In this file photo taken in 1992, Prince Charles and Princess Diana look their separate ways during a memorial service on their tour of South Korea. Photo: File, AP Photo Prince Charles is said to be livid about a tell-all book that is expected to reveal new information about the bitter breakup of his marriage to Diana, Princess of Wales and his relationship with Camilla Parker Bowles.
Charles, Prince of Wales, kisses the hand of his bride, Lady Diana Spencer, on the balcony of Buckingham Palace when they appeared before a huge crowd, on July 29, 1981, after their wedding in St Paul’s Cathedral. Archive, AFP/Getty Images.
The Prince and Princess of Wales watch Indonesian tribal dancers in Yogyakarta, Indoniesia in 1989. Kazuhiro Nogi, AFP/Getty Images.
There is speculation that the author, Queen Elizabeth‘s former press secretary and respected royal commentator Dickie Arbiter, could expose new details about other failed royal marriages as well as the aftermath of the death of the Princess of Wales in a horrific car crash in Paris in 1997.
A file photo shows the wreckage of Princess Diana’s car in the Alma Tunnel of Paris. Pierre Boussel, AFP/Getty Images.
Britain’s Sunday Mirror, quoting an anonymous source, said that “Charles is furious. This man was a trusted friend.”
Prince Charles is reportedly upset about the publication of Dickie Arbiter’s book, set for release this fall. Russell Cheyne, AFP/Getty Images.
The book, On Duty with the Queen: My Time as a Buckingham Palace Press Secretary, is scheduled for release this October. In all likelihood, it probably has several royals a bit nervous, given that Arbiter was a part of palace life from 1988-2000. During that time, he sailed on the Royal Yacht Britannia, accompanied royals overseas and became “one of Princess Diana’s most trusted confidantes,” according to promotional info about the book on Amazon.
“Every inch the tight-lipped loyal aide, Arbiter stood by (Prince Charles) during the bitter breakdown of his marriage to Diana and his affair with Camilla Parker-Bowles,” reports the Mirror. “He was also in office when Diana was killed and witnessed the breakdown of two other royal marriages during his turbulent time in office.”
An official portrait of Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips taken one week before their wedding in 1973. The couple divorced in 1992. STF/AFP/Getty Images.
The marriage of Prince Charles’s younger brother, Prince Andrew, and Sarah Ferguson, also failed. The couple separated in 1992 and divorced four years later. AFP/Getty Images.
According to Arbiter’s website, he has had nearly five decades of experience covering royalty in various capacities and “has had unprecedented access to some of the most notable figures of our time.”
Now, Arbiter appears set to re-open old wounds as he sheds light on some of the most difficult chapters in the royal family’s history.
The Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles sit in the Royal Box in the gardens of Buckingham Palace in 2002. Michael Dunlea, AFP/Getty Images.
Firefightes battle a huge blaze at Windsor Castle in England in 1992. The fire caused extensive damage and injured at least one person. It was this year that Queen Elizabeth famously proclaimed was her annus horribilus. Theirry Saliou, AFP/Getty Images.
“The 73-year-old is set to hang out the Royal Family’s dirty laundry — and be the first Buckingham Palace press officer ever to spill the beans on what he witnessed behind closed doors,” reports the Mirror. “Speculation over what lies inside his upcoming biography has sent shock waves through the regal corridors. It is understood officials have been taking legal advice in a desperate attempt to halt its publication.”
Whether the book really does betray the royal family by revealing damaging secrets or is simply a benign memoir that covers old turf is yet to be seen, but either way, the book is certain to be a bestseller.
Britain’s Prince Charles and his bride Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall leave St George’s Chapel in Windsor following the church blessing of their civil wedding ceremony in 2005. Alastair Grant, AFP/Getty Images.
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