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when prince charles and princess diana
married
their story was seen as a fairy tale a
handsome prince sweeping a wide-eyed
young woman off of her feet but the
couple got divorced in 1996 after a
tumultuous and rocky marriage
here's how charles's life changed after
his separation from diana
we all know that the royal family's
lifestyle is largely paid for by british
taxpayers
but prince charles's financial life was
significantly altered after his divorce
from princess diana was finalized
as reported by the new york times at the
time of the divorce announcement
charles quote formally declared that he
would not be subsidizing his ex-wife's
living expenses anymore
it would be up to her to pay her own way
out of the settlement money she received
from their separation the administrator
who oversaw the couple's settlement even
went as far as saying that diana would
be receiving bills from the 40 stores
that she frequented
as charles was officially cutting her
off the letter read
with effect from 2nd september 1996
any expenditure incurred by or on behalf
of her royal highness the princess of
wales
should be invoiced directly to the
princess of wales's office
and that was that taking sides is sadly
a pretty big part of any divorce
and it seems as though prince charles's
father prince philip took diana aside
according to the book prince philip
revealed by ingrid steward
letters that came to light in 2003
showed that philip was firmly on diana's
team
as he wrote a letter to her describing
his feelings about the separation
between her and charles
philip wrote to diana charles was silly
to risk everything with camilla for a
man in his position
i cannot imagine anyone in their right
minds leaving you for camilla such a
prospect never even entered our heads
the letter was signed quote with fondest
love paw
if you watched season four of the crown
you know that crowd size was a sore spot
for prince charles and while the crown
is a dramatized account
it doesn't appear to be too far off
whatever in love means
as noted by the new york times prince
charles attended a solo event in march
1997
about half a year after his divorce at
the metropolitan museum of art
there were some cameras but as the new
york times put it prince charles's
arrival generated nothing like the mass
hysteria with which fashion royalty
greeted the princess of wales
what's more quote you could count the
paparazzi on the fingers of two hands
that showed up for charles
according to the times so what was it
about princess diana that attracted so
many people
stephen bates the former royal
correspondent for the guardian
told time people invested a lot of
emotional intensity in her
charles was not afforded the same type
of adoration if anything he experienced
a dwindled amount of support in the time
following his divorce
ah the coveted opinion poll the life or
death of any politician or public figure
and in prince charles's case he's a
little bit of both and after his divorce
from princess diana was announced
charles was not welcomed with positive
numbers from the british public
according to the new york times gallup
conducted a poll shortly after the
public learned charles
and diana were officially getting
divorced the polls surveyed a thousand
churchgoers and church officials
and asked questions about charles and
the possibility of him getting remarried
to camilla parker-bowles
the results were less than favorable
more than half of the people
surveyed thought that he shouldn't be
allowed to become king or the leader of
the church of england
should he get remarried and that's not
to mention the fact that camilla's
popularity in britain was just down the
drain
charles maintained that he had quote no
intention of remarrying
and that the survey was quote purely
hypothetical
but still not the best look pretty much
everyone knew that prince charles was in
a long-term relationship with camilla
parker-bowles
he even confirmed that he'd been
unfaithful to princess diana during a
1994 sit-down television interview
saying that he at first tried to make
their relationship work
until it became irretrievably broken
down
but it seemed like as soon as his
divorce from diana was made public
charles became pretty cavalier with his
connection to camilla
the new york times reported that on the
weekends that the news broke about his
divorce
charles spent the days with camilla in
wales as you may have guessed
charles and newfound freedom was not
well celebrated and photos of the two
vacationing together were viewed by many
britons as evidence that
quote charles had continued his reported
affair with mrs parker bowles who many
britons blame for the demise of the
royal marriage
diana herself admitted in an interview
that she felt charles's ongoing
relationship with camilla was a factor
in their divorce
well there were three of us in this
marriage so it was a bit crowded
divorce can be tough on not just the
people involved in the marriage
but on the extended family as well that
was certainly the case for prince
charles as the strain that his divorce
took on his relationship with his mother
queen elizabeth
most likely was more pronounced than
people in similar situations
according to the los angeles times
elizabeth wrote to charles and diana and
told them to get divorced and what did
charles do
he wrote a letter back agreeing to the
queen's terms
we honestly can't imagine conversing
like this with family
because this is truly some wild tension
a royal reporter at the time
simon mccoy of sky tv dished about the
tension that was brewing as a result of
the divorce
mccoy revealed one cannot underestimate
how angry the queen has been
at the palace there's a huge sigh of
relief the queen has decided that enough
is enough it might come as a shock to
some to learn that prince charles's life
changed in some ways for the better
after he divorced princess diana
largely due to the fact that his dynamic
with his ex-wife
significantly improved after they went
