Did Princess Diana Know About Camilla Before Wedding?

Princess Diana had misgivings about Charles and Camilla as early as during her engagement. She discovered that Charles had gifted Camilla a bracelet with the initials G and F for their personal use. Diana later revealed that Camilla’s presence at the wedding was a secret. Charles is said to have been conducting an affair with Camilla until as late as 1980, and Diana threatened to call off the wedding.

During her wedding to Prince Charles, Diana knew about Camilla Parker Bowles before her wedding. She suspected that Charles had feelings for Camilla, his ex-girlfriend whom he dated 10 years prior. Charles came clean after the engagement, admitting that Camilla had been one of his most intimate friends, but reassured Diana that from now on, she would not know about their history.

The wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer took place on July 29, 1981, at St Pauls Cathedral in London, United Kingdom. Diana knew about Camilla’s presence at the wedding and found out about their history only after she said yes to his proposal. Camilla largely steered clear of Diana in the early years of her marriage, and Diana revealed to biographer Andrew Morton that at her wedding, she looked for Camilla in the congregation.


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Did Diana want to marry Dodi?

Diana said she didn’t need another marriage like she needed a rash on her face when asked about her relationship with Dodi. She said she was having fun but wanted to go back to London.

Did Diana know Charles didn’t love her?

Diana told me that Charles didn’t love her the night before the wedding. Thornton told an ITV documentary called The Diana Interview. Revenge of a Princess. That was terrible. You’re getting married at St. Paul’s Cathedral the next day. Their relationship improved. Grant Harold said they worked well together at first, but their relationship ended with Diana’s death in a car crash. Before Diana’s death, Charles and Diana were a good team, according to Harold.

How much older is Camilla than Diana?

Camilla was 14 years older than Diana, so Diana looked to her for advice. Camilla was also close to Diana’s older sister, Lady Sarah McCorquodale. Charles also dated Lady Sarah. Junor says Camilla was a support to Diana when they watched Prince Charles compete at the Ludlow Races that year. It was their public debut as a couple. Camilla was a reassuring presence, with two women photographed chatting as she stayed by Diana’s side. Camilla kept up the friendship as Charles and Diana’s relationship grew serious. In Andrew Morton’s 1992 book, Diana: Her True Story, Morton says that soon after the couple announced their engagement in February 1981 and Diana moved into Clarence House, she found a note from Camilla inviting her to lunch. The women had a lively meeting, gossiped, and caught up. However, Diana later thought Camilla was trying to find out when she could see Charles alone. The friendship between the two women began to sour around this time. Diana had suspicions about Charles and Camilla even before her wedding. The bride-to-be was upset when she found out that Charles had given Camilla a bracelet before the wedding. It was engraved with the initials G and F, which Diana thought was a reference to the pet names Charles and Camilla are said to have given each other. Some thought it stood for “Girl Friday,” which is a troubling allusion. The 1940 film His Girl Friday is about a man trying to lure his ex-wife away from her new lover. Junor also writes that Diana was upset when she found a photo of Camilla in Charles’s diary on their honeymoon.

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Did Prince Philip like Diana?

What was Diana’s relationship with the Queen and Prince Philip? Junor says the Queen and Prince Philip were very enthusiastic about Diana. They knew her as a child because her family lived at Park House on the Sandringham Estate. Her father was an equerry to the Queen. Diana and Prince Andrew were about the same age. They used to go to parties together.

“When Diana stayed at Balmoral in the summer of 1980, the Queen and Prince Philip thought she was lovely,” says Junor. For years, Charles kept his marriage problems a secret. “The Queen and Prince Philip were unaware,” says Junor. But as time went by, they learned of the problems in the marriage through the press, and they became irritated with her. Diana’s behavior was damaging the monarchy. The Queen cares about the monarchy above all else. “She’s protecting it for the future.”

Read more. Did the Queen really forbid Charles and Diana from divorcing?

When did Diana first find out about Camilla?

