[Kieri]

I remember watching the wedding of Charles and Diana and thinking, “this is a serious mismatch.” their age difference was a small factor, but she was so young, full of life, and looked as if she wanted to twirl around and dance in that wedding gown!

Your posts have been extremely interesting to read and cast a different light than what the press puts out. I feel distaste for Charles, but he must have done something right to have nurtured such fine, brave sons.

[naturalman1975]

The Prince and Princess did love each other when they married, but after a while, once the initial romance had faded, they were just too different in interests and personality. The one thing they really did agree on what that their sons should have a happy life, and a reasonably normal one, and they both worked hard to make that happen. It probably meant they stayed together longer than they should have.

Neither of them were blameless in what happened in their lives - but he was knew much better than she did what their lives were like and didn't prepare her enough and didn't make sure enough that she did understand. One of the reason William waited so long to propose is both his father and his grandmother urged him not to propose until both he and Kate were certain they understood what it meant. They don't want them making the mistake.

[Quix]

It’s conceivable he did some right things with his sons.

However, I attribute the good in his sons to:

1. Diana’s lavishly loving them the early critical years of their lives.

2. Charles having enough wits to focus more on them after Diana’s death.

He’s also been a horrid model for them in many ways. Their qualities are IN SPITE OF such stuff rather than because of such stuff.