“I was so tired - for all the wrong reasons.”ĭiana also said, per Morton's book, that her bulimia emerged in full force during the honeymoon: "Everybody saw I was getting thinner and thinner and I was being sicker and sicker. “I remember crying my heart out,” she continued. "He read them and we had to analyze them over lunch every day," she said. This time, Diana - in Morton's book - said the Prince of Wales made a bold display of his affections.ĭiana noted that Charles brought seven novels by Laurens ven der Post, one of his favorite authors. In July of 1980, Diana, now a 19-year-old woman, came face-to-face with Charles once more. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer, at the estate at Craigowen Lodge in Balmoral, Scotland. I thought: amazing place.” July 1980: A royal romance begins The book said Diana had a “very nice time” at the party and found the company “fascinating,” adding, “I wasn’t at all intimidated by the surroundings. In Andrew Morton’s “Diana: Her True Story, In Her Own Words,” Diana - who had a major hand in the creation of the book, recording her memories on audio tapes that Morton received, the author confirmed - recalled her sister asking, “Why is Diana coming as well?” The royal-to-be responded, “Well, I don’t know, but I’d like to come.” One year later, Charles and Diana crossed paths again, this time at Buckingham Palace for his 30th birthday celebration, which Diana received an invitation to attend, as did her sister, Sarah. Margaret needed the Parliament’s approval ahead of the marriage to Townsend and they made it clear they would not offer her consent, People magazine reported.November 1978: The prince’s birthday bash That’s when Margaret, then aged 25, ended their engagement. The relationship survived, at least until 1955.
They had known each other since he came to the palace in 1944 when she was a teenager and he was 29.Īmid a furor which reverberated through Britain and its Commonwealth of former colonies, the much-decorated war ace was banished from the palace on the advice of Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill to a diplomatic post in Brussels. The princess was 16 years his junior and he was divorced. But the romance was frowned upon when their engagement became public in 1953. Margaret became enamored with Peter Townsend, a dashing World War II fighter pilot. (Photo by Lisa Sheridan/Studio Lisa/Getty Images)
Princess Margaret (1930 - 2002) with her father King George VI (1895-1952) on the grounds of Windsor Castle in Windsor, England on July 8, 1946.
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