King Charles Was Jealous of Princess Diana’s Success, But Couldn’t Be More Proud of…see more

King Charles Was Jealous of Princess Diana’s Success, But Couldn’t Be More Proud of Queen Camilla’s Own Triumphant Rise In Popularity Over the Years, Royal Commentator Says
“These difficult few months will have made his love even deeper.”

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When Prince Charles proposed to Lady Diana Spencer in February 1981, he was 32 and one of the most eligible bachelors in the world—and she was a completely unknown, 19-year-old nursery school teacher. But after their July 29, 1981 wedding—and even in the leadup to it—that certainly changed, and Diana’s star began eclipsing Charles’ almost immediately. It didn’t take long for Diana—who after her wedding became the Princess of Wales—to become the most famous woman in the world, and Charles was often overcome with jealousy over how adored she was, particularly when people would complain at walkabouts that they got Charles’ side, when they wanted to meet Diana instead.

It’s not news that, long before he got to know Diana, his heart was already in the possession of Camilla Shand, who became Camilla Parker-Bowles after she married Andrew Parker Bowles in 1973, breaking Charles’ heart in the process. Charles never really fell out of love with Camilla, and they eventually resumed their affair, leading to both of their divorces in the 1990s and their eventual marriage in 2005.

There’s a thousand differences between the Charles and Diana marriage—which lasted from 1981 until their separation in 1992 and eventual divorce in 1996—and the Charles and Camilla marriage. A key one? Charles was “jealous of Diana’s success” but “couldn’t be more proud of Camilla,” according to The Mirror.