What did Camilla really think of Diana?
Diana and John Travolta in the White House
New evidence about the life of Diana, Princess of Wales, is emerging all the time. Today, we have the newly-published views of Camilla, now Duchess of Cornwall, married to the Prince of Wales. Source, Daily Mail :
So what did Camilla really think of Diana at the height of her affair with Prince Charles?
“She felt nothing but contempt for her,” according to a trusted Royal aide. “She used to refer to her as ‘that mad cow’.”
Some will see this as a shocking insight indicating a broad streak of self-serving ruthlessness. They may be surprised to learn that in Camilla’s eyes she herself was the one deserving of sympathy, not Diana, for having to pick up the pieces of Charles’s broken life and prop him up sufficiently to restore his confidence.
“She blamed Diana for everything,” says the aide. “She hated what Diana was doing to Charles and blamed her entirely for how low the Prince was when he came to Camilla for comfort.”
Camilla’s scornful attitude towards Diana, we can reveal, did not end there. Far from being jealous of the Priness’s cover-girl looks, among her close circle of friends Camilla was openly mocking of how Diana had gone from being “scrawny” to “muscley”.
Not surprisingly, in Camilla’s eyes the so-called War of the Waleses was a very one-sided affair. To her Diana was “unreasonable” and it was the Princess’s obsessive behaviour that so damaged Charles that he had to look outside his marriage for comfort.
That’s rich, isn’t it? Diana really was royal, not a commoner—I dislike Mrs Parker-Bowles for pretending to have class. I’m not convinced, and this recent visit of the United States shows that Americans aren’t, either.
But I can’t bring myself to completely diss her view of Diana (whom, incidentally, I do believe to be the best thing to have happened to the house of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha). If my friend—prior to the affair she and Charles were close friends—came to me with problems, and I only got his side of the story first-hand, then ten to one I would side with that friend totally. I might not approach my friend’s spouse to get a counterpoint.
So, in that vein, maybe the current Princess of Wales (forget what the media tell you, that is her legal title) has some sense of loyalty, which can be applauded; but to jeopardize her own and her friend’s marriage, regardless of who made the first advance in the affair, I cannot sympathize with.
By Jack Yan on November 16th, 2005 at 11:32 am
Jack, there are many views on this subject. In the absence of inside knowledge, they are all as good as each other.
By John on November 16th, 2005 at 5:01 pm
Camilla had no reason to blame Diana for anything. She is the one that wouldn’t leave a married man alone. Diana was beautiful not only on the inside, but the outside also. Maybe if she didn’t have a husband who was constantly cheating on her she wouldn’t have been as unhappy as she was. What woman, royal or not, wants to live a lie. Diana was the one that had the right to have bad feelings, not Camilla. Camilla was the main cause of all of the problems, mentally, emotionally, etc., that Diana had.
I hope Diana rests in Peace, and I thank God she is not here to witness what is going on in the royal family today.
By Jami Busacker on December 14th, 2005 at 6:27 pm
I seriously doubt any of the derogatory comments made by Ms. Parker-Bowles would have any bearing on who, and what Princess Diana accomplished that touched so many.
She was, first and foremost, a dedicated mother, who was humble enough to reach hearts, with class, I might add. Her eyes had the depth of many oceans, illuminating what her soul truly was.
Beautiful.
By Daughter of Sarai on January 9th, 2006 at 1:39 pm
Unfortunately the public only saw the one side of Diana, I wish they had lived with her bulimia, emotional problems, her rages, self mutilating etc. All reported by Diana herself, family and friends. I find it hard to believe this was all caused by Charles affair. Her childhood was brutal and it started there.
Maybe Charles and Camilla wouldn’t be so harshly judged.
By Christine on January 22nd, 2006 at 7:09 am
You’re right, Christine. The recent BBC dramatization of the events threw a completely different light on the whole affair.
By John on January 22nd, 2006 at 10:02 am