At the time his family decided he should marry Lady Diana, Charles was in love with someone else: Camilla Parker Bowles. Why wasn't his relationship with Camilla permitted?

What's more, Camilla didn't exactly have the virginal reputation that Diana enjoyed. As his wise godfather Lord Mountbatten wrote Charles at the time, “I think it is disturbing for women to have experiences if they have to remain on a pedestal after marriage.”

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