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

own devices to sort of stew and she was with the other, the other extractor -- x factor is camilla parker bowlesarles met her in 1972 and fell in love with her immediately. charlie: he was in love with her when he met princess diana? sally: he was. he gave her up for the first five years of his marriage to diana. he is not a cynical man, charlie, he really believed that he could learn to love diana. let's say we all know that she was beautiful, she had incredible charisma. charlie: this is my impression, it shows you how you can be misled by public perception. she was a good mother. sally: she was a good mother. that is one of the things in her life that helped to stabilize her, but it did not stabilize her quite enough. she needed somebody to take care of her, basically. he needed somebody to take care of him and neither of them was capable of taking care of the other. in the way that they required. charlie: bowles, camilla bowles, could take care of him. sally: when she first met him, she has a very warm, effervescent personality, a terrific sense of humor. one of her good friends when she wal

to her own devices to sort of stew, and she was also with the other x factor in all this is camilla parker bowles, who most people don't realize charles met back in 1972 and fell in love with immediately. >> rose: he was in love with her when he married princess diana. >> he was. but he gave her up for the first five years of his marriage to diana. he's knutsenicle man, charlie. he really believed he could learn to love diana. let's face it, we all know she was beautiful, she had incredible charisma. >> rose: evidently, correct me on this, this is my expression, shows you how you can be misled by a public perception -- she was a good mother. >> she was a good mother. that was one of the things in her life that helped to stabilize her, but it didn't stabilize her quite enough because she wanted -- she needed somebody to take care of her, basically, and he needed somebody to take care of him, and neither of them was capable of taking care of the other in a way that they required. >> rose: so bowles -- camilla. >> rose: ms. camilla bowles could take care of him. >> yes, when she first met him, sheho

. >> 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