{"id":341149,"date":"2025-08-13T12:36:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T12:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/341149\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T12:36:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T12:36:12","slug":"princess-diana-and-prince-charles-both-cried-the-day-their-divorce-was-finalized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/341149\/","title":{"rendered":"Princess Diana and Prince Charles \u201cBoth Cried\u201d the Day Their Divorce Was Finalized"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Princess Diana and Prince Charles separated in 1992, and their divorce was finalized on August 28, 1996\u201429 years ago this month.<\/li>\n<li>According to royal biographer Ingrid Seward, on that day, the former Prince and Princess of Wales \u201csat down together on the sofa, and they both cried.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Charles and Diana had married 15 years prior on July 29, 1981.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Twenty-nine years ago this month\u2014and following an often contentious separation that began in 1992, four years prior\u2014<a class=\"recommendation-inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/king-charles-begged-prince-william-not-make-mistake-he-made-11737354\" link-destination-recommendation=\"true\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince Charles<\/a> and <a class=\"recommendation-inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/princess-diana-unexpected-mantra-when-marriage-prince-charles-became-difficult-11729099\" link-destination-recommendation=\"true\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Princess Diana<\/a> finalized their divorce on August 28, 1996 after 15 years of marriage.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Though it had been a long road to get to the end of their marriage, royal biographer Ingrid Seward said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rd.com\/article\/diana-charles-cried-together\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the documentary The Royal Family at War<\/a> that \u201cDiana did tell me something quite interesting. She said that on the day of the divorce, she and Charles sat down together on the sofa, and they both cried.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p> Prince Charles and Princess Diana on November 3, 1992.<\/p>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_7-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams said that, while this may be surprising for many to hear, \u201cIt seems once Charles and Diana accepted that their marriage was over, they both did have a natural feeling of sadness. But there was also a lot of mutual exhaustion after fighting their relationship battle in public for so many years that might have just caused this emotional moment.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> According to Seward, who is also the editor-in-chief of Majesty magazine, once Charles and Diana agreed to end their tumultuous marriage, \u201cIt was this crazy separation, but by the time the divorce was finalized, they were on much better terms.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p> Princess Diana and Prince Charles on March 15, 1989.<\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Fitzwilliams agreed that after agreeing to separate and ultimately divorce, \u201cthings had calmed down a little between the two.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_16-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> \u201cThey had their own lives and their children to look after,\u201d he added. \u201cTheir marriage was a disaster from early on, but despite the bitterness between them, they were both very good parents to <a class=\"recommendation-inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/prince-william-wont-be-pushed-around-11759097\" link-destination-recommendation=\"true\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince William<\/a> and <a class=\"recommendation-inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/prince-william-envious-prince-harry-freedom-8641449\" link-destination-recommendation=\"true\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince Harry<\/a> throughout.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p> Princess Diana, Prince Harry, Prince William, and Prince Charles on September 6, 1995.<\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_19-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> In June 1997, former Vanity Fair and The New Yorker editor-in-chief and royal biographer Tina Brown had lunch with the Princess of Wales and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour in New York City. In Brown\u2019s 2007 book The Diana Chronicles (via <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6336336\/charles-diana-relationship-divorce-the-crown-season-6\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TIME<\/a>), she wrote about the lunch and said that \u201cAt the end of Diana\u2019s life, she and Charles were on the best terms they\u2019d been for a very long time. 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.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> \u201cIt was definitely calming down\u2014the boys were older,\u201d Brown added. \u201cThey talked about their philanthropies.\u201d Referring to Charles\u2019s longtime mistress Camilla Parker Bowles\u2014now <a class=\"recommendation-inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/queen-camilla-yacht-boldest-look-yet-11787926\" link-destination-recommendation=\"true\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queen Camilla<\/a>\u2014Brown said that Diana \u201chad accepted Camilla. One thing she had finally done was really understand that Camilla was the love of his life, and there was just nothing she could do about it.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p> Princess Diana on June 17, 1997.<\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Yet, Brown continued, Diana told her and Wintour \u201cshe would go back to Charles in a heartbeat if he wanted her,\u201d reportedly adding that she thought that she and Charles would have made a great team. Sadly, just 368 days after their divorce was finalized, Diana tragically lost her life following a Paris car crash on August 31, 1997. 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