The shocking confession of the Princess on the "fake" marriage is still shocking today

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The shocking confession of the Princess on the "fake" marriage is

Diana was just 16 and home for the weekend from boarding school when she met Prince Charles for the first time in November 1977.

He was 29 and dating his older sister Sarah, 22, who was invited to a filming party at the Spencer family home, Althorp House in Northamptonshire.

I've known the queen since I was little, so mixing with the "kingdom" was no big deal. No interest in Andrew and Edward – never thought about Andrew. I kept thinking, "Look at the lives they have - how terrible." I remember Charles coming to Althorp to stay, and the first impression was "God, what a sad man".

I remember I was a fat, fat lady, no makeup, not smart, but I made a lot of noise and he liked that. And he came to me after dinner, we danced, and he said, 'Will you show me the photo gallery?'

And I was just about to show him the gallery and Sarah comes and tells me to leave.

He was characterized by charm. For a moment I thought: 'Why was he interested in me?'

It was like that for about two years. I broke up and moved on with Sarah [whose relationship with Charles ended after nine months]. When he had his 30th birthday dance I was asked too.

“Would you like to come and stay a few nights at Petworth [West Sussex], because we have the Prince of Wales? You're young – you can entertain him.'

So I said 'Yes'.

Charles entered. He was a little taller than me. I thought, 'Well, that's not very cool.'

The first night, we sat at a barbeque at this house and he had just finished with Anna Wallace [the daughter of a Scottish landowner, with whom he had a whirlwind six-month affair].

I said: 'You looked so sad when you walked down the aisle at Lord Mountbatten's funeral.

"It was the most tragic thing I've ever seen. My heart was saddened. I thought: "It's wrong, you're lonely - you should be with someone who takes care of you." '
We talked about a lot of things. He said: 'You must come to London with me tomorrow. I have to work at Buckingham Palace – you're coming to work with me.

I thought that was too much. I said: 'No, I can't. 'How am I going to explain my presence at Buckingham Palace when I'm supposed to be staying with Philip [de Pass]?'

Then two weeks later, he asked me to go to Cowes on the Britannia [Royal Yacht] and he had a lot of old friends there and I was very scared. I felt very strange. Then I went to stay with my sister Jane at Balmoral.

Our relationship was built there.

Then everything started to form. The press was impatient, following my every move. I understood that they had a job, but people don't understand what it's like to be watched all the time. They bought the flat opposite in Old Brompton Road, which looked into my bedroom.

I was always polite. I have never been rude. I never screamed. But I cried like a baby inside the four walls. I just couldn't handle it. I cried because I got no support from Charles and no support from the Palace press office. They just said, 'You're alone.' Charles was not supportive at all. Every time she called me, she said, 'Poor Camilla Parker Bowles.'

I was able to discern an inner determination to survive. Anyway, thank God, the engagement was announced and before I knew it, I was at Clarence House. No one was there to welcome me. It was like entering a hotel.

I remember being woken up in the morning by a very sweet, elderly lady who brought all the engagement papers and put them on my bed.

Camila Parker

I met him very early. I was a very young girl, but I was a threat.

When I arrived at Clarence House, there was a letter on my bed from Camilla, dated two days earlier, saying: “Such exciting news about the engagement. Let's have lunch soon when the Prince of Wales goes to Australia and New Zealand. He will be gone for three weeks. I would like to see the ring. Much love, Camilla.'

And that was: 'Wow!' So I organized lunch. Considering I was so immature, I didn't know about jealousy, depression or anything like that.

After a few days, Diana moved from Clarence House to Buckingham Palace. She felt lonely there. She regularly wandered into the kitchens to chat with the staff.

I couldn't believe how cool everyone was; how I thought one thing, but in fact another thing was happening. Lies and deceptions! The first thing that hit me was my future husband sending flowers to Camilla Parker Bowles.

I've never dealt with that side of things. I just said, 'You must always be honest with me.'

I was in his room talking to him when the phone rang. It was Camilla, just before she left for five weeks.

We always had discussions about Camilla. I once heard him on the phone in his bathroom on the handset, saying, "No matter what happens, I'll always love you."

Someone in his office told me that my husband had made her a bracelet, which she still wears today. It is a gold chain bracelet with a blue enamel disc. It has "G and F" interspersed in it, "Gladys" and "Fred" (their nicknames).



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