King is walking a tightrope and Princess Anne works harder, says Paul Burrell
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Paul Burrell says King is walking a tightrope and Princess Anne works harder
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In 1981, when the press had speculated about Diana possibly becoming a royal bride, the tabloids were running stories about it every day. Prince Philip wrote his then 32-year-old son a letter about how he shouldn t leave Diana hanging in the wind anymore and decide on what he wanted to do. He told his son to either release her or end up ‘pleasing his family and the country’ by proposing to her.
Diana, Princess Of Wales, with Prince Philip (Getty Images)
Should someone in Prince Philip s position have written that letter? Earl Mountbatten’s daughter, Patricia, also Prince Charles godmother commented on the letter then and had said, I take it you’ve seen the letter? It wasn’t a bullying letter at all. It was very reasonable. It was fair. It was sensible. On the other hand, Prince Charles had reportedly felt ‘ill-used and impotent’ when he read his father s words about marrying Diana, seeing it as an ultimatum.