Princess Diana was 'distracted' by Camilla Parker-Bowles on her wedding day...

Louis Epstein

2020-03-03 22:21:56 UTC

....after catching sight of Prince Charles's ex on her way down the

aisle, royal

biographer claims
more at

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-8066015/Princess-Diana-distracted-Camilla-Parker-Bowles-wedding-day-expert-claims.html

*EXCLUSIVE CLIP
*Diana was 'focused' on Camilla Parker-Bowles on her wedding day,
it's claimed
*Sally Bedell Smith claims the royal caught sight of Camilla in the
congregation
*Said: 'The one thing she [Diana] is focusing on is the image of
Camilla'
*Claim is aired in a new episode of CNN documentary series The
Windsors
Princess Diana was distracted by Camilla Parker-Bowles after
catching sight on her on her wedding day, a royal biographer claimed.
Speaking on this week's episode of CNN documentary series The

Windsors, royal

biographer Sally Bedell Smith tells how Diana spotted Charles's

ex-girlfriend as

she walked down the aisle at London's St Paul's Cathedral on 29

July 1981.

The American author and historian, who has penned biographies on

Diana, Charles

and the Queen, explains that Diana found herself competing with

Camilla, even on

that most 'magical' of days.
'As Diana walks down the aisle with her father, she sees Camilla,'
Bedell Smith says in a clip shared exclusively with FEMAIL.
'There she is, on this magical day, and the one thing she is
focusing on is the image of Camilla.'
The six-part CNN Original Series, which is airing in the US, tells

the story of

the Windsor dynasty, starting with King Edward's ascension to the

throne and

working towards the future of the monarchy.

Um...which Edward?
Edward VII died in 1910 and didn't use the name "Windsor" taken by
his son in 1917,and Edward VIII was virtually an interim figure
because of his abdication.

This week's episode, which airs on Sunday night, is titled Love or

Duty, and

focuses on Prince Charles's romance with the then Camilla Shand,

the loss of his

beloved great uncle Lord Mountbatten, and his eventual decision to

marry Diana.

The documentary paints a picture of a prince who chooses his bride

out of a

sense of duty, despite his lingering feelings for Camilla.

As someone who was there for the press coverage,Charles had LOTS of
girlfriends through the 1970s...his retrospective decision that
Camilla was "the one" (inconveniently from the experience of being
married to someone else) leads to focus on her now that simply
wasn't there at the time.

'Charles persuaded himself that he could be in love with Diana,'

royal

biographer Tina Brown explains in the episode. 'At least enough in

love to get

married.'
The expert commentary is accompanied by stunning footage of the

wedding, as well

as shots of the crowds who lined the streets of London in

celebration.

The documentary notes how the British public was swept up in the

grandeur and

the romance of the match between the future king and the beautiful

young society

beauty,

Are there ugly young society beauties?

unaware that there was more going on behind the scenes.
'[They were] totally in love with this ideal couple,' Dr Edward

Owens, author of

The Family Firm, says. 'And yet, the public can't see everything.'
Sir William Heseltine, former private secretary to the Queen, was

among those

who believed Charles had made an excellent choice in his future

wife.

He says: 'I thought, like so many other people, that it was an

ideal match. I

don't think anybody would have disagreed with that at the time.'
But it is alleged that even on her wedding day, Diana found herself

competing

with Camilla Parker-Bowles.
*

Sorry - but Charles was a real jerk for letting her be
anywhere near the wedding.
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