Princess Diana’s Emotional Struggles Revealed: “I Knew My Marriage Was Over” the Night Harry Was Born
Princess Diana cried herself to sleep the night Prince Harry was born, claims a TV documentary set to air Thursday night.
Princess Diana and Prince Charles holding Prince Harry outside St. Mary’s Hospital
Paul Burrell, Diana’s former butler who worked with her for ten years until her tragic death, reveals: “I could see the cracks in the marriage getting wider and wider.”
He further shared, “Diana confided in me that on the night Harry was born, she cried herself to sleep. She said, ‘I knew my marriage was over.’”
Princess Diana with her two sons Princes William and Harry at Thorpe Park
According to Burrell, Prince Charles told Diana that his duty as a husband was “done” after Harry’s birth. He reportedly added, “I’ve provided the country with an ‘heir and a spare,’ and now I can resume my relationship with Miss Camilla Parker Bowles.”
Princess Diana cried herself to sleep the night Prince Harry was born
The documentary, Princess Diana’s Wicked Stepmother, airing on Channel 4, also delves into Diana’s strained relationship with her stepmother, Countess Raine Spencer. Initially, Diana had a deep resentment for her father’s second wife. In a candid confession to her voice coach, Peter Settelen, Diana revealed that she once pushed Raine down the stairs at their family’s ancestral home, Althorp.
Prince and Princess of Wales in Scotland
Following their father’s death, Diana and her brother, Earl Spencer, reportedly kicked their stepmother out of the property the very next day, despite their father’s expressed wishes for her to remain for at least six months.
Prince Charles told Princess Diana after Harry was born that his duty as a husband was over
The show features a former friend of Raine, who shared that the Countess’s dislike for Diana was mutual. Raine had reportedly accused Diana of “never reading a book in her life,” and sarcastically added, “She has nothing to talk about beyond Duran Duran.”
Princes Diana with her mother at Wimbeldon who she fell out with after being called a ‘prostitute’
Despite their initial animosity, Diana later reconciled with Raine, growing closer to her. This bond ultimately led to a falling out with her own mother, Frances Shand Kydd