Princess Charlotte of Wales was a tug-of-love child caught up in the war between the future George IV and his wanton wife, Princess Caroline of Brunswick. Here, FEMAIL explores the ways in which the original people’s princess tragic story mirrored that of Princess Diana's.

She described to History Extra how they both had mothers who left them at a young age, were more popular than their husbands and other royals and died tragically young - sending the nation into mourning. Suggesting history really does have a way of repeating itself, Tracy Borman has detailed the various aspects in which Charlotte and Diana lived similar lives.

Her passing sent the nation into an intense national mourning - so severe companies worried they'd go out of business because of how long they were required to close their stores.Īnd the loss felt by Britain isn't the only similarity between that Princess of Wales and Princess Diana, noted Borman, who is the joint Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, and has recently released a new book Crown & Sceptre: A New History of the British Monarchy from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II.

She was the wildly popular princess who eclipsed other members of the royal family, died tragically young and came from a broken home - but despite the similarities, we’re not talking about Princess Diana.īritish historian Tracy Borman has detailed the forgotten life of the nation's original 'people's princess', Princess Charlotte of Wales, the only daughter of King George IV.īorn in 1796, Charlotte grew up largely without her parents' care but eventually found the love she desired by marrying Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld - before sadly dying at just 21-years-old after giving birth to a stillborn son.

In her new book Crown & Sceptre: A New History of the British Monarchy from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II, historian Tracy Borman revisits the forgotten life of Charlotte of Wales, the original 'People's Princess'

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