Princess Diana’s Close Connection To Queen Mother Revealed; Was She Set Up?

Princess Diana reportedly had a close connection with Queen Mother Elizabeth when they were still alive.

Emily Hodgkin, a journalist for Express, revealed that Queen Mother and Princess Diana’s grandmother, Ruth Roche, may have also been the ones responsible for setting the Princess of Wales up with Prince Charles.

Roche served as one of the Queen Mother’s ladies in waiting. In 1956, she was appointed as Extra Woman of the Bedchamber and, later on, became Woman of the Bedchamber. Royal fans were convinced that Roche and the Queen Mother plotted to set their grandchildren up to date each other.

However, when Roche was still alive, she already denied these claims. “You can say that if you like – but it simply wouldn’t be true,” she was quoted as saying.

Years after Princess Diana’s death in 1997, Telegraph reported that the mom of two didn’t have a close relationship with Queen Mother. In Andrew Morton’s biography, “Diana: Her True Story,” the royal biographer said that Queen Mother wasn’t happy with Princess Diana’s decision to expose her marital woes to the public.

“It is always a mistake to talk about your marriage,” Queen Mother said during an interview with Eric Anderson.

In 1995, Princess Diana recorded a Panorama interview about Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles’ affair.

“There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded,” she said.

Biographer William Shawcross released some details from Queen Mother’s interviews with Anderson and said that she was quite sympathetic towards Princess Diana and Sarah Ferguson, who both struggled with their marriages.

“But the washing of dirty linen in public was utterly abhorrent to Queen Elizabeth. Her entire life was based upon obligation, discretion, and restraint. The Princess’ public rejection of her husband and his life was contrary to everything Queen Elizabeth believed and practiced. She also regretted it when Prince Charles discussed his private life in a wide-ranging series of interviews with Jonathan Dimbleby,” Shawcross said.