The most famous and controversial royal love story in the world is the emotional entanglement between the new British king Charles III and Diana and Camilla.
This is a story that is closely related to three people. As Diana once lamented: "There are three people in this marriage, it's too crowded." "Their story was not doomed from the beginning to be unpeaceful.
At first, no one thought that in this emotional war, Princess Diana, who is beautiful, well-born and widely loved by the people, will lose to Camilla, who is not good-looking and already has a marriage, children, and no advantage on the surface.
But looking back, Camilla's victory may not have been without trace.
First of all, Camila and Diana are very different in terms of personality.
It is not difficult to see from these two photos when they were young that Diana always kept her head down, while Camilla was obviously much more confident.
The influence of the family of origin on the children is vividly displayed in the two of them. Just as the so-called happy childhood heals a lifetime, and an unhappy childhood heals with a lifetime.
Camila is the former, Diana is the latter.
Camilla came from an ordinary family, and her father, Bruce, was an army major who fought in World War II, probably because he experienced life and death, he seemed very tolerant and open-minded.
Bruce never felt that girls should be so constrained, and he never had the idea of patriarchy.
As the eldest daughter in the family, Camilla grew up under the pampering of her father, she has a wide range of hobbies, erudition, good at horseback hunting, often plays croquet games with family members in her free time, and is also very versatile in gardening and fencing.
Bruce never dictates what his daughter must and cannot do. Camilla has plenty of freedom to pursue what she loves.
She doesn't have to be a stereotypical lady all the time, she can make herself dirty while playing, and she can compete with boys to climb trees and compete without any accusations and abuses.
Many relatives and friends who have met Camila affectionately call her "little lion". Because she has beautiful blonde hair, is also lively, bold, and brave to fight for everything she desires, like a brave little lion.
Perhaps only such a loving and respectful family can raise a fearless little girl. Compared to flowers and plants that are carefully watered and cannot withstand the wind and rain, Camilla is more like a wild rose, vigorous and full of vitality.
Camilla is not particularly beautiful, but her personality can always add a different charm and brilliance to herself.
Diana, on the other hand, is different, she comes from the ancient Spencer family, which has a long history, has a knighthood in the family, and belongs to a well-deserved aristocratic class.
But the luck of her birth is also the beginning of her misfortune.
The Spencer family is conformist and conformist. Because there are titles waiting to be inherited, the family desperately needs a boy, both from the point of view of interests and practical needs. This also led Diana's father, Edward, to develop a strong patriarchal ideology.
So in an era when it was generally believed that the sex of the child was determined by the mother, Diana's mother, who had not given birth to an heir for a long time, received not the relief and understanding of her husband, but constant quarrels and cold reception.
As the third daughter of the family, Diana did not receive preferential treatment from her father. For Edward, Diana was not the crystallization of love, just proof of disappointing him again.
Diana grew up in this cold and contradictory environment, which made her feel extremely painful and even suffocated. When the mother finally gave birth to the family heir, the family atmosphere did not improve.
Because at that time, the parents had already felt disheartened under the torture of each other, and the marriage was completely irretrievable, so that it finally came to an end.
The parents soon began their new marriage, but for little Diana, she was more of an outsider to the family.
Because the stepmother is not close to her, and her real mother can only see her once a week.
Although her mother loved her, this love was too far away for Diana to feel safe enough.
She grew up stumbling like this, with low self-esteem sensitive and fragile.
On a spiritual level, Diana is barren, she lacks love and craves love, she has not been able to have a healthy and harmonious family relationship, so she rightfully expects her own small family.
She once thought that after marrying into the royal family, she would run a happy and warm home, no longer repeat the mistakes of her parents, and in the end she found that everything was a dream pavilion, and there would be a day of collapse.
Childhood experiences often left Diana with a sense of unease, and her pain was exacerbated by an unhappy marriage.
Camilla is undoubtedly much richer than she is. Whether in the spiritual world, hobbies and everyday topics, Charles resonates more with Camilla.
Of course, this does not mean that Camilla is right to intervene in someone else's marriage.
It's just that she is so lucky, in addition to Prince Charles, who favors her, and her father stands behind her, silently acting as his daughter's staunchest protector.
In their story, Bruce made three appearances.
The first time was when Diana had not yet appeared, Charles and Camilla were in an affair, but the royal family was not satisfied with their relationship.
Because neither Camilla's family nor Camilla's reputation was enough to take on the responsibility of the princess, not to mention that Camilla had a boyfriend at that time.
Bruce also disliked Charles, a weak prince. He does not want his daughter to waste time on Charles, who will not produce results, and he does not want his daughter to be snubbed by the royal family and criticized by the public.
Long pain is not as good as short pain, and Bruce chooses to publish the news of his daughter's engagement in the newspaper, prompting her daughter to cut ties with Charles.
However, the two only turned their relationship from the open to private.
In 1992, Charles' private call with Camilla was exposed. The peach-colored news of the prince and his mistress attracted the attention of the public, and for a time it was very loud and uproar.
How much the people love Diana, how much they have now eaten back on Charles and Camilla, and Camilla's name as a junior has spread throughout Britain, being accused and reviled.
Camilla is indeed at fault, but in Bruce's view, as a father, the first thing he needs to do is to protect his daughter, not rush to rebuke her.
Bruce stepped forward and stood in front of his daughter, accompanying her through this difficult time.
Of course, he did not ignore the root of all this - Charles, Bruce personally came to the door, scolded Charles, and ordered him not to entangle with his daughter again.
But this is clearly not effective.
After Diana's death in a car accident, the public was so excited that Camilla had to hide in front of people, and Bruce went out again.
Camilla's separation with Charles has made him realize that it is impossible to completely isolate them, and he changes his strategy and decides to fulfill his daughter. Bruce met Charles again and urged him to give his daughter a name.
After that, the always timid Prince Charles finally toughened up and began to take Camilla to public royal events to carry out royal duties.
On April 9, 2005, Charles and Camilla got married in a low-key manner. However, due to public opinion after Diana's death in a car accident, Camilla failed to obtain the status of Princess of Wales and only accompanied Charles as the Duchess of Wevol.
On September 8, 2022, the beloved Queen Elizabeth II passed away, Charles finally took over the authority in his mother's hands and became the new king of Britain, and Camilla, who has been a concubine for more than ten years, also became the queen of Britain.
It seems that there are lovers who eventually become dependents, but how many innocent people are involved in this senseless emotional entanglement?
Camilla is the first to come in love, but she is also an intervener in marriage. People did revile her and dislike her, but Charles always regarded her as a confidant, and his loving father was firmly there for her.
And how could Diana, who lost her husband's love and even never received the support of her native family, win over her?