Over the past few years, the love story of King Charles III of England and his wife, Queen Camilla, has caused much discussion. In fact, many people believe that the current consort was responsible for the breakup of the marriage between Queen Elizabeth II's son and Lady Di. However, royal biographer Ingrid Seward has now stated that it was not actually Camilla who ruined the marriage but rather "the people around Charles."
The aforementioned journalist has revealed the phrase that Diana of Wales told her just before she died. Seward maintained an important friendship with the late princess.
She spent some time with her just a few weeks before her death, on August 31, 1997. As the author of several books about Prince William of England's mother, she has now decided to reveal the determining factor that ended the royal marriage.
The reason that ended the marriage between Charles III and Diana of Wales comes to light
A revealing comment sheds light on what ultimately triggered Charles and Diana's separation. "She told me just before she died that it wasn't Camilla," Seward stated on the A right royal podcast from Hello! magazine.
Until now, it was believed that the main reason the fairy tale starring Charles and Diana ended in the worst way was Camilla. She was a woman with whom the current monarch had an extramarital relationship for years and whom he later married after the death of his first wife.
With the breakup, Charles, who was then 47 years old, found a clear path to finally unite his life with Camilla Parker Bowles. After overcoming some obstacles, the couple married in 2005, a wedding that the late Diana never got to know about.
Queen Elizabeth II demanded that Charles of England and Diana of Wales divorce
What Diana did do was release what happened in her marriage. "Well, there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded," she confessed to the BBC. She then admitted that she didn't believe her then-husband had what it took to adapt to the task of being king, but she didn't want to divorce.
It was then when Queen Elizabeth II considered that making the heir's marital problems public did too much damage to the credibility of the Windsors. The monarch, after consulting with the Archbishop of Canterbury, wrote letters to Charles and Diana urging them to divorce as soon as possible.
Elizabeth was inflexible; she was convinced of the need to end the bond between the heir and the almost perfect princess as soon as possible. This decision ultimately ended the fairy tale and began another story known to all.