'It's not true that he did not love her': the Queen's secretary debunked the myth about the relationship of Charles and Diana
'20.02.2021'
It is customary to reproach Prince Charles that he did not like Princess Diana. Never. The story goes something like this: at the age of 32, the prince was forced to marry. His father insisted on this. Charles loved his grandmother, the queen mother, and she was friends with Lady Ferma, Diana Spencer's grandmother. Together they decided that Diana would be a good wife for the heir to the throne. "Varvara Very Curious" on Yandex.Zen.
As in the case of Prince Harry, before that all marriage proposals from the Prince of Wales were rejected - each of his beloved did not want to become a member of the royal family, especially the wife of the heir to the throne. And Diana's own sister, Sarah, did not become the prince's bride. By that time Camilla was already Mrs. Parker Bowles, had small children - she had no time for Charles.
The prince knew the Spencer family a little, because he did not meet with Sarah for long. It seemed to the prince that Diana would be pliable, obedient, compliant. In the short time of their relationship, she showed no signs of rebellion, was considered quiet and shy. It seemed to everyone that she would not outshine Charles.
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There is evidence that the prince cried before the wedding - his heart did not belong to Diana. He felt that he shouldn't have proposed to her, but he did. Spencer, who was in awe of Charles, agreed. Was she in love with Charles and how much? The question is difficult, because she dreamed of becoming a princess - this could be the reason for marriage. It is quite possible that at first Diana was guided by another: after leaving a broken family, she thought that the prince would be a reliable and stable husband.
However, then everything changed. Charles fell in love with her - in his own way, and Diana fell in love with her husband. The Prince of Wales and Princess Diana were especially close during their trip to Australia, according to former spokesman for Queen Dickie the Arbiter. Dickie Arbiter recalled: “It is not true that Prince Charles did not love Diana. On that tour, they couldn't keep their hands far apart! During the first few years of their marriage, they were truly in love and happy. "
Diana herself recalled that she and her husband were closest after the birth of William and before the birth of Harry. Allegedly, the reason for the cooling was the disappointment of the Prince of Wales that another son was born, not a daughter. Strange reason for cooling relations, isn't it? Diana felt uncomfortable for a while, as if she had let her husband down, disappointed him. However, this is hardly the reason for their distance. The twelve-year age difference could not but affect: Diana was in many ways still a child, sometimes capricious and stubborn. Charles behaved like an experienced, sedate middle-aged man. He always stood his ground.
Another reason for Charles' discontent is the popularity of the princess. The Prince of Wales became a little intimidated by the public interest in Lady Dee. Charles saw how Diana won the hearts of people around the world. How she, holding hands, sat with sick people, how she walked along the paths cleared of mines. She became beloved and popular among the public - and more and more suspicious, capricious, jealous.
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Unsurprisingly, Charles increasingly sought advice and support from a woman with an earthly sense of humor who was neither naive nor jealous. At first, he only sought sympathy from his ex-girlfriend, Parker Bowles. Closer relations with Camilla, according to the prince himself, resumed only in 1986, when the relationship with Lady Dee was already "irrevocably destroyed."
Many believe that if Diana were balanced, self-confident and intelligent, then her other good qualities - a sense of humor, natural warmth - could win Charles in the blink of an eye. Camilla would be forever in the past. However, as you know, history does not tolerate the subjunctive mood ...
Original column published on the blog. "Varvara Very Curious" on Yandex.Zen.
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