{"id":152461,"date":"2025-06-02T15:53:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T15:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/152461\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T15:53:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T15:53:10","slug":"unearthed-letter-reveals-princess-dianas-thoughts-after-royal-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/152461\/","title":{"rendered":"Unearthed Letter Reveals Princess Diana’s Thoughts After Royal Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

An unearthed letter written by Princess Diana<\/strong><\/a> seems to offer more details about her time at Buckingham Palace.<\/p>\n

The letter, obtained by People<\/a> on Friday, May 30, was sent from Diana to Buckingham Palace footman Mark Simpson<\/strong>. The letter was dated July 31, 1981 \u2014 two days after she married King Charles III<\/strong>, who was the Prince of Wales at the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just wanted to thank you for all your kindness + patience you\u2019ve showed towards me since I moved into B.P.,\u201d the letter reads. \u201cMy stay was made so much easier by your company as it was so terribly lonely + we had so many laughs for that I can\u2019t thank you enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

She continued, \u201cDo hope you were able to enjoy Wednesday + that you liked my dress? I\u2019m off to Britainia tomorrow, what with all those men around. I will have to keep a watchful eye on Evelyn!\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n Related: Princess Diana’s Letters to Childhood Housekeeper Will Be Auctioned<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tGeorges De Keerle\/Getty Images A new collection of Princess Diana\u2019s belongings is going up for auction, and they offer an intimate glimpse into her private life as a member of the royal family. Several of Diana\u2019s handwritten letters and cards to her former housekeeper, Violet Collison, will be sold as a part of the U.K. [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n

Diana was seemingly referring to her aide and personal dresser, Evelyn Dagley.<\/p>\n

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\n Diana, Princess of Wales and Prince Charles pose for the official photograph by Lord Lichfield in Buckingham Palace at their wedding on July 29, 1981 in St. Pauls Cathedral, London. David Levenson\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bad news is that I haven\u2019t eaten any cereal \u2014 sob,\u201d Diana\u2019s letter concluded. \u201cHow am I going to cope without my bowls of cereal \u2026 [smiley face]. A large thank you for being you \u2014 Much love, Diana.\u201d<\/p>\n

The letter is just one of many included in the Princess Diana\u2019s Style & A Royal Collection auction, which is now live via Julien\u2019s Auctions<\/a>. While others are notes to friends or designers, this particular letter seems to speak to the unhappiness Diana felt as a member of the royal family.<\/p>\n

Diana married Charles on July 29, 1981, in London. The former couple announced their separation in 1992 amid ongoing cheating speculation. Their divorce was finalized in August 1996, one year before Diana died at age 36.<\/a><\/p>\n

Rumors of an affair between Charles and his now-wife<\/a>, Queen Camilla<\/strong>, started in 1986. Charles eventually admitted in 1994 that he had been unfaithful during his marriage to Diana.<\/p>\n

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\n Related: Princess Diana Through the Years<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tPrincess Diana left a grand legacy in her wake following her death in 1997. Diana married into England\u2019s royal family in July 1981, when she and King Charles III (then Prince Charles) exchanged vows. The couple soon welcomed heirs to the throne, with Diana giving birth to Prince William in 1982 and Prince Harry two [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n

\u201cYes,\u201d he replied when asked about infidelity. \u201c[Not] until it became clear that the marriage had irretrievably broken down.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n The Prince and Princess of Wales on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on their wedding day, 29th July 1981. Terry Fincher\/Princess Diana Archive\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Diana spoke candidly about her ex-husband\u2019s extramarital affairs<\/a> during various interviews following their split.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded,\u201d she famously stated during a 1995 interview with the BBC.<\/p>\n

She also opened up about deciding to separate from Charles. \u201cI think everybody was very anxious because they could see there were complications but didn\u2019t want to interfere but were there [and] made it known that they were there if required,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen we went abroad, we had separate apartments, albeit we were on the same floor, so of course that was leaked [by the press] and that caused complications, but Charles and I had our duty to perform and that was paramount.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An unearthed letter written by Princess Diana seems to offer more details about her time at Buckingham Palace.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,4082,7730,7731,1760,12,7710,519,14066],"class_list":{"0":"post-152461","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-celebrity-news","10":"tag-charles","11":"tag-charles-iii","12":"tag-king-charles","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-royal-families","15":"tag-royal-family","16":"tag-the-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114614580580697560","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}