It amazes me that he gets to be "royal" even after indiscreetly cheating on Princess Diana and causing her to be miserable for most of their marriage. Then he married that woman. Ugggh!!
OneEyedDiva, I am afraid that you have been swayed by the stories
in the media of the time.
"That Woman", as you call Camilla, was his one true love, they were
sweethearts when they were young and they wanted to get married,
but, the "Establishment", the people who make the decisions, said "No
we will find a suitable wife for you", they chose Diana, who was "Gentry",
to be the mother of any future King or Queen, this was how it was done
in those days, I don't believe that there was any real love in the marriage,
only duty.
It was later that he and Camilla, married, but of course they have not had
any children, that would have upset the system.
The system changed when Prince William announced that he was going to
marry Kate Middleton, the "Establishment", said no, he said yes and there
was a stand-off. William and Kate were not allowed to see each other for
some time, but in the end he won and they were allowed to meet again.
That was the beginning of the modern era, looking back, all the Queen's
children, except the youngest Edward, were divorced from the wives, who
were chosen by the Establishment, Edward chose his own wife.
So Prince Charles didn't cheat on Diana, it was the other way around, other
people, set the precedent by refusing him his choice, and Diana chose her
way of life, possibly in order to embarrass Charles.
It is a complicated mix-up and most of it is hushed up, we only know what
the media knew, some told it as it was, while others sensationalised it to sell
more content, either in newspapers, or TV, Netflix for example, are writing
their own version of history and a lot of it is fiction, I don't have Netflix, but
their programmes are reviewed regularly in the press.
I hope that this helps to explain things, but I don't really know either.
Mike.
