King Charles and Lady Diana Spencer tied the knot in July 1981, at St Paul’s Cathedral in London(Image: Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images)
King Charles and Lady Diana Spencer tied the knot in July 1981, at St Paul’s Cathedral in London. Though their marriage was celebrated all over the world, the couple’s relationship unravelled in turmoil, leading to bitterness on both sides.
An upcoming biography titled “The King: The Life of Charles III,” out on Nov. 8, writes Charles and Diana had a “highly combustible” marriage.
The book’s author, Christopher Andersen, claims that one of Charles’ valets recalls seeing Diana “hurling epithets and mocking her husband’s obsession with the dreary-looking Camilla.” Andersen states that the valet watched as Diana “literally pursued” her husband “down hallways, up staircases and from room to room” at their Highgrove House country retreat.
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The biography alleges that Diana questioned her husband, “Why won’t you sleep with me?” after he “had for all intents and purposes unilaterally called a halt to their sexual relationship” after Prince Harry’s birth in 1984.
The author writes that Charles responded with: “I don’t know, dear. I think I might be gay.”
The King: The Life of Charles III sheds light on how the royal couple’s marriage turned sour(Image: Simon and Schuster)
New book highlights the couple’s tumultuous relationship
According to the biography, a heated fight made Charles lash out at his wife, stating, “Do you know who I am?”
“Diana answered that he was a ‘f—king animal,’” Andersen writes in the book. “You will never be King!” she shouted. “William will succeed your mother. I will see to that.”
A bodyguard also said in the book that the “clashes between Diana and Charles were now so raw that ‘violence seemed inevitable.'”
As time passed, unhappiness compounded in the royal household, according to the book.
“The detectives in charge of protecting members of the royal family were deeply concerned that ‘in the heat of anger,’ any one of these could be used to commit suicide, homicide or both,” states Andersen in the biography.
Misery began even before the wedding, the book claims
The two were allegedly unhappy even before their nuptials. Charles reportedly felt obliged to get married by his father, and he was put off by how Diana giggled during his proposal, calling her reaction “juvenile and unnerving,” the book states.
Diana was 12 years younger than her fiancé, and soon realized that the man she was about to marry was in love with his mistress, Camilla Parker-Bowles.
Andersen noted, “Consumed by anger and frustration, both bride and groom separately cried themselves to sleep the night before the wedding.”