"Charles and Diana were hardly speaking during that summer of 1990 and in the autumn William started at his prep school, Ludgrove, leaving Jessie with only Harry to care for. "Jessie, with her outspoken cockney normality and no-nonsense approach, was the ideal person to bring a bit of cheer into the household, which indeed she did. Her predecessor Ruth Wallace had found the atmosphere too difficult and given her notice. Royal expert Ingrid Seward previously told the Mirror: "When Jessie started working as a nanny to Prince William the Wales's marriage was unravelling at a rapid pace. Her appointment came as William was about to start Ludgrove Prep School at the age of seven. Tragically, her new, liberated, post-royal life is cut short after a fatal car crash in Paris a year later.Jessie first started caring for William and Harry in the early 1990s - at a time when Charles and Diana's marriage was quickly unravelling. Diana receives a significant financial settlement but is stripped of her Her Royal Highness status. “We had struggled to keep it going, but obviously we’d both run out of steam.”Īugust 1996: After coming to an agreement in July, Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s divorce is finalized in August. In a 1995 interview with the BBC, Diana said that she felt “deep, deep, profound sadness” about their decision. “The news of the separation comes at a time when the credibility of the monarchy is at a modern low-point as a result of persistent reports alluding to the marital scandals and wealthy lifestyle of some members of the royal family,” the New York Times commented on the announcement. The drama throws the monarchy into deep turmoil. The palace tells reporters that no third party was involved in the decision, all despite tabloid reports and Morton’s book. Instead, Charles attends a business luncheon and Diana visits a clinic in northeast England. Neither Charles nor Diana make a comment.
“This decision has been reached amicably and they will both continue to participate fully in the upbringing of their children,” he reads from a Buckingham Palace statement. They look so miserable that the British press calls them “ the Glums.”ĭecember 1992: Prime Minister John Major announces to the House of Commons that the Prince and Princess of Wales are separating. November 1992: Prince Charles and Princess Diana go on an official trip to South Korea together. “It just broke my heart,” she later recalled, according to Diana: In Her Own Words. She’s spotted crying at Heathrow airport upon his departure-not because she is sad, but because before he left, he had taken a phone call with Camilla Parker Bowles. March 1981: Charles flies to Australia and New Zealand for five weeks, leaving his newly betrothed behind. When a reporter asks Charles if they are in love, he famously replies, “whatever ‘in love’ means.” The couple formally announces their engagement to the world on February 24. She moves from a tiny apartment to Clarence House. “I know it’s just a job they have to do, but sometimes I do wish they wouldn’t,” she said of all the photographers. Although she handles much of it with grace, the New York Times reports that she once burst into tears at the wheel of her car. Afterward, the press attention on the 19-year-old reaches a fever pitch.
At that time, it’s said the couple had only gone out a dozen or so times. Just like that, the secret of their relationship is officially out.įebruary 1981: Prince Charles proposes to Diana at Windsor Castle. September 1980: Cameras capture Diana at Balmoral, the royal family’s private estate in the Scottish Highlands. Eventually, it chronicles their decision to officially divorce. Another episode, meanwhile, features Prince Charles admitting to an affair on national television. The latest chapter in Netflix’s royal saga touches on Princess Diana’s tell-all book in 1992 with Andrew Morton, where she reveals her deep unhappiness in her marriage as well as her struggles with bulimia and depression. Some of it in the tabloids, and some of it through interviews they gave themselves: “There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded,” Diana famously told the BBC, referring to Camilla Parker Bowles, in 1995.Īlthough three decades have passed since their split, the troubled union has reentered the spotlight with The Crown’s fifth season. And throughout it all, nearly every single dramatic detail played out in the global press. Their marriage was contentious, and their divorce, messy-Diana died a mere year after the official papers were signed. Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s relationship is a sad story.
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