Diana's Hidden Feelings Revealed
Royal Biographers Reveal Princess Diana Held Deep Affection for King Charles Before Death
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Royal biographer Ingrid Seward said Princess Diana wanted her sons to know that she and King Charles had loved each other, and recalled Diana telling her that Charles had loved her. The comments came during a discussion of Charles Spencer’s memoir, which has drawn attention for his account of the king’s reaction to Diana’s death; Seward and presenter Tom Swarbrick cited Charles’s criticism of the press as evidence against the claim that he was giddily elated. Diana’s former bodyguard Ken Wharfe also said she repeatedly told him she loved Charles, while acknowledging that she had believed his relationship with Camilla would eventually end. Spencer’s memoir further defends Queen Elizabeth II’s decision to remain at Balmoral after Diana’s death, saying she stayed to support William and Harry despite public criticism over her delayed address to the nation. Spencer also recounts Diana’s story that Charles was teased about his ears as a child and that she felt protective of him, while stressing he could not verify the tale.
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Seward said her forthcoming book includes diary entries by Diana’s mother, Frances Shand Kydd, which she found among papers that had been stored away; she said nobody she spoke to had previously seen the diaries.
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Spencer wrote that the Queen’s stay at Balmoral drew criticism not only for her delayed public remarks but also because Buckingham Palace had no flag flying at half-mast. He argued that the Queen had stayed privately with William and Harry to help them through their initial grief.
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Diana’s former bodyguard Ken Wharfe said Camilla was already a topic of discussion when he began protecting Diana in the mid-1980s, and that Diana naively believed the relationship would eventually fade away.
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Spencer’s memoir recounts Diana’s claim that Charles was teased about his ears and that the Queen considered having them surgically pinned back, but Philip stopped the idea. Spencer said he could not verify the story; he also recounted Diana’s claim that Philip had arranged an operation on one of the Queen’s corgis’ ears to mock the proposal.
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