Royal Family News: As An 18-Year-Old Teen Nanny Princess Diana Was Truly Shy Di

British royal family news reveals that the nickname Shy Di for the late Princess Diana was an apt one. Decades on, one of Diana’s employers is spilling the tea about the former royal and she recalls a shy but loving teen.

Way back when, an American businesswoman hired 18-year-old Princess Diana as a nanny for her infant son. Mary Robertson employed Diana for several months in 1980.

Robertson says the teen was sweet and lovely girl, albeit one who would soon be launched into super stardom.

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The Daily Mail saw an exclusive clip from the upcoming CNN docuseries Diana, which premieres on Sunday, October 10. They report that in it Robertson remembers meeting the naive woman and praised her natural ability with children.

Robertson said, “When Diana came to me as a shy 18-year-old babysitter, she’d had very little world experience – none at all – and she was just wonderful with Patrick,” her son. “She sat on the floor with him and she was totally focused on him.”

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Diana worked for the Robertson’s for three days a week, and get this—she earned a mere $5-an-hour! When Diana wasn’t babysitting she worked as a nursery school teacher on her off days.

Robertson stated that she had no idea of Diana’s aristocratic background, separate from Charles and the royals. She also didn’t know that the teenager was dating Prince Charles at the time. In 2017 she told Inside Edition, “that she only learned about the romance when Diana warned her about paparazzi photographers who were camped outside the Robertson home.”

“She said, “When you leave for work this morning, there are reporters and photographers at the end of the street,”‘ Robertson said. ‘I asked, “Who are they there for?” She said, “They are there for me.”

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Royal Family News – Diana Was A Teacher

Robertson fondly recalls Diana as a “trusting” and “loving” youth and that she touched others with a, “very tactile” personality. “One of her strongest characteristics was she was very tactile, she wanted to hug people, reach out at touch them,” Robertson told CNN.

No doubt about it, the world lost an important light when Diana died tragically in a Paris car crash.
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