Diana, a twenty-year-old girl, agreed to marry Prince Charles, during which, for fifteen years, she never became happy with her star husband. She was perfectly in control of herself in public, but some photos still reveal what was really in her soul. A difficult marriage simply could not help but affect Diana’s emotions, which periodically slipped past her will.
After the engagement, Diana was hit with an avalanche of attention from all the world’s journalists, which she had to cope with, whether she wanted to or not.
She could answer any question with stunning elegance and did not hide from the lenses, but she could not get used to it. Once, after another attack by journalists, she, having “worked” at an A, went to her room and burst into tears, and in response to consolation, expressed a wish to see less paparazzi.
The future husband did not particularly please his chosen one with warmth, even in the pre-wedding period of their relationship. When asked directly in one of the interviews whether the prince loved his bride, he answered so ambiguously that everyone began to doubt his deep feelings for Diana. It is difficult to find a photo where Charles sincerely communicates with her; as a rule, we always see some protocol images like “that’s how it should be”.
Before the wedding, Diana was about to reconsider her decision to tie her fate to the prince. The reason for this was the jewel she had found, which Charles intended to give to his mistress, Camilla.
The wedding took place only thanks to the persuasion of Diana’s sisters. During the lavish wedding, the bride noticed Camilla in the crowd and seemed to take a photo of her image. Later, she confessed to her sister that she often saw her rival in her dreams, despite the honeymoon with a special royal blood.
In the pictures from that period, there is no happiness on Diana’s face, on the contrary, we see some depression. Her husband was not interested in what she liked, her husband’s favorite activity was drawing and psychoanalysis, but the boring works of Jung and Lawrence simply did not enter Diana’s beautiful head, she simply did not need them.
In addition, the young wife’s feelings of jealousy continued to grow, because Charles did not even try to hide the photographs of his mistress, and what’s more, he ordered cufflinks with Camilla’s initials engraved on them.
Even such an event as the announcement that she would become a mother was dull for Diana; she was sad and it was clear that her energy seemed to have disappeared somewhere.
The white and blue dress she wore at the gala concert emphasized Diana’s grace and beauty in the best possible way, but it did not help the princess appear full of strength and health.
The birth of her son, William, did not cheer Diana up; she was struck by classic postpartum depression. It was difficult to persuade the princess to get out of bed in the morning; her apathy surprised everyone around her. Her husband did not support her at that difficult moment; on the contrary, he accused her of being unbalanced, “giving” his wife this nickname for many years to come.
The international tour in the early eighties only worsened the relationship between the spouses. Charles realized that he remained in the shadow when he was next to Diana, in the shadow of his wife, and this could not help but irritate him. And Diana continued to win the hearts of thousands of people…
A New Zealand photograph of the couple shows how unhappy they were with each other. Diana’s tired eyes and Charles’s downcast expression.
Another shot from the same series again shows us Di’s tiredness and sadness. She looks great, a tastefully chosen dress should at least please its owner, but this does not happen, Diana absently adjusts the crown on her head and thinks about something of her own.
Just three years later, Charles began dating Camilla again, and Diana responded with an affair with Jims Hughie.
In most of the photographs from that time, it is easy to trace the crumbling relationship between the spouses. In one of them, they are standing next to each other, but the husband demonstratively crossed his arms, not touching Diana, and she, no less demonstratively and gracefully, put her hands behind her back, showing with all her appearance that she does not intend to imitate the warmth of her relationship with her husband.
Both Charles and Diana are quite tense in this photo, and in the next picture the gap and alienation are emphasized by the distance at which they sit on chairs at separate tables, while practically turning away from each other.
A photo taken by some paparazzi, in which the couple is captured in a car, is also not encouraging. It seems that complete strangers are driving next to them. Diana is in deep mourning over her father’s passing, but Charles does not even think of showing his participation in his wife’s grief, he sits with a completely indifferent face.
The divorce proceedings in 1992 were preceded by a trip to South Korea by the then-married couple. There they “won” the “title” of the Gloomy Couple from the British press. And soon the Prime Minister announced that the Welsh marriage would be dissolved.
Shortly before the divorce, another photo appeared in the press, vividly demonstrating what was happening between Charles and Diana. They were walking side by side, but, like complete strangers, they were carefully turning away so as not to meet their eyes.
But four years later, when the marriage was finally dissolved, Diana emerged from the process with an optimistic smile, giving the journalists who met her both an interview and a short photo session.
Although Diana could no longer become a queen, everyone continued to love her, she did not leave the spotlight and stopped her public activities, this was her true calling.
The numerous hospitals, clinics, and hospices visited by Diana simply came alive after her arrival. The princess became a great orator and dreamed of engaging in diplomatic activity.
