The Windsor royals are notoriously private people, but the subtleties of body language
can give away even the most disastrous secrets.
Keep watching to find out about the telling gestures of Prince Charles and his royal brides.
Royal experts believe it was love at first sight between Camilla Parker Bowles and Prince
Charles when they met in the early 1970s.
But, of course, Camilla went on to marry another man, and Prince Charles married Princess Diana
in 1981.
Still, Camilla's life was never the same after she met Prince Charles.
You hardly need to be an expert on the royal family to have heard about the torrid affair
between Camilla and Prince Charles during his marriage to Princess Diana.
As news of the affair first surfaced, Princess Diana and Prince Charles were photographed
looking particularly miserable on an official trip to South Korea in 1992.
In fact, the couple appeared to be so miserable together that they were called, quote, "The
Glums" by the press.
Just one month later, in December 1992, it was officially announced that Princess Diana
and Prince Charles were getting a divorce, which was eventually finalized in 1996, one
year prior to Princess Diana's tragic death.
Only a few years later, in 1999, Camilla and Prince Charles were photographed together
for the first time while attending her sister's 50th birthday party — organized by Prince
Charles.
From that point on, the pair began frequently attending events together.
In 2005, they were officially married in a civil ceremony at Windsor Guildhall.
As the public saw more and more of the pair, certain contrasts began to rise to the surface.
Body language expert Inbaal Honigman told Express about the distinct differences between
Prince Charles' body language in photographs with Camilla Parker Bowles, and photographs
with Princess Diana.
According to the expert, Prince Charles reveals simply through his stature and mannerisms
just how differently he felt about each woman.
While either posing or engaging in a candid conversation with Camilla on camera, Honigman
states that Prince Charles shows just how much he loves his second wife.
She told the outlet:
"The pair are often observed with their arms interlocking, looking each other in the eye,
smiling full into each other's faces, and generally seeking each other's closeness,
that the collective consciousness sees him as this guy.
The warm, tactile, even romantic husband who is devoted to the lady beside him."
This is a stark contrast from Prince Charles' body language on camera with Princess Diana.
Honigman writes of the difference:
"Official images and some personal press shots from the early years of the young couple's
married life, show a blushing Diana and an often discontent Charles in absolute disarray
towards one another.
There's always a good few feet of social distancing between them, and they rarely face the same
way.
[...] If they both look ahead, it's never in the same direction.
[...] They both look like they wished they were elsewhere, with somebody else."
But, before the issues within Princess Diana and Prince Charles' relationship became public
knowledge, it seems Princess Diana knew little of the world she had entered by marrying the
royal.
"[...] most husbands and wives find that they often have arguments."
"But we don’t!"
"No, no, no.
But occasionally we do because I mean…"
"No, we don’t."
Shortly after their engagement in 1981, Princess Diana and Prince Charles sat down for an interview.
As body language expert Darren Stanton told Coffee Friend, Princess Diana's body language
during the interview suggested that she was rather naive to the difficulties she would
soon face as a member of the royal family, and that she even had doubts about her upcoming
nuptials:
"When asked if they were in love, Charles says the phrase, 'whatever in love means'
and Diana rolls her eyes, trying to play off her disappointment with an awkward face.
It's clear that by her reaction, she believed back then that she had concerns and even doubts
about their relationship."
After their marriage ended, though, Princess Diana's body language seemed to point to her
newfound happiness.
In one picture taken shortly after their divorce, Princess Diana is wearing what is now referred
to as her "revenge" dress.
Body language expert Patti Wood gushed about the photo to Reader’s Digest:
"Just look at her confidence.
You'll notice how every part of her is lifted, her smile, her arm reaching out, her hand
and arm holding her purse, her step.
You can see she knows she looks fantastic."
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