![]() "So I said 'you've got to talk to her.' And He said 'well, I've tried all that and the only thing that seems to be upsetting her is that Barry Mannakee is going back to uniform and if she's that upset Barry can stay.' "The Prince of Wales approached me and said 'why is the princess behaving in the way she is? What on earth is the matter.' Peters said: "They went on a joint engagement and she was clearly very upset. The protection officer was moved away under the guise that his hours of work were putting pressure on his domestic life but the excuse did not hold after it distressed Diana. He added: "My main thing was to try and persuade her how dangerous and impossible it would be for her to remain with the boys. She was having some sort of relationship with Mannakee." "For the first 20 minutes she absolutely categorically denied it but then she told me exactly what was going on. The princess fell in love her royal protection officer Barry Mannakee. Princess Diana wearing a tartan dress designed by Caroline Charles, attends the Braemar Highland Games on Septemin Scotland. ![]() He told CNN: "Barry Mannakee was a protection officer in our team and I started to notice her behavior was unusual when we were anywhere near Barry Mannakee, which was certainly indicating that something may have happened between them so I decided to talk to her about it. In an episode of the series due to air on Sunday, October 24, Peters described the moment he confronted Diana about her feelings for her bodyguard and got her to admit she was in love with him. Mannakee was moved off royalty protection in 1986 once the affair was discovered and died in a car crash months later, leading Diana to believe he may have been "bumped off." The princess told speech coach Peter Settelen she knew Charles had gone back to Camilla five years after the wedding, which would be 1986, though she suspected him before that point. The princess acknowledged in private speech coaching tapes that she "fell deeply in love" with Mannakee when she was "24 or 25."ĭiana married in 1981 and turned 24 in July 1985, a year before the relationship with her protection officer was discovered. "He was under a lot of pressure to get married and she too was the victim of this whole process." Parker-Bowles after he learned about her affair with Mannakee. "The first person that strayed was the princess. Peters told the show, titled Diana: "The popular perception is that the Prince of Wales was straying all the way through his marriage and that is definitely, unequivocally not the case. However, Allan Peters, personal protection officer to Prince Charles for nine years, told a new CNN documentary on Princess Diana that she cheated first with a police bodyguard named Barry Mannakee. That clip is part of this documentary, as is footage of Charles and Diana speaking to the press after announcing their engagement and Diana's reaction when Charles said "whatever being in love means" after an interviewer asked about their love.Read more Prince Harry's Absence Looms Large Over Princess Diana Memorial Party But as has been documented, Charles never really got over Camilla and admitted to cheating on Diana while they were married. Charles met Diana Spencer in 1980 and married her in 1981. Camilla married Andrew Parker Bowles in 1973. "They were dating when they were single and because they were intimate, she was no longer eligible to be Queen."Īnd that was that. Filmmaker Tom Jennings spoke with On The Red Carpet. Why? The answer is in a new documentary called "Charles: In His Own Words." It takes a look at the life of His Majesty King Charles III using archival footage and photos. Prince Charles did not marry Camilla Parker Bowles when he first met her. ![]() ![]() And one decision could have changed the entire makeup of the monarchy. It's a lesson a young Prince Charles learned early in his royal life. This could have been a reality.ĭecisions have consequences. LOS ANGELES - Imagine the royal family without a Princess Diana. New revelations about the life of King Charles in new documentary, 'Charles: In His Own Words.'
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