Was it OK for Diana to have an affair with Major James Hewitt? -- LiveWire College Forums

Prince Charles has always fancied Camilla Parker- Bowles but couldn't marry her because she wasn't as of top quality breeding as Diana Spencer. And she wasn't a virgin like Diana and he didn't think that honourable. After he married Diana he continued to see Camilla. He was incredibly cold with Diana. She was a figurehead to him. I even believe he was responsible for her bulimia because he pinched her once in the stomach and said, "A bit pudgy aren't we?" And by showing that he preferred Camilla, he made her feel fat and unloved. The day Diana said she stopped loving Charles was the day Prince Harry was born. He said, "Not only have you delivered another boy but he's got rusty hair." He then went to complain about the boy Diana had delivered with what he believed to be unfortunate rusty hair. "Something died in me that day," said Diana. Here she had gone to all the trouble to deliver the baby and her husband brought no flowers, no words of congratulations, only complaints about the color of their son's hair. When Prince William was struck in the head with a golf club by a school chum by accident, it was Diana, not Prince Charles who visited the boy in the hospital. Charles' extreme cruelty left her bulimic, despondent and even suicidal. Diana attempted on three seperate occasions to commit suicide, slashing her wrists twice and once flinging herself down a flight of stairs. Instead of offering loving words to his wife, Charles dismissed her suicide attempts as "histrionics and unecessary drama." A depressed and still bullimic Diana felt that her duty to her country and her sons was so strong she could not divorce Charles so while Charles was with Camilla she took riding lessons from stablemaster James Hewitt. It was Diana who initiated the affair, using her British subtleties to entice the man. It started with a hand squeeze. Then Diana invited Hewitt to dinner and told him privately something like, "I would like you to figure in my life in the future" and touched his hand and brushed his shoulder. Clearly the two could not show their affection for each other in public and pretended at dinner parties, avoiding each other's glances while trying not to smile knowingly. James knew what she wanted and they eventually became lovers in Windsor castle while Charles was away on one of his many trips. She had a seperate room from Charles and it had been ages since her and Charles had been intimate. During this time Hewitt continued to give her riding lessons and most importantly emotional support. While Charles told Diana she was fat, Hewitt loved her and had such an easy, careless way with his own body he taught Diana to not be so critical of hers. Instead of dismissing her depression Hewitt loved her which Charles never did. Hewitt said she was the love of his life and secretly she would stay with him at his parents' houses. His parents never said a word about the affair, understanding James' great love for Diana. Hewitt even had an easy way with Diana's sons William and Harry. Diana in turn, adored Hewitt, showering him with gifts that were tokens of her affection. Was this adulterous affair then justified? Diana was such a fragile person. She needed Hewitt to escape a loveless life and she could be herself with him where she felt she always had to pretend with the media, feeling overly scrutinized by all. I think Hewitt was the love of her life. Is adultery ever right? Charles liked James Hewitt and even invited him to his 40th birthday party. And if Charles suspected anything then he didn't care, perhaps even welcome it as it offered him more time to see Camilla.

Post edited at 6:35 am on May 25, 2008 by AthenaRuth

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