Marriage is not a job, it is a sacrament and I doubt God distinguishes between aristocratic adultery and that which occurs in the suburbs. There are those pesky 10 Commandments which are read in church at Morning Prayer as a reminder. The admonishment against adultery is clearly in there.
You have brought up Andrew’s adultery. So? That’s an excuse?
Adultery is a destroyer and look at the destruction this “soap opera”as you call it wrought. According to you Diana turned this into a soap opera, what would you have preferred? That she retire quietly to a nunnery as they did in the old days. She told the truth there were always three people in her marriage.
Maybe Charles and Camilla should have told the truth and sat down with Andrew and Diana before their marriages to spell out their intentions to continue their “romantic relationship”. Charles could have said... “I fully intend to exercise my aristocratic princely prerogative during my marriage. If you have any objections to your wife or husband disregarding the admonition that we forsake all others and cleave only unto you now is the time to speak up. Andrew, old fellow, even though I am your Prince, it won’t cost you your rank and Di your face isn’t yet on the tea towels.”
BTW...As an Anglican, not a Puritan, my husband and I made the same vows that Charles and Diana and Camilla and Andrew made. I am blessed that my husband is a man of his word and made them with full intention of honoring them and me.
As I said before I guess we agree to disagree.
Royal marriage is diiferent, and everyone in England knows it. Yes, Diana shoyld have kept very quiet and worked on her worthy causes. Her carrying on and creating a psychodrama starring herself just made it harder for everyone. That disgusting, treasonous interview she did about three people in the marriage showed her to be a dangerous lunatic. Her silly death did not come a moment too soon.