Over the years, the British Royal Family has gone through a number of scandals. One of them, perhaps the biggest one, was then-prince Charles’ relationship with Camilla Parker Bowles while he was still married to late Princess Diana.
Their affair shocked the country, but not necessarily Lady Di who was aware that her husband had feelings for his former love. Speaking of the troubles in her marriage and the reasons for its failure, Diana told Martin Bashir during a televised interview, “Well, there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.”
As expected, Camilla became one of the most hated people in Britain and the public condemned her relationship with Charles, blaming her for wrecking the heir’s marriage.
But thing was certain, that the love between Charles and Camilla was genuine. In fact, Charles was in love with Camilla when he married Diana, but it was already too late for him to call off the wedding.
“Charles was not convinced he was doing the right thing in marrying Diana but there was no way out and, bolstered by the hope that things would be different once they were married, he put a brave face on it,” she wrote, as reported by the Mirror.
Prince William and Prince Harry weren’t happy with their father’s relationship with the “other woman,” but over time, they got along with Camilla, who never really tried to take the role of their mother.
In his book Spare, Harry described meeting Camilla for the first time as “awkward and tense” and added that his brother had “long harbored suspicions about the Other Woman.”
