'Charles Wants to Kill Me,' Di Wrote

A taste of things to come

(NEWSER) - Diana may have had her first inkling of the pain of being a British royal as she suffered an agonizing headache throughout her wedding day from the tiara attached to her head. "She had a cracking headache because she wasn't used to wearing a tiara all morning," her aristocrat brother Charles Spencer tells Entertainment Tonight . Despite the pain, "she seemed incredibly relaxed and happy," added Spencer, who was just 16 when his big sis became a princess. More»

(NEWSER) - Caustic socialite Brooke Astor lashed Camilla Parker Bowles for perpetuating the "family mistress business" by sleeping with Prince Charles even while he was married to Diana, reports the Guardian. "Your grandmother would be proud of you," snorted Astor, referring to Camilla's great-grandmother, who was believed to be one of Edward VII's many mistresses. Charles finally married Parker Bowles in 2005, eight years after Princess Diana was killed in a Paris car crash. More»

(NEWSER) - His personal life may now have all the sex appeal of tea in tweed, but once upon a time Prince Charles was a randy sailor writing risque letters to "exciting ladies (who) lurk behind bushes in order to pounce on unsuspecting naval officers … !" Six such letters, believed to have been written to a secretary at a British consulate in the late '70s, are up for auction on eBay starting at $30,000, the Guardian reports. More»

Compares herself to "an elephant," talks wedding frenzy

(NEWSER) - Four letters written by Princess Diana to her nanny could fetch $18,500 at auction later this month, reports the Daily Mail. In them, a teenage Diana confesses her insecurities—“watching me dance is like watching an elephant”—and talks of her upcoming nuptials to Prince Charles—“six months of being engaged is…definitely to be avoided. All the family in complete overdrive!” More»

Brother-in-law tells tab Paul Burrell confessed to 'kinky' confabs with princess

(NEWSER) - Did Princess Diana bed her royal butler? That’s what Paul Burrell's brother-in-law tells the News of the World, per a 1993 pub confession. "He suddenly tells me he's been having a sexual relationship with Princess Diana," Ron Cosgrove said. “He said they did it in the bedroom, the bath, everywhere. He claimed Diana liked to be domineering.” More»