Princess Diana’s ‘fury at Charles’s feelings for Camilla’ in James Hewitt love letters
PRINCESS DIANA’S anger at Prince Charles and Camilla “scorched the page” in her love letters to James Hewitt, according to a royal author.
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Diana, who would have turned 58 tomorrow, penned James a string of letters during their affair when he was away for the Gulf War, Anna Pasternak claimed. The royal biographer said she read 64 of the letters about their romance for her book titled Princess in Love.
The book was published in 1994 and 25 years on Ms Pasternak has shared new details of the heartbreaking letters.
In the notes, Diana wrote about her fury at Charles’s feelings for his long-term love Camilla.
The royal author said: “I sat up all night reading Diana’s sprawling hand; each letter was signed ‘Julia’. It was a surreal experience.
“They spanned a variety of styles, from gushing Sloane and ‘whoopee-cushion’ humour to the raw pain of therapy speak.
“She guffawed about sending joke Valentine cards to Prince William at Eton (her love for her sons shone through all the letters) and thanked Hewitt endlessly for letting her ‘blub’ when they spoke over the phone.
“These billets-doux, which formed the basis of my book, were loving and sentimental.
“They showed Diana at the zenith of her affair, grateful for Hewitt’s compassion. It was agonising to read how needy and sad Diana was.
“How she craved recognition from Prince Charles and the palace for her charity work, only to feel snubbed by both.
“All she felt was the force of their jealousy over her popularity, while her fury at Charles’s feelings for Camilla scorched the page. She was hurt that the Queen liked Camilla.”
In an article for the Daily Mail Ms Pasternak added that in her most “heartfelt” letter, Diana wrote to James: “I have lain awake at night loving you desperately and thanking God for bringing you into my life – my darling one, you are the most magical and special person I’ve ever met, and how extraordinarily lucky I am to have been loved by you.”
Diana’s affair with James during her marriage to Prince Charles ended in 1991 when he returned from the Gulf War.
In her bombshell 1995 Panorama interview, the royal admitted she was unfaithful with the cavalry officer.
Diana and Charles divorced in 1996 and she died a year later in a Paris car crash.
Charles went on to marry Camilla, who he first dated in the early 1970s, in 2005.