text: (CNN) -- Before she was a princess, she was a child - shy but affectionate, respectful but mischievous. 
  
  Diana Spencer, shown on her first birthday, grew up at Park House, a country estate leased from the royal family. 
  
  Ten years after the death of Princess Diana, two women who helped raise the future princess are providing a new, intimate portrait of the girl who would become the "People's Princess." 
  
  Diana Frances Spencer was born into a life of privilege. She grew up at Park House, a country home leased from the royal family's Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England. Her parents, Johnnie and Frances Spencer, were well-known members of the English aristocracy. 
  
  Inge Crane came to Park House as an au pair when Diana was just 3 years old. 
  
  "There's always been something special about Park House. It's difficult to put a finger on what it is," she said in her first interview, given exclusively to CNN. 
  
  Life at the house wasn't entirely normal -- the queen's estate was about a mile away, and the young Princes Andrew and Edward (Diana's future in-laws) frequently visited to swim in the pool. 
  
  When the butler would ring the gong for dinner, the children would rush to the stairs, slide down the wooden banister and run into the dining room. 
  
  Despite growing up in the shadows of royalty, Crane and Mary Clarke, Diana's nanny starting at age 9, describe an "ordinary" childhood for Diana, a tomboy who loved going outdoors, climbing trees and playing with animals. 