Theres a new season of The Crown, and its out now for your bingeing pleasure!

Whether or not youre a fan of the royals, the Netflix show features terrific acting, gorgeous costumes and great historic gossip. If youre anything like me, you frequently get distracted wondering how realistic its portrayals are. Of course the show is going to take some artistic liberties, but it is based on real people and real events. So, how much of it is true and how much is made up?

Heres an episode-by-episode rundown of all the questions I had to look up while watching the new season. (You can avoid spoilers by not scrolling below the episodes youve seen.)

Episode 1, Gold Stick

Was Prince Charles really a playboy before he met Diana?

Believe it or not: Yes! In the 2007 biography The Diana Chronicles , Tina Brown wrote that during his years at Cambridge and in the Navy, the Prince dated actresses, models, socialites, colonial fly-bys, Peace Corps types, saucy female grooms, and daughters of his parents friends.