With the invention of social media and camera phones a good 30 years off, no one ever managed to get a photo of it. Has its veracity been confirmed? No, not exactly. Whether the writer Peter Morgan chooses to grant their wishes for series five, it still remains one of the greatest pop culture stories of the 80s. Another commented: “If there isn't a scene in The Crown series five where Diana is taken to The RVT in drag by Freddie Mercury, we sue Netflix,” while another fan added: “Let’s start a petition!” One viewer on Twitter said: “I’m basically only watching The Crown in case they do the “Diana & Freddie Mercury go to the Vauxhall Tavern” bit, which we all know is the only royal family related story worth putting on screen”.

And fans are now desperate for it to be recreated for the next series of The Crown. While this particular reworking of Rocos’ story is obviously a flight of fancy, it’s still a joy to see the experience come to life on screen. Once the transaction was completed, we looked at one another, united in our triumphant quest. “We were nudging each other like naughty schoolchildren. Rocos added in her book: “When we walked in.we felt she was obviously Princess Diana and would be discovered at any minute. The friends made their way through the Vauxhall club - “inched through the leather throngs and thongs” - and it was only fair that it was Diana’s round at the bar, after her drag king makeover. Rocos said: 'She did look like a beautiful young man.” The trio made her look more masc by styling her in a baseball cap, sunglasses and an army bomber jacket. The answer: by making her a “rather eccentrically dressed gay male model.” But there was just the question of how Diana, one of the most well-known faces on the planet, could pass off unnoticed to the other clubbers.

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