New claims have resurfaced about the emotional toll Princess Diana endured amid Prince Charles’ long-standing connection with Camilla Parker Bowles — now Queen Camilla. A royal biography suggests Diana privately expressed distress in deeply personal ways during the breakdown of her marriage.
These revelations, though unconfirmed by the royal family, shed light on the tensions behind palace walls during the 1980s and 1990s — a period marked by rising public fascination with the love triangle that would come to redefine the modern monarchy.
A deeply strained royal triangle
In The Duchess: The Untold Story, author Penny Junor recounts moments where Diana allegedly made late-night phone calls to Camilla, driven by fear and emotional exhaustion. The calls reportedly included deeply unsettling remarks, with Diana said to have made threatening suggestions about Camilla’s safety. Junor writes that the calls stopped short of anything actionable, but reflected the overwhelming emotional pressure Diana felt at the time.
While the account remains unverified, it mirrors what Diana herself admitted in interviews — that the intrusion of a third person in her marriage left her feeling isolated and betrayed. Biographer Andrew Morton also documented how Diana’s suspicions about Charles and Camilla began even before her wedding. She allegedly discovered personal gifts, including a bracelet engraved with the initials “G” and “F” — nicknames used by Charles and Camilla.
