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Astor Lashed Camilla for Bedding Prince

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(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.

Diana believed Charles was still in love with Parker Bowles even as she was planning her wedding to the prince. "There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded," Diana said in a notorious TV interview. The snotty letter to Camilla, now duchess of Cornwall, emerged yesterday in the Manhattan criminal trial against Astor's son, who is charged with stealing money from his wealthy mom as she slipped into dementia.

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, watches an  inter-religion soccer match in Berlin last month.
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, watches an inter-religion soccer match in Berlin last month.   (AP Photo/Tobias Schwarz, Pool)
The randy prince.
The randy prince.   (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Camilla, duchess of Cornwall, arrives at Kington St. Michael Village Hall in Chippenham, England, last week to discuss the work of a charity she sponsors.
Camilla, duchess of Cornwall, arrives at Kington St. Michael Village Hall in Chippenham, England, last week to discuss the work of a charity she sponsors.   (Getty Images)
Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, attend a football match in Berlin last month.
Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, attend a football match in Berlin last month.   (Getty Images)
Princess Diana believed Charles was in love with Camilla Parker Bowles even as they planned their marriage.
Princess Diana believed Charles was in love with Camilla Parker Bowles even as they planned their marriage.   (AP Photo/FILE)
Britain's Prince Charles, and Camilla, duchess of Cornwall, take a close look at roses during a visit by members of the royal family to the annual Chelsea Flower Show in London yesterday.
Britain's Prince Charles, and Camilla, duchess of Cornwall, take a close look at roses during a visit by members of the royal family to the annual Chelsea Flower Show in London yesterday.   (AP Photo/Sang Tan, Pool)
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TerrifiedCitizen
May 19, 09 1:44 PM CDT
Well, I can go on, now that I've had my weekly Royal fix. Reply
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kansas1946
May 19, 09 11:04 PM CDT
LOL. Yes, it is hard to get by a week not knowing what our British cousins are up to. You have to admit, it has been a lot more interesting over there for that last twenty years! Reply
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Bestkeptsecretout
Oct 12, 09 1:17 AM CDT
One Of A Kind/ Princess Di For those of us who believe and for what it's worth, that there are and have been Angels right here on earth As Elegant as a swan as compassionate as a Nun, hearts all over the world hands down she's won, she used her wealth and brillant mind to help ellimate land mines, she focused on the poorest among mankind She had a rare and genuine soft spot, for people with incurable diseases, she looked beyond what they had and she showed them the love they needed, she was wealthy with lots of diamonds and gold which would have made it easy for her to turn up her nose instead a humanitarian in life, is what she chose She was young in years, old in soul, A tender mother something which came naturally, through her sons her work, still loudly speaks If we've learned anything at all from her existence it should have been, that each one of us can and should try to make a difference There's plenty theories of how she passed, let's focus more on how she lived, vengeance is mine said the lord we must let him do his work, in our heart she'll stay Alive, because God made only one "Princess Di" Poet:Tina Marie Clark Copyright:2007 Reply
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