Princess Diana knew her role came with 'tragedy' says Frank

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A special documentary on Princess Diana has claimed before she married Prince Charles, she knew in her “heart of hearts” that there would be an element of “tragedy” in her life. Speaking to the PBS special documentary ‘In Their Own Words: Diana, Princess of Wales’, her former friend claimed she suffered a “rude awakening” during the early days of her marriage to the Prince of Wales. 

Princess Diana’s close friend and former astrologer, Debbie Frank, claimed: “She stepped into this role and she knew the enormity of it but I think she felt in her heart of hearts that there was tragedy alongside it.

“I think it’s very difficult when you go on your honeymoon with your husband, and he opens his diary and out flutters a photograph of his mistress that he’s thoughtfully brought with him.

“So, I think she had a rude awakening.”

Princess Diana married Prince Charles in a highly-publicised service at St Paul’s Cathedral on July 29, 1981. 

While Diana had come from a similarily aristocratic background, there was a 12-year age difference between the couple, and they had reportedly only spent time together on 13 occasions before becoming engaged. 

At the time of their wedding, the young Princess Diana was only 20-years-old. 

Their marriage was branded ‘the wedding of the century’ and was viewed by an estimated global audience of 750 million people. 

The couple went on to welcome two children together, Prince William in 1982 and Prince Harry in 1984. 

However, from the offset cracks began to emerge in their union, with Diana later stating the marriage had gone “down the drain” following the arrival of their second son. 

Princess Diana found it hard to adapt to royal life and struggled with her mental health.

Prince Charles later returned to his former lover, Camilla Parker-Bowles, whom he had dated during the 1970s. 

The Princess of Wales also embarked on her own affairs, including a romance with riding instructor James Hewitt. 

By the late 1980s, the Prince and Princess of Wales had become a constant source of tabloid speculation due to the nature of their apparent unhappy marriage. 

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Their separation was announced in 1992 by Prime Minister John Major in the House of Commons, shortly after Andrew Morton’s biography ‘Diana: Her True Story’ was published. 

The tension between the royal couple increased in 1995 after Diana’s infamous interview with BBC Panorama, where she once again detailed her difficulties as a member of the Royal Family. 

When speaking of her husband’s relationship with Camilla Parker-Bowles, she said: “There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded”.

Following the airing of the interview, the Queen wrote to both Charles and Diana to request that they begin official divorce proceedings. 

Two years later, Princess Diana died in 1997 in a car accident at the age of 36. She and partner Dodi Fayed had been relentlessly pursued by the paparazzi.

Her sudden death sparked widespread mourning across the globe, and an estimated 2.5 billion people watched her televised funeral. 

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