How Princess Diana Realized She Still Loved Prince Charles Despite Affair With Camilla

Although Prince Charles began his affair with Camilla Parker Bowles in 1986, Princess Diana knew about her husband’s romances for years before the public became aware of the scandal.

Despite his infidelity, Diana reportedly struggled to move on from her heartbreak and couldn’t stop herself from loving the man that betrayed. According to a royal photographer, the Princess of Wales shared her disappointment over the affair.

In the Amazon Prime Documentary “Royalty Close Up: The Photography of Kent Gavin,” the photographer reflected on a private conversation with Princess Diana. “She said to me after all the rumors of the marriage and everything, she said on a flight somewhere: ‘Kent, you won’t believe it, but I still love him,’” Gavin revealed.

“Just came out with it, not sponsored, she just said it,” he added.

While some may not have been able to understand why Princess Diana still had feelings for Prince Charles, Gavin explained that the couple wasn’t always at odds. “One has to remember and recall that there were happy times with Charles and Diana, they were very much in love,” he said.

“The honeymoon pictures – there was a look of love about both of them. That picture [Charles kissing Diana’s hand] just captured everything that that fairytale wedding was about,” he continued.

Before Charles’ affair with Camilla began, Gavin suggested Diana was content with her life. “And there were occasions, again, after that when you just thought that the marriage and this family had everything – and these pictures show that,” he insisted.

“There really were great days. Of course, people tend to think of the bad days because of the divorce, and it all going wrong, but if you look back at all those pictures that we did in the early days, it tells a different story.”

Prince Charles and Princess Diana announced their separation in 1992. The couple finalized their divorce in 1996, and the Princes of Wales went on to marry Camilla in 2005.