Never-before-heard tapes of Princess Diana reveal that King Charles was disappointed when Prince Harry was born and that the late Princess of Wales thought her marriage was “ridiculous”.
The secret tapes were recorded by royal biographer Andrew Morton for his 1992 book Diana: Her True Story and will be included in the forthcoming documentary Diana: The Rest of Her Story.They reveal Charles expressed his unhappiness at Harry’s christening that he was not a girl to Diana’s stepmother, Raine Spencer.
Princess Diana and Prince Charles leave the Lindo Wing of St. Mary's Hospital following the birth of Prince Harry in 1984. Picture: Getty Images. “My husband won’t even talk to Mummy barely, because at Harry’s christening Charles went up to mummy and said: ‘We’re so disappointed, we wanted a girl,” Diana said.“Ever since that day, the shutters have come down. That’s what he does when he gets somebody answering back at him.”The tapes also revealed she Diana once told her stepmother Countess Raine Spencer that she “hated” her. Picture: Getty Images.
“It was so grown up. Here’s Diana, a kindergarten teacher. I mean the whole thing was ridiculous,” she said.“I was so angry. I said I hate you so much. If you only knew how much we all hated you for what you’ve done. You ruined the house,” Diana is heard saying. “You spent daddy’s money. I have said everything I possibly could. Raine said you have no idea how much pain your mother put your father through.The seven hours of tapes were recordings of Diana’s conversations with her long-time confidant British aristocrat James Colthurst.
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