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DI’S PAIN

The heartbreaking moment Princess Diana discovered Prince Charles’ affair thanks to a bracelet

Speaking to royal biographer Andrew Morton in 1997, Diana reveals she made the painful discovery just weeks before her wedding

THIS is the heartbreaking way Princess Diana first discovered Charles was having an affair with Camilla Parker Bowles.

Harry and William's late mother told royal biographer Andrew Morton she missed several warning signs early on in the doomed relationship.

 Princess Diana revealed she discovered Prince Charles was having an affair weeks before her wedding - after discovering a gift for Camilla Parker Bowles
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Princess Diana revealed she discovered Prince Charles was having an affair weeks before her wedding - after discovering a gift for Camilla Parker BowlesCredit: Getty - Contributor
Princess Diana arrives at St Paul's Cathedral in her incredible wedding dress for marriage to Prince Charles on 29 July 1981

But one devastating discovery, made just weeks before the wedding, showed Camilla still held a special place in Charles' heart - and it's something straight out of Love Actually.

Diana told her biographer she discovered a parcel in the office of one of Charles' employees - and opened it to discover a bracelet.

It was engraved with the letters G and F - which stood for Gladys and Fred, Camilla and Charles' nicknames for each other.

Speaking in 1997, Diana said of the discovery made 16 years earlier: "I was still too immature to understand all the messages coming my way.

 The heartbreaking discovery is straight out of Love Actually, where Emma Thompson discovers husband Alan Rickman's flirtation with an office co-worker when he buys her jewellery for Christmas
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The heartbreaking discovery is straight out of Love Actually, where Emma Thompson discovers husband Alan Rickman's flirtation with an office co-worker when he buys her jewellery for ChristmasCredit: Universal
 Camilla wore the bracelet throughout Charles and Diana's unhappy marriage
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Camilla wore the bracelet throughout Charles and Diana's unhappy marriageCredit: Don Features Ltd

"And then someone in his office told me that my husband has had a bracelet made for her.

"I walked into this man's office one day and I said, 'Ooh, what's in that parcel?' And he said 'Oh, you shouldn't look at that'.

"So I opened it and there was the bracelet. I was devastated, and I said 'Well, he's going to give it to her tonight'.

"So rage, rage, rage. You know, 'Why can't you be honest with me?' But no, absolutely cut me dead.

"It was as if he’d made his decision, and if it wasn't going to work, it wasn't going to work."

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 Diana told royal biographer Andrew Morton it was as if Charles had already decided their marriage 'wasn't going to work'
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Diana told royal biographer Andrew Morton it was as if Charles had already decided their marriage 'wasn't going to work'Credit: Handout - Getty

Charles and Camilla dated for around a year after meeting in 1971, but cut it off when the prince joined the Royal Navy.

Camilla married Andrew Parker Bowles in 1973, with the couple divorcing in 1995, a year before Charles and Diana's split.

The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall wed with a civil ceremony at Windsor Castle in February 2005.

Camilla reportedly wore the G & F bracelet for years, throughout Charles and Diana's marriage.

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