camilla parker bowles. >> yes.es was a confidante of prince charles' and a lover of his before, long before he met diana. but she and charles remained good friends. >> there was this sense, i think, from almost the beginning that charles wasn't entirely diana's own. >> reporter: camilla tominey is the royal editor for "the sunday express" in london. >> charles had insisted that his relationship with camilla had been platonic, but i think there was a sense that diana quickly realized that mentally charles wasn't completely with her 100%. >> reporter: most people have long believed that camilla parker bowles was the villian in this story. but camilla, early on, actually supported diana, advised her about charles and royal life. >> she liked diana and thought that she would be a lovely wife for him. so she was very friendly to her. and diana was very friendly to camilla. >> reporter: but diana, just 19, was insecure, says her friend richard kay. >> she was a naive young girl. charles was her first proper man in her li

camilla bowles could take care of him. >> yes, when she first met him, shehouse a very warm, effervescent personality, a terrific sense of humor. one of her good friends says when she walks in the room you know you're going to have a laugh. charles by nature is a glass half empty kind of person. some of his friends nicknamed his eeyore after the sad donkey in winnie the pooh. and he needs somebody to bring him up and camilla has that capacity. one of her friends said she's a warm, laughing, maternal creature with a lot of sex appeal, and that's the way she was certainly when he met her. but even though he was powerfully attracted to her, he wasn't ready to get married, he was just starting in the navy, and she was actually, at that time, madly in love with andrew parker bowles who was this big, strapping, handsome cavalry officer and she ended up marrying him not long after charles went off to sea in h royal navy for his first assignment, but they got back together toward the end of the decade. >> rose: the queen is the star of the royal family. >> always has been. >> rose: and beyond the

camilla bowles, could take care of him.ally: when she first met him, she has a very warm, effervescent personality, a terrific sense of humor. one of her good friends when she walks into the room, you know you are going to have a laugh and charles is by nature a kind of glass half-empty kind of person. him of his friends and made -- nicknamed him eeyore. he needed someone to bring him up and camilla was in that capacity. she is a warm, laughing, maternal creature with a lot of sex appeal and that is the way she was when he met her. he -- even though he was powerfully attracted to her, he was not ready to get married. he was just starting in the navy. she was at that time madly in love with andrew parker bowles who was this big my strapping, handsome cavalry officer and she ended up marrying him not long after charles went off to sea and the world navy for his first assignment. but they did get back together toward the end of the decade. was the starqueen of the world family sally: she always has been. charlie: be on the fac

. >> reporter: but then the betrayal with camilla parker bowles beginning it seemed even as diana andtheir wedding vows. camilla present against diana's express wishes. >> did you try to be faithful and honorable to your wife when you took on the vow of marriage? >> yes. absolutely. >> reporter: trapped in an unhappy situation here's how the princess described it in a bombshell interview with journalist martin bashir, the only time she ever talked about it on the record. >> do you think mrs. parker bowles was a factor in the breakdown of your marriage? >> well, there were three of us in this marriage. so it was a bit crowded. >> reporter: the princess struggled to cope seeking love in all the wrong places. finding the one man she could not have. >> diana fell in love with him when she went to visit a friend in hospital and there he was, the >> a pakistani born heart surgeon shy of the spotlight. diana smitten. >> he virtually moved into kensington palace. >> she was truly taken with someone so pure of purpose. he was healing people. he wasn't remotely interested in her fame. >> does t

the allegations of affairs emerged later, charles with camilla parker-bowles.hewitt. >> did you love her very much? >> yes, i did. yeah. that's why its difficult to talk about it really. >> reporter: ken wolf was diana's security officer. he's rarely spoken of the time diana told him about hewitt, during a royal tour of spain. >> diana called me and said, i've got something to tell you. and decided at that point, in some detail, to tell me about the state of her marriage. but also to tell me about the relationship with james hewitt. >> reporter: for some years, charles and diana were able to keep their marital troubles behind closed doors here at kensington palace. but by 1992, the rift was clear for the world to see. finally, the truth exploded into public view with a book diana her true story, diana looking sad at public engagements and increasingly under strain. >> i'm supposed to be dragged off in a minute with men in white coats. so, if it's all right with you, i thought i might postpone my was in breakdown to a more appropriate moment. >> reporter: highly