{"id":210642,"date":"2026-04-26T22:51:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T22:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/210642\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T22:51:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T22:51:38","slug":"one-royal-couldnt-stop-crying-in-front-of-queen-elizabeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/210642\/","title":{"rendered":"One Royal Couldn’t Stop Crying in Front of Queen Elizabeth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Queen Elizabeth presided over the British monarchy<\/a> for 70 years. During that time, the monarch<\/a> raised a family<\/a>, become a grandparent<\/a>, and witnessed her children going through divorces<\/a>. As a result, the late Queen<\/a> reportedly became used to royal relatives<\/a> crying<\/a> in her presence.<\/p>\n

According to royal author<\/a> Ian Lloyd, in his book The Queen: 70 Chapters<\/a> in the Life of Queen Elizabeth II<\/a>, the former monarch had some unexpected encounters with the spouse of one of her kids.<\/p>\n

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“By the mid-1980s, Charles had resumed his relationship with Camilla<\/a> Parker Bowles and Diana had embarked on an affair with former cavalry officer James Hewitt<\/a>,” per Lloyd. “Although she professed being ‘terrified’ of her mother-in-law, Diana took to calling on The Queen unannounced to pour out her heart to her.”<\/p>\n

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Per the biographer, “Sometimes, The Queen’s schedule meant the princess had to wait. One footman later reported to The Queen, ‘The princess cried three times in a half hour while waiting to see you.'” Not missing a beat, the former monarch reportedly responded by saying, “I had her for half an hour and she cried non-stop.”<\/p>\n


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“Diana took to calling on The Queen unannounced to pour out her heart to her.” <\/p>\n

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Lloyd also noted that Queen Elizabeth didn’t immediately bond with King Charles<\/a>‘s first wife.<\/p>\n

“The Queen and [Prince Philip<\/a>] welcomed [Princess Diana<\/a>] into the family in their own, no-nonsense way,” the royal biographer shared. “Elizabeth, however, struggled to find much in common with the new Princess of Wales and admitted she couldn’t understand her personality.”<\/p>\n

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“I had her for half an hour and she cried non-stop.”<\/p>\n

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Due to the very public nature of the breakdown of Charles and Diana’s marriage<\/a>, the former Princess of Wales’s alleged emotional outbursts were entirely understandable. Still, it’s clear that not many people were so vulnerable in front of Queen Elizabeth.<\/p>\n

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