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They met and fell in love in their early twenties, enjoying a blissful 18-month romance in which the young Prince Charles pursued Camilla with elaborately worded love notes and late-night telephone chats. Why, then, did he end up marrying Lady Diana Spencer instead?
To understand why the Prince of England married her lover Camilla and married Lady Diana, we must understand the background of the time in which he made this choice.
Although the United Kingdom is now called the "corrupt country", many people believe that the United Kingdom is left all over the place, and in reality, a very active British user has also reinforced this stereotype. But Britain in the 1970s and 1980s was more like a continuation of post-war Britain than it is in modern times.
Although nobles and gentry no longer controlled Downing Street, they were still active in the House of Lords, Whitehall, and local politics. The BBC is recognized as the gathering place of the royalists. The Times is still considered an orthodox source of information.
The Sun, Guardian and other gossip or left-wing newspapers are not as active or trusted as they are today. When there is a scandal about royal family members, there is no need for senior officials in Downing Street or Buckingham Palace to come forward, and the chief editors of the major media will silently intercept the scandal. At this time, the British people still loved and trusted the royal family of Georgia (1911-52), loving Her Majesty the Queen and her family from the bottom of their hearts. When Princess Anne played in the Olympic Games for Britain, the whole country was in jubilation.
In such an era, Prince Charles received the traditional education of the royal family. His godfather, the war hero Lord Mountbatten, is a traditional and honorable Edwardian nobleman. Charles is close to Lord Mountbatten and has also been taught many of his values.
All the education that Prince Charles received is as a co-lord of the world one day (inheriting the throne of Elizabeth means becoming the monarch of dozens of members of the Commonwealth at the same time) and the ruler of the people, he must transfer the country Benefits and royal dignity are the top priority, and personal feelings can only go back. Yin Jian, the Duke of Windsor's sentimental approach, almost sinks the empire is not far away.
Camilla is a very attractive woman. His father was a colonel in the army, and his family got rich from the construction industry. There were also many women in the family who married Conservative politicians, and they had connections and prestige in the local area. Grandfather was still a hereditary baron.
From today's point of view, she is also an upper-class woman. But in that era when nobles still held great power, Camilla was just a man without a foundation. Her grandfather, the baron's grandfather, had his ancestors to build a house, and despite three generations of hereditary inheritance, he is still a nouveau riche in the eyes of the family.
For example, the Rothschild family, as the wealthiest family in Britain, has extensive influence in Europe. It is also a hereditary baron, but it has never been squeezed into the circle of traditional aristocrats, and can't even play with military aristocrats. Only among the aristocrats in London who started with the banking industry. The chain of contempt of the British aristocracy is evident. But the family can be whitewashed, but Camilla married a Catholic and gave birth to two children. At this time, it will never be possible to marry into the royal family.
When the prince was born, the royal family and the media became anxious. It is time for the prince of the oldest royal family in Europe to have an heir. It is said that the courtiers of Buckingham Palace made a list of dozens of aristocratic girls who are still in their boudoirs waiting to be married. The Prince chose Diana Spencer. Her sister once dated Charles and they have known each other for a long time. The royal family was very satisfied with this. Diana was young and beautiful, and innocent, very suitable for training as a queen of the world.
The Spencer family is an ancient and glorious noble family. Spencer's ancestors were the dragon knights who conquered England with King William. When helping the Norman royal family to rule England, they also married the local Anglo-Saxon nobles. The Spencer family has spread, and there are many dukes, earls and barons in the descendants. Sir Winston Churchill, who was trusted by King George VI and the Queen, is a distant branch of the Spencer family.
Diana's father, John, was one of those nobles who were still influential in British politics. When he was young, he served as an official at Buckingham Palace and served successively as the attendant of King George V and the Queen. For this reason, he was awarded the Royal Victorian Medal in 1954, which Li Hongzhang was awarded.
John's father, Albert, fought in the First World War as a guard officer; he had served as a Northamptonshire lieutenant for a long time and was a highly prestigious member of the Conservative Party in the local area.
The marriage between Wang Shizi and such a family with a long history and connection with military and political affairs is undoubtedly satisfactory to everyone.
So even though he doesn’t love Diana, but under the supervision of the royal family and the Spencer family (although the Spencer family now pretends that everything is the prince’s fault, they pushed Diana into the fire pit back then), he still Proposed to Diana at a ball. This became almost a devastating blow to the royal family fifteen years later, and it has left a ravine-like trace among the British royal family and civilians.
Questions arising:
Why did you call "corrupt country"?
I did not say at all but many people believing it and I think it is almost true. You can write in the comment box if you have any other better name.
Why did the Royal Family not want Charles to marry Camilla?
Some sources suggest Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother did not approve of the marriage because she wanted Charles to marry one of the Spencer family granddaughters of her close friend, Lady Fermoy.