The Reason Why Prince Charles Considered Princess Diana ‘Immature’ During Marriage

Princess Diana thought she found her Prince charming when she married Queen Elizabeth’s son Charles, but it turned out she placed so much faith in the fairy tales found in books that she was unprepared for the work that goes into a real relationship.

During her youth, Diana was a fan of romance novels and often read the works of author Barbara Cartland hoping she would one day achieve the same happiness as the characters in the books.

However, according to Penny Junor, who wrote “The Duchess: Camilla Parker Bowles and the Love Affair That Rocked the Crown,” Diana’s unrealistic expectations later affected her relationship with Prince Charles.

It wasn’t until marriage that Prince Charles learned about the extent of Diana’s fantasies. While he was courting the young Diana, “he had yet to discover that she was very badly educated, naïve and – by her own admission – immature,” Junor explained.

“She lived in a romantic fantasy world of women’s magazines and Barbara Cartland novels, which could not have been more divorced from reality,” the author added.

Cartland, who was also Diana’s step-grandmother, believed women should play hard to get. “She should be a nymph flying away from the slaughter. But at least you should make some pretense of not being ready to fall into his arms like an overripe peach,” Cartland said in Amazon Prime’s “The Story of Diana.”

Unfortunately, the Princess of Wales’ fantasies about becoming royalty gave her “the wrong idea about real life.” Charles and Diana divorced in 1996, following his affair with Camilla Parker Bowles.