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Charles and Diana: Learning to love each other

May 22, 2017 / 01:07

This episode discusses the early relationship between Prince Charles and Princess Diana, focusing on their first conversation in July 1980 and the complexities of their romance.

Prince Charles reflects on his initial impression of Diana, noting her empathy and how he felt he could learn to love her, similar to his grandparents' relationship.

However, the episode highlights the presence of Camilla Parker Bowles, whom Charles had loved since 1972, complicating his feelings for Diana.

The conversation reveals the emotional dynamics and historical context surrounding their marriage, including the impact of previous relationships.

TLDR

Prince Charles shares his complex feelings for Diana and Camilla during their early relationship.

Episode

1:07
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when they first really had a kind of proper conversation together sitting on a bail of hay in July of 1980 in a house
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party weekend he was struck by how kind of empathetic she was and said to friends although he wasn't in love with
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her he felt that he could learn to love her and he had a model for that which was his his uh grandparents when the
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queen Queen Mother married George the 6 it took a little while for them to kind of know each other and learn to love
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each other and he thought well if they could learn to love each other Diana and I could learn to love each other but
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there was an ex factor in that situation which was Camila who he had fallen in love with back in
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1972 you know their relationship had been interrupted and she had married somebody else and then they had resumed
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their romance in the couple of years before he met Diana so he had this other very very strong pull toward another
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woman

Episode Highlights

  • Learning to Love
    He believed he could learn to love Diana, inspired by his grandparents' relationship.
    “If they could learn to love each other, I could learn to love each other.”
    @ 00m 36s
    May 22, 2017
  • The Ex Factor
    His past with Camila complicated his feelings for Diana.
    “There was an ex factor in that situation.”
    @ 00m 41s
    May 22, 2017

Episode Quotes

  • I could learn to love each other.
    Charles and Diana: Learning to love each other
  • There was an ex factor in that situation.
    Charles and Diana: Learning to love each other

Key Moments

  • Empathy at the Party00:08
  • Learning to Love00:32
  • Complicated Feelings01:02