Princess Diana penned many heartfelt personal letters to trusted friends throughout her sad marriage to Prince Charles. Diana wrote such a note to designer Dudley Poplak in which the princess expressed her fears for the future of the Royal Family. The never before seen letter will be auctioned on January 25.
Written on Diana’s Kensington Palace stationary, the letter reveals just how troubled Diana’s life was within the Royal Family. The tone of the note expresses to Diana’s trusted confidante the princess’s rising level of anxiety and feelings of fear and frustration.
In the letter, dated December 3, 1991, Diana wrote to Poplak, “I do feel extremely isolated more than ever now, as I see what’s coming to this country and this family.” Poplak received the letter only six months before Andrew Morton’s biography ‘Diana: Her True Story’ was published.
Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s marriage had privately been disintegrating for years. The publication of Andrew Morton’s book exposed the truth to the world.
In December 1992, it was announced Diana and Charles would separate. In her own words, Queen Elizabeth summed up 1992 as an “annus horribillis.”
Where Diana’s fears for the future of Britain and the Royal Family well-founded? Many would say yes, the late princess was spot on with the assessment in the letter to Poplak. Prince Charles was permitted to marry his long-time mistress Camilla Parker-Bowles. Queen Elizabeth gave permission for Prince William marry commoner Kate Middleton. Does it get worse than that?
Actually, it does get worse. Prince William and Kate Middleton were called the laziest Royals of 2016. Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie took more vacations in 2015 and 2016 than most people take in an entire lifetime.
Prince Harry’s past indiscretions – wearing an armband with a swastika as part of a costume and naked wild parties in Las Vegas – are notable. But Harry has turned that playboy partier around and is now following in Diana’s footsteps working with HIV/AIDS charities.
Prince William and Kate Middleton, along with Prince Harry, have become patrons of Heads Together which brings together charities that are involved with promoting mental health awareness. This appears to be another tribute to Princess Diana.
Andrew Morton revealed after Diana’s death the biography ‘Diana: Her True Story’ had been written from transcripts of secret interviews with Diana.
In the interviews, Diana, allegedly, admitted to suffering from depression, anxiety, bulimia and suicide attempts. Morton rereleased the biography with a new title, ‘Diana: Her True Story In Her Own Words’ following the princess’s tragic death in 1997.
Princess Diana’s fears for the future of the Monarchy may have been well-founded at the time the letter was written in 1991. It appears as if Prince William and Prince Harry, along with Kate Middleton, are now hard at work to ensure that the Royal Family becomes stronger as it moves into the next generation. Come back to CDL for all the Royal family news and reports!
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