Princess Diana’s ‘Upbringing’ Reportedly Didn’t Teach Her To Behave As A Royal

Princess Diana’s upbringing didn’t help her when she joined the royal family.

The Prince and Prince of Wales had a fairytale wedding, but it wasn’t a secret that they had a rocky marriage. According to royal author Sarah Bradford, the royal family operates with their own rules, but Princess Diana refused to obey their protocol.

“The family operated by their own rules and traditions, her refusal to follow or even to try to understand them mystified her in-laws, utterly unused to being confronted by such behaviour. Her upbringing had not taught her to behave ‘properly,’” Bradford wrote.

When the People’s Princess joined the royal fold, she felt like an outsider. Princess Diana “clung to her sense of herself” which was battered by feelings of inadequacy. Unfortunately, this didn’t help her at all and it only put an invisible barrier between her and her royal in-laws.

In addition, Princess Diana felt that her in-laws including their friends and the staff were very critical of her. She also didn’t have the “deference” and “gratitude” that the royals have.

“She herself had none of the deference which most people felt in the presence of royalty, or even the gratitude that she had been made a member of the exclusive circle,” Bradford added.

Princess Diana was also reportedly very emotional. There were times when she visited the Queen to complain about her sister, husband and mother. Queen Elizabeth II didn’t know how to respond because she wasn’t used to such type of moral confrontation.

Following the Prince and Princess of Wales split, Princess Diana revealed in an interview that her marriage with Prince Charles didn’t work because “there were three of us” alluding to the Prince of Wales’ affair with Camilla Parker Bowles.

However, royal experts felt that Prince Charles was really not in love with Princess Diana from the start. They noticed the first very sign during their royal engagement when the Prince of Wales was asked about love and just said, “whatever in love means.”

According to royal commentator Sarah Gristwood, Prince Charles’ response was not a “ringing endorsement.” Robert Lacey also didn’t approve Prince Charles reaction.

Following Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s divorce, Lacey said that if the Queen would blame someone it should be her own son, Prince Charles, because the Prince of Wales was already committed emotionally to another woman, implying about the Duchess of Cornwall.