The popularity of the future King and his wife, Princess Diana, during their marriage life attracted media coverage and public attention. The couple stayed as husband and wife for 15 years.
The couple first eyed each other in November 1977 at Althorp, the Spencer family's ancestral home. Charles visited for a grouse hunt during the event. She was 16 years old at that time, and the Princess told her friends that she would marry the Prince someday.
The couple, however, ended in divorce in 1996. Ingrid Seward, a royal expert, described the details when the couple met for the first time following their separation in her book, "The Queen and Di: The Untold Story." It was written in the book that the ex-couples met in Kensington Palace in the first-floor drawing room Diana called the salon of her apartment.
Ingrid wrote that Diana asked, "Why did this have to happen?" as she walks into the room. Princess Diana and Prince Charles married in 1981, the nuptial known as the royal event of the century. The couple, however, passed through rough marriage life despite their fairytale marriage.
Charles was reported to speak shocking comments about his wife the day of their marriage. According to reports, he referred to his wife as a "baby" before their marriage. He even said that she looks like she just graduated from high school. The Princess was 18 years old when she was married to the Prince. Rumors said that their age gap and their difference individually caused their marriage to collapse. Many also believed that the current wife of the future King contributed much to the end of their divorce.
From the start of their union, Ms. Seward said that some of Charles' friends believed that their relationship could become an "absolute disaster." Ms. Seward said that there was a whole group of Charles' friends who saw this could be an absolute disaster. She said that Charles thought that was like a high-school student and he was like a professor.
The writer also wrote that the Prince said that he was in a confused and anxious state. The author also noted that the Prince kept on saying, "I want to do the right thing by my country and his family."
Reports also claimed that even Diana doubted her marriage. According to reports, Diana shared to her sisters that she may not be able to go through with the event.
