She accepted without hesitation, although she had already suspected that Camilla Parker Bowles was more than Charles's best friend. One of Camilla's friends told biographer Gyles Brandreth that Camilla “had encouraged Charles to marry Diana,” yet Diana was suspicious of Camilla's guidance.
In the words of Camilla's former brother-in-law, Richard Parker Bowles, “[Camilla] initially encouraged the relationship between Charles and Diana because she thought Diana was gormless… Camilla knew that as a woman with a past she could never be accepted as Charles' wife.
According to Camilla: From Outcast To Future Queen Consort author Angela Levin, Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, and Diana's grandmother, Lady Fermoy, had a huge part to play in it, as did the fact that Princess Diana was much younger than Camilla and therefore, in theory, more likely to give birth to the heir to the ...
"One of the most shocking things that Diana told me was that the night before the wedding, Charles told her that he didn't love her," Thornton said. "I think Charles didn't want to go into the wedding on a false premise. He wanted to square it with her, and it was devastating for Diana."
Before King Charles III (then Prince Charles) married Princess Diana (then Diana Spencer) in 1981, he was apparently already smitten with his former girlfriend, Camilla Parker Bowles (then Camilla Shand, now Camilla, Queen Consort).
According to Bedell Smith, right from the start Charles adored the then-Camilla Shand, who's close in age to Charles (Diana was 13 years younger) and has always treated him as an equal rather than as someone she idolized. However, the royal family wasn't interested in having Camilla as its princess.
Princess Diana Once Overheard Prince Charles Tell Camilla He'd "Always Love" Her. She claims he even sent Camilla a bracelet two weeks before their wedding. In recordings sent to journalist Andrew Morton, Diana claims she heard Charles confess his undying love to Camilla over the phone.
Camilla may have been at Diana's wedding but she was not welcome at her funeral, which was watched by an estimated 2.5 billion people around the world. Still, to many her absence echoed around the ancient hall. The Queen made it clear to Charles that he could not take his paramour to the service.
Diana and Camilla might have never had a close friendship, but when Charles and Diana started dating the pair were friendly with each other. At the time Camilla was married to Andrew Parker Bowles and had two children with him.
Princess Diana once confronted Queen Consort Camilla at a party about her affair with Charles in what she later described as the “bravest moment of her marriage”.
Yet the late Princess is said to have never fully reconciled with Camilla, who was criticised by the press and Diana's supporters – especially when the beloved royal was tragically killed in the famous 1997 car accident.
Diana remembered Camilla saying that she had “everything she could ever want” and “all the men in the world.” When asked what more she could want, Diana told the Camilla, “I want my husband.” Oddly enough, Diana apologized to Camilla for being in the way of her and Charles, but she was still outraged.
Psychotherapist Julia Samuel, 60, from London, became close to Diana after meeting her at a dinner party in 1987, and is godmother to Prince George, nine. She is also believed to be the person to whom Meghan Markle, 41, turned when she felt suicidal in her pregnancy.
“It was horrid,” Camilla admitted in a rare interview, of the media scrutiny that imprisoned her in her home after the shocking death of Diana, Princess of Wales. “I wouldn't want to put my worst enemy through it.”
Reports in the British press say Camilla had little desire to attend the ceremony from the very start, but was persuaded by her husband that, as his wife and stepmother to his sons, she should be at his side. But a negative public backlash changed her mind, some British newspapers reported.
TheTalko website revealed how Margaret took her disdain for Diana to the late Princess' funeral, refusing to bow her head as the hearse drove past. The publication claimed: "Even though the story was true, Margaret could never forgive Diana for making the family look bad.
Answer: If Diana were still alive, Charles could remarry, because they were legally divorced.
apparently the Princess Royal said “you're not Queen, you're the Queen Consort”'. Princess Diana's dress maker, David Emanuel, reveals a confrontation between Princess Anne and Camilla at a Coronation dinner. Princess Anne told Camilla 'you're NOT Queen!
Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, is once again talking about her friendship with the late Princess Diana. On an episode of her new podcast, Ferguson said Diana "never understood how brilliant she was really, you know, and together we both didn't. And I used to hug her but she wouldn't understand."
Princess Diana's BFF, Jemima Khan, is calling it like she sees it when it comes to her late friend's marriage to Prince Charles. And many royal watchers would agree with her assessment even though they probably prefer not to say it publicly: Diana and Charles' marriage was planned by palace insiders.
The answer to the second part of that question is no. In an interview with Vulture, Spencer screenwriter Steven Knight confirmed that Maggie isn't based on a “specific” person but was inspired by memories Sandringham staff shared with him about Diana.
She was said to be on good terms with Charles before her death. According to Tina Brown's book "The Diana Chronicles," released in 2008, the couple had become friends after the divorce, though Diana was said to have still had feelings for the prince. The claim has never been officially confirmed.
It's been a rocky road, but these two finally found their happily ever after. Of all the modern royal romances, King Charles and Queen Camilla's has more twists and turns than a romantic comedy.
Camilla Originally Wanted to Be “Princess Consort”
Apparently, this decision was made partly out of respect to Princess Diana—which is also why Camilla doesn't use the title Princess of Wales and instead goes by Duchess of Cornwall.
The revealed intimacies included Charles telling Camilla his wish "to live inside your trousers," then his concern he could become a tampon. The scandal, known as "Camillagate," was followed by Charles confessing to adultery in a television interview the next year. By 1996, both Camilla and Charles were divorced.