Diana And The Royal Family

Rumours of Royal infidelity did not begin with Prince Charles: even the Queen and Prince Philip were forced to deny problems early in their marriage. Accusations of marital misbehaviour has dogged the Royal family for generations.

Royal husbands Charles and Andrew failed to live up to expectations for the new breed of Royal Windsor Wives who were young, attractive, independent and unwilling to bow to a system they considered stuffy and old fashioned.

When twenty-one-year-old Lady Diana Spencer married Prince Charles in 1981 watched by 750 million people worldwide after a string of unsuitable girlfriends, the public thought that they had finally found their happy ending.

Charles and Diana married in 1981 and yet within a decade the marriage had turned into a pile of ashes and as their union disintegrated the mask began to slip.