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The wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana on July 29, 1981 ago became one of the historic events in the world. The party is labeled as ‘wedding of the century’ because it has attracted the attention of many parties.
The event was held lavishly at the Cathedral of St. Paul’s in London and cost regarding US$48 million or the equivalent of US$156 million today adjusted for inflation (Rp2.2 trillion).
The wedding was witnessed by a record-breaking 750 million people in 74 countries around the world. Not only that, their marriage also marks the first time a British citizen has married an heir to the throne in 300 years.
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Launching from People, Prince Charles announced his engagement to Diana just five months before their wedding. At that time, Charles told BBC that he was glad Diana was ‘ready’ to accept him.
When the couple was asked if they were in love, Princess Diana replied, “Of course.”
However, Prince Charles said things that made the mother of Prince William and Prince Harry feel ‘traumatized’.
“Whatever love means, whatever,” said Prince Charles.
Even so, marriage to Prince Charles seems to be a very happy thing for Princess Diana. He might not get rid of feelings of love for the 32-year-old man. Diana even believed that Charles would always take care of her.
“I remember loving my husband so much that I mightn’t take my eyes off him. I really thought I was the luckiest girl in the world. He would look following me,” she told Andrew Morton for his 1992 book, Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words.
However, Princess Diana’s heart was broken once more when Charles said something shocking. Media The Mirror reported that on the night before the wedding, Charles told Diana, then just 20 years old, that he did not love her and did not want to marry for the wrong reasons.
In addition, rumors emerged that Prince Charles might still be in love with another woman on his wedding day to Princess Diana, namely Camilla Parker-Bowles who was once his lover and now his wife.
Reported Marie Claire, a fortune teller named Diana Penny Thornton said that Diana had confessed to him, Mother.
“One of the most shocking things Diana told me was that on the night before the wedding, Charles told her he didn’t love her,” Thornton said in the documentary. ITV title The Diana Interview: Revenge of a Princess.
“I don’t think Charles wanted to go to the wedding for the wrong reasons. He wanted to equate him with him, and that was devastating for Diana,” she said.
The fortune teller also revealed that Princess Diana almost called off their wedding. Read on the next page, Mother.
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