Charles and Camilla briefly suspended their affair when Charles married Diana, but biographers debate just how long they hit pause on the romance. Diana recorded tapes for journalist Andrew Morton, transcripts of which he later published in 1992s Diana: Her True Story. In those tapes, Diana recalled her growing suspicion that Charles and Camilla were still having an emotional affair: she discovered a personalized bracelet that Charles had bought for Camilla shortly before the wedding. Diana wanted to call off the wedding, but her sisters talked her out of it. Later, on their honeymoon, Charles wore cufflinks that Camilla had gifted him. *Bedell Smith pinpoints 1986 as the year that Charles and Camilla resumed their affair. In 1989, Diana confronted Camilla about the affair with Charles at a friends birthday party. Diana recalled the exchange in a series of recordings later published in Mortons book: “I said, ‘I know whats going on between you and Charles, and I just want you to know that. She said to me: ‘Youve got everything you ever wanted. All the men in the world fall in love with you, and youve got two beautiful children, what more do you want? So I said, ‘I want my husband.” *That same year, Charles and Camilla had an intimate phone conversation, in which the prince said he wished he “lived in her knickers.” A recording of the conversation leaked to the press in 1993, a few months after Diana and Charles announced their separation, jumpstarting what came to be known as “Camillagate.” *The Crown shows Diana having her own affairs later on in the relationship, in particular with James Hewitt, who was the familys former riding instructor. While Dianas affairs werent publicly confirmed at the time, there was certainly speculation that she was not being faithful to Charles. News trickled out in the British tabloid press at the time about the affair with Hewitt, which lasted for five years between 1986 and 1991. A year after a book was written detailing her relationship with Hewitt, Diana herself confirmed the affair in the world-famous 1995 Panorama interview, which has recently been back in the headlines in Britain.

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How long after Diana died did Charles marry Camilla?

King Charles and Camilla met in 1970 and started dating. They broke up when Charles went to sea. Camilla married Andrew Parker Bowles in 1973. In 1981, Charles married Princess Diana. Charles and Camilla stayed close during their time apart. In 1993, a phone call between them was leaked, causing a scandal. In the years that followed, both divorced. A year after Diana’s death in 1997, Charles and Camilla made their relationship public and eventually got married. On September 8, 2022, Charles became King Charles III. Camilla will now be known as the Queen Consort. Buckingham Palace announced that King Charles has cancer on February 5, 2024. He has taken a step back from royal life to undergo treatment, and Camilla has supported him.

1970: First Meeting. The BBC says Charles and Camilla met at a polo match at Windsor Great Park. Some say Camilla’s first words to Charles were, “My great-grandmother was your great-great-grandfather’s mistress.” “We have something in common.” However, historian Robert Lacey wrote in The Crown: The Official Companion Volume 2 says they met through Lucia Santa Cruz. Lucia later said this was true. Charles and Camilla started dating and spent a lot of time together. Charles went to sea with the Royal Navy, and the two broke up.

Which royal refused to go to Diana’s funeral?

I just wouldn’t accept it. You know she wouldn’t do this, but maybe she did.

Did Charles cry for Diana?

In King: Christopher Andersen says Charles was pale and shaking when he heard Diana was dead. He cried out in pain. Palace staff found Charles collapsed in an armchair, crying. Like the Netflix show, Charles let his sons sleep and told them their mother had died. He didn’t show emotions easily, so how could he show them now? In Spare, Harry writes about that fateful morning of August 31, 1997. But he touched my knee again and said: It’ll be OK. That was a lot for him. He was fatherly, hopeful, and kind. And it wasn’t true. In the Diana: 7 Days documentary, Harry said he was there for us. He was the last one left. He tried to protect us. He was grieving too.

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Why did the Queen not attend Charles and Camilla’s wedding?

Queen Elizabeth was head of the Church of England and decided it was not appropriate for her to be at the wedding of two people who divorced their previous partners. Charles married Princess Diana in 1981 and divorced her in 1996. Camilla married Andrew Parker Bowles in 1973 and divorced him in 1995.

Related: King Charles and Queen Camilla celebrate their 19th wedding anniversary. How has their life changed since the coronation? The civil ceremony at Windsor was less formal than larger royal weddings. Charles wore a morning suit, while Camilla wore a white coat over a silk chiffon dress and a Phillip Treacy hat. The newlyweds did not kiss in public. The Guardian reported that up to 20,000 people came to see them.

Were Diana and Camilla ever friends?

