Charles Saw Camilla Behind Diana’s Back – True, Though Not as Depicted
The Crown might have us believe that Charles never stopped seeing his former girlfriend, Camilla Parker Bowles, throughout his entire courtship and engagement to Diana. This would paint a picture of Charles and Diana’s relationship as being fake – simply an act that Charles was forced to put on while secretly sleeping with the woman he really loved. The truth is more complicated than that, though. According to a royal expert, Charles and Camilla barely saw each other at first but talked on the phone often.
By mid-1986, there was no suggestion that the affair had continued – at least not physically. However, Diana had already strayed first by then with her protection officer Barry Mannakee.