Princess Diana Claimed King Charles ‘Is in Love with His Valet,’ Her Brother Charles Spencer Reveals in Bombshell Book https://t.co/vNZyQe7reu
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Charles Spencer reveals that In a conversation between him and sister ahead of Diana’s divorce from Prince Charles, that his sister said the future King was “in love with his valet”
Over lunch at San Lorenzo in London — and using their nicknames for each other, Duch and Carlos — Spencer wrote, “She looked down at the table and said, ‘Carlos, I’m going to get divorced.’ “
“I was silent for a moment. I had known things were bad, but not this bad,” Spencer continued. “ ‘Well, Duch,’ I carefully replied, ‘you of course have my full support… I know you’ll have thought this through. But my main worry is the public. I fear they won’t forgive you. They’ve bought into a fairytale, and I reckon they may well — wrongly — blame you for destroying their fantasy.’ ”
“She looked up at me, nodded, and said quietly: ‘But, Carlos, my husband is in love with his valet.’ I gulped. ‘Well, I guess, in that case, you really don’t have a choice,’ “ he continued.
Spencer wrote that his sister did not name the staffer. “It was not important: the end of her marriage, and of her dreams, was.”
During his marriage to Diana, Charles’ valet was Michael Fawcett. For years, rumors circulated about the nature of their relationship. In 1996, former valet George Smith alleged that he was sexually assaulted by one of Charles’ aides and claimed to have seen an incident involving a member of the royal family and a senior servant. At the time, many believed it was Charles and Fawcett.
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