Princess Diana Former dance instructor Anne Allan has opened up about a tumultuous time in the royal’s life in her new memoir, Dancing With Diana. Over a nine-year period, Anne became a trusted confidant and source of comfort to the Princess of Wales, while also attending regular dance classes.
Now 75, the dancer revealed that Diana once shared her marital problems with her then-husband Prince Charles.
In an excerpt from the book published in PeopleAnne recalled: “Slowly, after a few more minutes of soft sobbing, [Diana] said, ‘I just can’t do anything right when it comes to my husband. I love him very much and I want him to be proud of me, but I don’t think he feels the same way,'”
She added: “I just let her talk, not offering advice but just listening. She continued, ‘I don’t understand why I’m not enough for him; I think he prefers an older woman.’
Allan noted that during their frequent interactions, she noticed several “ironic” comments from the princess about her husband, leading her to suspect that he was unfaithful. Anne tried to reassure Diana that this was not the case, she reports. the mirror.
However, as more truths emerged in the following months, Diana felt increasingly inadequate, believing she was not “enough” for her husband, who seemed to have rekindled his relationship with his former flame and current wife, now…Queen Camilla.
Before Diana and Charles’ royal wedding in 1981, Camilla, now 77, was a romantic interest of the prince in the 1970s, but their relationship ended when Camilla married Andrew Parker Bowles in 1973. The union was dissolved in 1995.
However, the Duchess of Cornwall and then-Prince Charles are said to have resumed their affair in 1986, which caused Diana heartbreak and confusion.
“‘I know he is seeing Camilla again. I am expected to accept that, like other Princesses of Wales before, one simply turns a blind eye to husbands who have a mistress! ‘” Allan wrote, recalling an emotionally charged confession from Diana.
“‘Why doesn’t he love me? I really don’t understand. I’ve tried everything, I’ve tried to conform to his wishes, even though I don’t always agree. There’s no affection between us, and I’m always alone. I just want to be loved. I can’t go on like this. They really expect me to say nothing and carry on. How do I do that?'”.
After enduring years of marital turmoil, Charles and Diana decided to separate in 1992 and formalized their divorce four years later. Despite the end of her marriage, Diana remained determined to keep her children. Prince William and torment at the forefront of all your decisions, committing to keeping your family “together.”
Tragically, she passed away just a year after her divorce was finalized.