Much has been written about Princess Diana and King Charles’s doomed union. Now, Princess Margaret’s trusted lady-in-waiting, Lady Glenconner, is reflecting on the couple’s marriage, together with what Queen Elizabeth II might have executed in another way.
Lady Glenconner’s new e-book, Manners and Mischief: An A–Z of Royal Tales and Surprising Wisdom from Princess Margaret’s Lady in Waitingis due for launch in November. In an extract from the e-book printed by the Daily MailGlenconner wrote, “I do slightly feel that the late Queen Elizabeth could have worked harder to try to find Prince Charles a suitable wife.”
Glenconner continued, “The queens of Greece and Spain used to entertain royal princesses from other European countries in order to find a wife for their sons, but I think because The Queen had fallen in love and had such a successful marriage to Prince Philip, she wasn’t really focused on [King] Charles in the same way.”
However, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip reportedly weren’t the one individuals urging Charles to marry Princess Diana. “The Queen Mother and Lady Fermoy [Diana’s maternal grandmother] were keen that the marriage to Diana should happen,” the previous lady-in-waiting wrote.
According to Glenconner, the Queen Mother went to this point as to specific “her delight at the proposed marriage” in written correspondence. “Prince Philip was also very much in favor of the union,” she defined.
Lady Glenconner additionally mirrored on how Charles and Diana met “at a party in 1980…following the death of Lord Mountbatten.” The former lady-in-waiting famous that Diana was allegedly “terribly sympathetic” to Charles, who had “a girlfriend at the time.” Still, Diana “clearly made an impression on him.”
Diana “clearly made an impression on him.”
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Writing in her new e-book, Glenconner mentioned of Princess Diana, “She was so young when they married and had very little life experience. And I think when she became so incredibly popular with the public, it was very hard for Prince Charles.”
Diana and Charles married on July 29, 1981, earlier than finalizing their divorce on August 28, 1996.