They Were Doomed from the Onset
In 1992, Buckingham Palace penned the final chapter of a fairy-tale union that tragically collapsed. In only seven sentences, the Crown announced that the marriage between the Prince and Princess of Wales was ending, 11 years after they exchanged vows as the world watched on.
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Although no one realized it at the time, we now know that their relationship was doomed from the start. But how could everything go so wrong? For starters, Diana wasn’t the first Spencer girl Charles set his eyes on. The story dates back farther than we initially thought.