Of the royals who have come and gone, few have rivaledPrince Philip’s dedication to the crown.
And he’s been there for all of them for so long."
Did Diana and Philip really go hunting together in their early friendship?
Yet it was Philip who helped make the experience bearable for the young Princess of Wales.
Maybe he has some kind of appreciation for the challenges that she’s going through," Menzies said.
“I think on a very basic level, he just thinks it’s a good fit.
In a slightly old-fashioned way, I think he also just liked her femininity, her beauty.
He was sort of very seduced by her as well.”
“There’s a weird mixture of family and public office.
“I felt I’d been transported into a parallel universe.
In June 1992, Philip and Elizabeth were reading the Sunday Times when excerpts of the book were published.
At that moment, Philip and Diana’s relationship began to crumble.
But I am quite ready to concede that I have no talent as a marriage counselor!”
He continued, “We do not approve of either of you having lovers.
Charles was silly to risk everything with Camilla for a man in his position.
We never dreamed he might feel like leaving you for her.
I cannot imagine anyone in their right mind leaving you for Camilla.
Such a prospect never even entered our heads.”
Elizabeth was not keen on this idea, and another meeting was scheduled to keep discussions moving along.
However, when the follow-up meeting rolled around and Diana was a no-show, Philip finally lost his cool.
Philip asked Diana, offering some of his sharpest words.
He might be entertaining as a dinner guest, but as a father-in-law he was too judgmental.”
Philip suddenly blasted, ‘Stop telling us what to do with these boys!
They have lost their mother!’
His voice was full of emotion, a real voice of the grandfather speaking."
We hadn’t heard from him before, but he was really anguished.
‘It’s about the boys,’ he cried, ‘They’ve lost their mother.'"
That was him as a grandfather.