their separate ways
tina brown the former editor of the new
yorker met with diana for lunch after
the divorce had settled and dished about
the sit down to the telegraph
brown told the publication that diana
and charles were quote
on the best terms they'd been for a very
long time and assigned responsibility to
two aspects
one their divorce had died down in the
headlines and two
their boys were growing up brown shared
that charles and diana quote
talked about their philanthropies and
diana had finally come to terms about
charles's relationship with camilla
parker-bowles
brown said charles got into the habit of
dropping in on her at kensington palace
and they would have tea and a sort of
rueful exchange
they even had some laughs together as
mentioned
prince charles and princess diana
learned to get along but things still
weren't so easy for charles
during the period of time in which he
was separated from diana
charles was the subject of a note penned
by diana
who claimed that he was quote planning
an accident in her car
with quote brake failure and serious
head injury
the note was written in 1995 and
needless to say it did not go over
terribly well
diana's words that became eerily
accurate in the aftermath of her death
became public in 2003 significantly
altering charles's life and casting
shadows on his public perception
according to the daily mail charles was
questioned by britain's police in 2005
and became a witness in a probe about
diana's death
john stevens the former head of london's
metropolitan police
told the outlet that he questioned
charles about the note extensively
but the heir to the throne played it
cool charles reportedly said that he
didn't know anything about the note
until it was published by the media
when asked if he had discussed the note
with diana charles denied ever knowing
about it or diana's concerns
talk about a life-altering experience
prince charles and princess diana were
officially divorced in august
1996. a year later diana died after
suffering injuries in a car accident on
august 31
1997 and while his life was already
altered given that he was no longer
married to diana
charles's life changed drastically after
she died according to penny jr
a royal biographer who wrote the 2005
book the firm
charles's reaction to diana's death
painted a grave picture of his future
according to junor's biography the first
question charles reportedly asked when
he heard the news was
they're all going to blame me aren't
they junior went on to include that
charles said that
quote the world's going to go completely
mad isn't it
before asking his private secretary
stephen lamport if diana's death would
quote destroy the monarchy
lanport said yes before adding that
diana's death would have a profound
impact on queen elizabeth too
maintaining a good relationship with the
in-laws can be pretty tough
but add a divorce and things can get
even worse factor in a tragic
death and you've got the perfect storm
according to page six
things went downhill for prince charles
after his divorce from princess diana
and her untimely death when it came to
his interactions with her family members
it was just days after diana's death
when her ex-husband and her brother got
into a massive fight over the phone
in his book battle of brothers royal
historian robert lacy wrote that diana's
brother was in opposition to the idea of
prince william and prince harry
walking behind their mother's casket at
her funeral and things with the heir to
the throne went south quickly
lacey wrote spencer felt quite sure that
diana would have been
horrified at the idea of her sons having
to endure such an ordeal he had already
told charles as much
apparently in a conversation with
diana's brother charles spencer
prince charles made quote a particularly
offensive comment about his ex-wife
which all but sealed the ill-fated label
on his relationship with the spencers
perhaps the most profound way that
prince charles's life changed after he
divorced princess diana
was that he could publicly pursue his
relationship with camilla parker-bowles
their affair was the worst kept secret
in britain but after he became a single
man
charles went ahead with the partnership
furthermore he took the steps to
introduce his children to camilla in
1998
less than a year after diana died
according to the guardian in july 1998
charles introduced prince william to
camilla for the very first time
it was reported that william and camilla
met for about a half hour at st
james palace and charles was with them
for the interaction
however the introduction wasn't at all
planned
william just happened to stop by the
palace when camilla was there
visiting with charles as she was quote a
regular visitor
talk about a potentially very awkward
greeting the guardian reported that
william and camilla met two more times
after their first encounter
and charles was putting plans in place
for his longtime mistress to meet his
youngest son
prince harry talk about a lifestyle
shift
at the time of their divorce charles was
working on a quote
transparent campaign to introduce
camilla parker bowles to the british
public
according to the guardian but after
diana died his efforts halted and
camilla wasn't seen publicly with the
heir to the throne until 1999
according to harper's bazaar two years
passed and charles was once again
willing to push camilla ever so gently
into the public
eye the two were spotted leaving the
ritz in london following camilla's
sister's birthday party
dynamics were altered for charles yet
again in 2000
when queen elizabeth finally agreed to
meet camilla for the first time
the bbc reported charles camilla and the
queen
are believed to have sat at the same
table and so ended a much publicized
standoff
since the prince divorced his wife the
late diana princess of wales
calling her a quote dark figure on the
royal scene
the bbc reported that charles's romantic
life was finally starting to change in
his favor
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