In 1994 Charles admitted to adultery on national television. The affair occurred because he never realized how manipulative,
shrewd and highly strung Diana was. She knew she could upstage him whenever she wanted; an example of this is when she wore a
stunning black cocktail dress at a reception on the evening that he admitted to adultery.
Furthermore, she had a great deal of control over the media; the Andrew Morton book, which she stated she had no cooperation with but was virtually written in her own words. She was also very emotional and could not cope, in 1984 after the birth of her 2nd son Harry, her biographer, Andrew Morton recalls that she attempted suicide 5 times and she also became bulimic.
The future of Britain’s prince Charles could hardly be any different from his first marriage. The beautiful and striking, Princess Diana looked as if she had walked straight out of a fairytale when she took Charles hand in 1981 to the delight of the enchanted nation. By contrast, Camilla parker Bowles is a 57 year old divorcee and has often been called the “rottweiler” that the British have struggled to accept at the prince’s right hand side.
The much troubled Diana, princess of Wales set a course in opposition to the UK’s royal family and threatened the line of succession. An affair between James Hewitt and Diana began in 1987, just 6 years after the marriage between Prince Charles and herself. Even this affair frazzled out; yet again she manipulated and manoeuvred her lover in an attempt to disguise the depth of their affair. James Hewitt stated, “She urged me to give a description of the relationship that wasn’t necessarily the whole truth, I did that and it backfired.”
In 1999, Hewitt published his autobiography, love and war. In it was revealed intimate details of the affair: how Diana seduced him and how the couple made love in a four poster bed and on the bathroom floor. Princess Diana had many affairs; in fact there were
ten men that shock the throne. James Hewitt, James Gibley who called her his little “squidgey”, Phillip Dunne, Stephan Twigg, the list could go on.
In an earlier age, she would have been beheaded: even in 1997 treason was a capital offence, and for some in the United Kingdom there is no higher law than defence of the realm. Although both Prince Charles and Diana are adulators who both must carry some blame for the brake down of their marriage. Diana is in so many people hearts that the blame has always been shifted to Charles. As Diana once said “there are three of us in the marriage, so it is a bit crowded.” Consequently Camilla parker Bowles will always have a reputation as a marriage wrecker.
The wedding will take place on the 8th of April at Guildhall in Windsor; it will be a civil ceremony. But the queen will not be attending the civil ceremony as the royal couple "wanted to keep the occasion low key". The Queen and the rest of the Royal Family will are going to the service of dedication at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. The queen and the duke of Edinburgh are “very happy that the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Parker Bowles are to marry. We have given them our warmest good wishes for their future together."
Camilla Parker Bowles, 57, who divorced her husband Andrew in 1995, has been the significant love of Charles' life in recent years but has always faced an uphill struggle to rival his former wife in the public's affection. They have been in love for many years, but
have to be careful. The public play a very important part in the role, but in the end it does not matter what you or I think as Camilla and Charles have the right to get married. Just like you or I do.
Their planned marriage is nevertheless a sensitive issue because Camilla Parker Bowles is divorced and her former husband is still alive. Charles would be the supreme governor of the Church of England if he took the throne, and some Anglicans remain opposed to remarriage of divorcees.
Neither Charles nor Camilla possesses the star-power of Diana, whose memory remains strong in Britain. But theirs has been an abnormally deep love story, one that has endured time, scrutiny, and such intense criticism that Camilla Parker Bowles was once regularly insulted in the street. I believe that they should be allowed to marry and live a long and blissful life together, where they are not judged by their actions and behavior.
