happiest of her life. Diana had a few boyfriends at the time, but none turned into serious relationships. Diana first met Prince Charles at her home when she was 16. Diana started dating Prince Charles in July of 1980. He was 33 and she was 19. Their early dates consisted of Diana watching Charles play polo. Since Prince Charles was in his thirties, he was getting pressure from his family to marry and start a family. Andrew Morton notes, “as Charles got older it would be difficult to find a suitable, Protestant, virginal bride” (48). He once said "If I’m deciding on whom I want t!
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