Submitted by Carol Iannone, Aug 30, 2007 18:53

Nicholas Wapshott is trying to uphold a moral equivalence regarding the infidelity in the marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales, insisting that both were unfaithful. We've heard this refrain again and again in the years since their divorce. But Tina Brown's book now makes this position untenable. There is no question that the prince is chiefly at fault for the beginning of the troubles. He may not have committed literal adultery until well into the marriage, but he was in a state of spiritual adultery from day one. According to Browne, HE PHONED CAMILLA EVERY DAY OF THE HONEYMOON, and was an indifferent lover to Diana besides, having been cultivated to sexual passivity through Camilla, herself the descendent of a king's mistress. Diana can be faulted for a great deal, but the first steps toward disaster were taken by Charles.

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