Before that lunch, Camilla and Diana got along well while Charles and Diana were courting in 1980. Camilla and Andrew Parker Bowles were married with two children. They hadn’t started their affair with the Prince of Wales yet. Andrew and Camilla were friends with Charles. When Diana started dating him, she was introduced to the couples. In 1992, Diana recorded her memories for Andrew Morton’s book. In Her Own Words. Camilla and I met early on. I was introduced to the group, but I was a threat. I was young, but I was a threat.

Did Camilla go to Diana’s funeral?

She wasn’t at Diana’s funeral. Nearly 16 years later. The Queen told Charles it wasn’t appropriate.

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Who prevented Charles from marrying Camilla?

Why didn’t Charles marry Camilla? Sally Bedell Smith wrote about this in her biography, Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life. Bedell Smith says Charles loved Camilla, who was close in age to him. She always treated him as an equal, not an idol. The royal family didn’t want Camilla as a princess. She was seen as an “experienced” woman, which the royal family didn’t want for Prince Charles. She wasn’t seen as aristocratic enough to be a princess. Camilla Parker Bowles and the Love Affair That Rocked the Crown by Penny Junor. Prince Charles’ great uncle Lord Mountbatten told him that their fling couldn’t end in marriage. Charles was called away on business and used the time to avoid Camilla. Camilla got back together with her ex, Andrew Parker Bowles. Bedell Smith thinks a plan was made to get Camilla married to Andrew.

Andrew’s marriage to Camilla was arranged. It’s rumored that Camilla’s father planted a fake engagement notice in The Times, forcing Andrew’s hand. Yes. Prince Charles heard the news of Camilla and Andrew’s engagement. Bedell Smith says the fake engagement announcement explains why Charles didn’t marry Camilla. This led to Andrews proposing to Camilla. Without it, Charles might have married Camilla, despite his family’s objections.


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  • I will never respect this adulturous king or his horsefaced mistress/ wife. There are some people saying “well he wasn’t allowed to marry her ( horseface) and he loved her 1st. That doesn’t excuse the crass horrible behavior they showed toward Diana and Diana was not responsible for any of that. She did not deserve the treatment she got from these people.

  • I’m just sad knowing that Princess Diana gave her marriage a shot, fought the battle to have her husband back, but, she already lost the war before it even began knowing that she was always the third party in her own marriage. If only she didn’t marry him, she would’ve been a different person, found someone who’ll love her in return and may be still alive today.

  • I am the same age as Diana and so followed her story closely as a contemporary. I think it is so unfair that people call her manipulative and emotional, given these circumstances, the Royal family, the unfaithfulness of Charles, the backstabbing Camilla, she did the best she could under the circumstances. As a beautiful woman, mother of two young boys and enough wealth insulate one from lifes dangers, jealous people demonize her. These things do not protect a person from a broken heart, from betrayal from isolation and being misunderstood. I will forever be on her side, the side of right.

  • I’m wondering how prince william and prince harry are living with the fact that their father married the woman he cheated on their mom with, and the fact that she is part of the family and assists both their weddings.. maybe time changed everything, but if it were me, i would refuse to look at her face for the rest of my life. Royal drama is no joke

  • What a shockingly poignant human. I am in awe of how she handled that situation. Diana is a once in a lifetime kind of person. A rare woman. The world really lost of THE most dignified and gracious woman the day she died. I truly have always loved her, and always will. She died the day after my 17th birthday. I’ll never ever forget it.

  • I cannot possibly put into words how hearing this makes me feel. When I first saw photos of Princess Diana, I was head over heels in love with her. She was just soooooo freaking beautiful with her expressive eyes and smile. She was elegant, classy, genuine, warm, caring. She didn’t care how different someone was. She wasn’t prideful. She was so willing to go to the people and be with them. What a remarkable woman she was. We’ll never have nobody like her again.

  • She truly seemed to love him. All she wanted was for him to try in their relationship. Devastating. Yes Camilla and Charles should have been allowed to be together officially but thats no excuse for how they treated Diana and her boys. So glad Diana made these recordings to tell her story in her own words. Rest easy Diana <3

  • Diana was a true princess and the one the world loved. She was loved by everyone except the one person she wanted to love her – her husband. She was treated so horrible by him and his family. Camilla was focused on the money and material things while Diana was focused on love and family. So so sad. Well now Camilla can say she is the one that has it all. But the world is still in love with Diana.

