How Princess Diana ‘Eviscerated,’ Took Prince Charles By Surprise And ‘Upset’ Queen Elizabeth

Princess Diana drew a slew of negative reactions from the members of the royal family, particularly Prince Charles and Queen Elizabeth II, following her interview with Panorama. The Princess of Wales’ shocking revelation to Martin Bashir took the royals entirely by surprise.

In the book “The Firm,” royal author Penny Junor said that it was also after Her Majesty heard the controversial interview that she declared that enough is enough. From then on, the monarch didn’t want to have anything to do with Princess Diana.

“Sitting demurely with head bowed, and looking up through kohl-darkened eyes, stopping only to wipe the occasional tear that welled, she eviscerated her errant husband and his frigid family with the skill of a samurai,” Junor said. “She wanted to be ‘Queen of people’s hearts,’ she said. ‘Someone’s got to go out there and love people and show it,’” Junor added.

At this point, Bashir asked Princess Diana why her marriage to Prince Charles failed. She said a silly response that there were three of them in the marriage. The late royal also said that this was the reason why her marriage became a bit too crowded.

But prior to her shocking statement, Prince Charles already admitted to being unfaithful to Princess Diana during his interview with Jonathan Dimbleby. Still it was Princess Diana’s interview that made the Queen say that enough is enough.

“The Queen had seen and heard enough,” she said. “She and her advisers, like the Prince of Wales and his, were taken entirely by surprise. Not even the princess’ secretary knows what she was about to spring on to the world. The program had been made in the greatest secrecy and the first Buckingham Palace heard of it was 30 minutes before news of her appearance was trailed on television.”

A palace insider also told Junor that the director-general of BBC didn’t inform the Palace beforehand about Princess Diana’s interview because they knew that the British clan would stop them from airing it. “But to prepare a public line on something as controversial as the marriage in that little time was impossible,” the insider said.