“Oh, you’re going to come back as a pair of knickers,” she quipped.

“Or, God forbid, a Tampax.

Just my luck!”

King Charles waving

The cringeworthy conversation was a massive embarrassment for Buckingham Palace.

“The backlash was savage,” Wharfe wrote.

At one point in the documentary, Charles is asked if he intended to be faithful to Diana.

Charles and Camilla walking

“Yes, absolutely,” he responded (viaThe New York Times).

He was then asked whether he’d managed to live up to that intention.

Subtle as it was, this marked Charles' first public admission of infidelity.

Prince William and Princess Diana looking distant

“And she would put that on and go out on the town.”

Even by the 20th century, remarrying after divorce simply wasn’t done.

“Even he, though a proud man, would have admitted as much.

Prince Charles marrying Camilla

Pa was never made for that.

To be fair, he tried.”

“I gave him the particulars, told him story after story,” Harry wrote.

Prince Charles looking concerned

At one point, Harry recalled his father admitting to him, “I suppose it’s my fault.

I should have got you the help you needed years ago.”

While an internal investigation was launched, Charles claimed ignorance of the matter.

Prince Charles wearing top hat, smiling

AsCity A.M.reported, in February 2022 Scotland Yard launched a criminal investigation into Fawcett’s alleged wrongdoing.

The donation was made to the Prince of Wales Charitable Fund.

What good reason is there to do this?

King Charles seated with Prince Harry

In fact, several senior members of the royal staff urged Charles not to take the money.

The general mood was summed up aptly by Liz Coopey, a volunteer at a church food bank.

“But do you know what?

Sir Michael Fawcett and King Charles walking

Prince Charles posing in front of Union Jack

King Charles under an umbrella

King Charles III at his coronation