Being a royal means meeting with a range of different people, which can be unpleasant or wonderful, depending on the company.
In a royal bombshell, an expert has revealed the one person Queen Elizabeth never enjoyed meeting with.
Ingrid Seward, author of “The Queen & Di: The Untold Story,” wrote that the Queen apparently “came to dread” meeting with Princess Diana.
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Following the scandal of Prince Charles‘ affair with Camilla Parker Bowles, Diana would visit Queen Elizabeth to confide in her about her troubles.
Seward wrote that “The Queen came to dread these meetings with her daughter-in-law.”
According to the author, Diana’s conversations eventually became too much for the monarch to handle.
“They left her feeling drained and despondent and confused – an uncommon state for a woman accustomed to the certainties of her position.”
The royal expert also said the Queen began to reduce how often she would meet with Diana, as a result of the draining meetings.
Diana had always interpreted the Queen’s distance as jealousy, due to the Princess of Wales’ popularity amongst the people.
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Diana’s beliefs were not completely unfounded.
According to author Penny Junor, the Queen did show brief moments of competitiveness towards Lady Diana.
In her 2005 book, The Firm, Junor wrote: “When the mania over Diana was at its height, one of the Queen’s courtiers said, ‘Ma’am, you will never have seen anything like the publicity Charles and Diana are having’.
“‘You were not around,’ she said witheringly, ‘when Margaret and I were having our future husbands talent-spotted for us’.”
Whether or not the Queen’s distance was because of her jealousy of Diana or discomfort with her conversation, royal experts all agree that their relationship weakened significantly over time.
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