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...that Queen Elizabeth II has asked Prince Charles to divorce Princess Di, he is saying that he does not intend to marry again. The news ends speculation that Charles would marry his longtime paramour, Camilla Parker Bowles. The divorce looks to be as simple as the wedding was grand. Under British law, when there are grounds for divorce (and there are), and both people agree to go ahead with it, the couple has only to fill out the legal papers and pay a $60 fee. After a six week waiting period, the marriage is terminated...
...pleasure; and the consort--Philip in the case of Elizabeth, Di in the case of Charles--has always been in a rather awkward spot. In Di's case, the indignity was compounded by the fact that Charles already had a woman for purposes of companionship and love. Camilla Parker Bowles was his real partner, Diana just a means of reproduction...
...time for the British to realize that successful breeding isn't always consistent with "family values." After all, the only humane solution would have been to let Charles run off with Camilla long ago, leaving a test tube of sperm behind in Buckingham Palace. His mom could then have distributed it among hundreds of female volunteers in a kind of genetic Bake-Off--with the throne then being awarded to the most boring and phlegmatic child that resulted. The next step would be to take away the royals' allowances, which amount to $15 million a year for the lot. Princess...
...countries) that was new. But the confirmation of what was rumored--the sum of which would not be salacious enough to get her on Jenny Jones--was a bit of a bombshell coming from a member of the royal family. Yes, she knew her husband was making nasty with Camilla Parker Bowles in 1986, thanks to "woman's instinct" and "people who cared about our marriage." Yes, this worsened her bulimia and self-abuse. Yes, she hurt her own arms and legs. And yes, she had her own affair, with James Hewitt, her riding instructor. But no, she didn...
...wanted [the marriage] to work," she said of her 14-year marriage to Prince Charles. "I desperately loved my husband and I wanted to share everything with him, and I thought we were a very good team." Diana also said that the news of her husband's affair with Camilla Parker Bowles in 1986 had devastated her and sent her into a cycle of binging and vomiting. "She spoke a lot about her bulimia," says TIME's Barry Hillenbrand. "And you got the impression that she suffered a great deal." Diana did admit to having her own affair, after...