Here’s How “The Crown” Re-Created Iconic Princess Diana Moments For Season 5

In the first episode of the season, Diana and Charles take their family on a yacht vacation in Italy. In this photo, the foursome are photographed by paparazzi watching them during an excursion. William would have been 9 years old, while Harry would have been 7 years old.

In this photo from the same year, Diana was photographed on a boat with her two young sons when they visited Niagara Falls in 1991.

In “The Crown,” Charles and Diana smile for cameras aboard their yacht in Italy ahead of their “second honeymoon.”

In real life, Diana wore a similar floral shirt and sunglasses in photos with Charles at the Seville Expo in 1992.

During this scene, Diana heads to a hospital to visit patients and families and to see her friend Dr. James Colthurst (Oliver Chris). Colthurst ultimately delivered tapes of Diana talking about her life to her biographer Andrew Morton (Andrew Steele). For the scene, she wears a red jacket with a black collar.

It seems “The Crown” based Debicki’s costume in that scene on a real jacket Diana was often photographed wearing in the ’90s. In this picture from 1995, she wore it to visit the English National Ballet School. The photo also gives a good idea of how Diana was swamped by crowds during public events, just like in the show.

In the third episode of “The Crown,” titled “Mou Mou,” viewers learn about the life of Mohamed Al-Fayed, whose son Dodi would eventually become Diana’s lover. Dodi was also killed in the fatal 1997 car crash that ended Diana’s life.

At the end of the episode, Mohamed meets Diana for the first time at a horse-racing event, after he’s become the owner of Harrods department store. He wanted to sit next to the queen, but he is immediately charmed by the princess and introduces her to his son.

In real life, Mohamed and Diana were friends; here, they’re pictured together at a charity dinner at Harrods in 1996.

In 1997, Diana and her sons spent the summer on Mohamed’s yacht; the queen is shown discussing these summer plans at the end of “The Crown”‘s season five finale. It’s on that vacation that Diana and Dodi connected.

“The Crown” doesn’t show the event that Diana wore her “revenge dress” to in detail, though later in the season, Charles jokes with Diana about the concept. In the series, we see her getting out of a car and walking to an event.

In real life, Diana wore the iconic dress to a Vanity Fair party in June 1994. Just like in the show, it was the night a tell-all documentary about Charles aired, during which he admitted to being unfaithful to Diana. The little black dress was designed by Christina Stambolian, and the princess paired it with a pearl, sapphire, and diamond choker.

In episode seven, Charles and Diana, who are bitterly separated, reunite to drop off William for his first day at Eton College. Harry accompanies the family, too. In the show, Charles gets mad at Diana for “smothering” William, while Diana is apprehensive about leaving him. William was 13 when he started at the storied boarding school. The school is very close to Windsor Castle, and as the show depicts, William would often walk over to visit his grandmother, the queen.

Diana and Charles did drop off William for his first day at Eton alongside Prince Harry on Sept. 7, 1995. The show pretty faithfully re-created their outfits, though they changed the color of Charles’s tie. In photos from the day, Diana did help William figure out where to sign in the book, but it’s unclear from pictures if there was as much tension over the event as “The Crown” portrayed.

In this still from season five, Debicki as Diana wears a blue halter-top dress.

Diana wore a similar dress to a dinner hosted by Vanity Fair in 1995. She often attended events held by the outlet during the ’90s.

In episode seven, Diana visits her friend in the hospital and meets Dr. Hasnat Khan, who would eventually become her boyfriend. That’s how the pair met in real life, too.

Diana and Khan dated for two years before they ended things in 1997. During their relationship, Diana traveled to India to visit Khan’s family in Lahore. The latter also attended her funeral at Westminster Abbey.

In this still from “The Crown,” Charles and Diana both look dissatisfied while wearing matching navy blazers.

This photo from Charles and Diana’s 1992 trip to India shows them in similar outfits. In the picture, they’re watching a polo match in Jaipur.

In this photo from season five, Diana wears a red plaid suit with a matching hat.

Diana was photographed in a very similar suit in 1992 at the St. Helen’s Rugby Club in Wales. It was a pattern she reached for often, especially during the holidays.