Princess Diana and Prince Charles married in their spectacular royal wedding in 1981, however the marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales would prove to be notoriously rocky. As their sons Prince William and Prince Harry became caught between the warring spouses, the young princes all too soon became aware of the media reports of their parent’s strife. Biographer Andrew Morton, in his 2011 book “William and Catherine”, delves into the younger days of the Duke of Cambridge, and claims that William heartbreakingly confronted his mother about one of Prince Charles’ revelations about the marriage.
Mr Morton addresses the 1994 authorised biography of the Prince of Wales, which came out as a filmed interview followed by the book, by renowned broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby.
In it, the Prince of Wales infamously admitted the extent of his relationship with Camilla Parker Bowles, telling Mr Dimbleby that he had tried to be faithful in his marriage to Diana “until it became irretrievably broken down".
Mr Morton writes: “What concerned them most was the assertion that Prince Charles had been forced into marriage by their grandfather, Prince Philip, and that he had never loved their mother.
“It was yet another emotionally disorientating and disturbing episode for the two boys to absorb.
Prince Harry, Prince William and Prince Charles (Image: Getty)
The revelations from Prince Charles came out in 1994 (Image: Getty)
“When the book was first serialised in the Sunday Times, Prince Charles remained with the Queen Mother at her house on the Balmoral estate, Birkhall.
“It was left to Diana to console her children, once again making the trip to their school in Berkshire.
“On the Morning of October 17, 1994, she met her troubled children in the headmaster’s study at Ludgrove.”
According to Mr Morton, William asked Diana: “Is it true, Mother? Is it true that Daddy never loved you?”
Mr Morton continues: “She explained that when they had first married she and their father had loved each other as much as they