  • This is, hands down, one of the most difficult things to do for a woman to even talk to her husband’s mistress. A woman can share everything. Her clothes, house, jewelries, money, anything. But her husband. And here we have Diana. I cannot imagine her agony. She is so heartbroken and helpless. They didn’t have to ruin someone else’s life. Not fair! Diana is such an inspiration to us. As they say, “The Broken are more evolved.” I just wish karma hits the royal family soon and they get to taste their own medicine.

  • I just watched the whole interview and it really breaks my heart…if only Charles gave the love that Princess Diana need she would have been alive today..he betrayed her and treated her badly for years …what a sight it would be to see her with her two sons getting married and to see her with her grandkids..what a woman ..20 years later you are still loved ..the Princess of hearts

  • Dianna’s life is a sad story of infidelity and pain. She was too good for King Chuckles III who must be emotionally blind! It’s good to see Dianna’s legacy live on in the lives of her children especially William. He Carrie’s his mothers character and I for one cannot wait to see him become King and I am not a monarchist.

  • This is why I can’t figure out why so many people are putting Harry and Meagan down whenever Diana was so mistreated by Charles and Camellia I just think the Royal Family could have done way better and I love Meagan and Harry and I think there giving there baby the chance of a lifetime to grow up as normal as he can.

  • To this day it makes me sick to think about what Charlie and his side kick did to Diana. All she wanted was for he husband to love and respect her as any woman would want. He and his side kick were and still are selfish, he doesn’t deserve to be king, nor does that other woman deserve acknowledgement as Queen..it might be a long time ago, but it still feels like yesterday..Diana was treated appallingly. She is a timeless beauty inside and out…RIP Diana the Queen of our hearts

  • Her sadness was seen by the whole world. I am glad she shared her sorrow. She was far more a woman then that other one could ever be. I can’t even begin to express my feelings about this situation and it’s been over 30 years. It still greatly upsets me how he treated her. He had the Queen Bee and replaced her with a worker bee!!!!

  • She was betrayed and probably felt very lonely, while Charles and Camilla carried on as before as though nothing was going to stop them. Charles did not support Diana in any way that I could see, and from the beginning had no intention of being fully committed to her. The wedding and marriage was only for show. As Diana once said, “The marriage was crowded”. Which family members knew about the affair between the two love birds, and went along with it? Camilla still does not hold a candle to Diana’s beauty, poise, grace, and integrity. Diana’s 💓 lives with the people.

  • Im exactly where she was at this point… So strange how the other woman is not as beautiful inside out as the real wife yet men fall for their bewitching moves. Why are there no consequences for such people and karma moves ever so slow for these stone cold hearted excuse for human beings… And the 0ne that loved is left hurting.

  • Andrew Parker Bowles, is very much alive, he is 78. Camilla was not a widow before marrying Charles. You can’t even refer to Prince Charles as being a widower, as he and Diana were divorced prior to her death. Camilla and Charles both, were shameless adulterers, whom cheated on their respective families. It would be disgraceful, for her to one day, be crowned as Queen Consort to the Prince of Wales. I do hope, he would have some decency, and pass the Crown to his son, William. I don’t know where some people come up with the notion that Camilla’s first husband passed away before she married Charles. In fact, Camilla’s divorce came through before Charles and Diana’s divorce, if memory serves me correctly. What cads…..

  • Princess Diana, If you only knew how much you are loved, but as a heartbroken woman I’d also like to addres towards those who dont know that even with everyones love our hearts only want that one guys love. And since we feel so broken we cant even function. Solely in my heart I know how hard it is to walk away from someone you love and keep on. You are in a better place now darling.

  • To be honest, I have no idea why he was so infatuated with Camilla and not Diana back then. She was young, beautiful, kind, sweet -just putty that he could have molded in any way had he been smart. Just listening to her speak breaks my heart because you can hear the sadness and unjust she had to face for so many years.

  • BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS LADY DIANA DIED when I was just a little boy. When I heard the story about her I was deeply shocked. Elders talked about her Charming and kindness of beautiful lady Diana, at the same time I heard that she was deeply hurt 💔💔.. Can’t do nothing but it deeply hurt me, how innocent woman was knowingly betrayed. From that day LADY DIANA was QUEEN and she was respected in ROYAL HIGHNESS in my life.