I wouldn't say ugly. But not nearly as beautiful as this really beautiful lady in this next picture!

Viewing this with dial-up, I was guessing the picture that was going to appear was going to be D. Allen's wife...

Thanks, D.Allan. I like the little girl in the picture too. It's not me! I can't remember where I found her.
Your compliment made me feel quite ashamed for what I said about Diana.

I don't think D. Allen's picture is really him either.

My avatar is actually Jan Paderewski, pianist, composer and Polish statesman too if memory serves rightly.

I can't omit this one with her boys.

I think the real tragedy was that Charles' real love has always been Camilla, and replacing a love with a "your duty" bride was never going to work, even though, for a while, it seemed that it would, and to have that tension played out in the public gaze would not have helped either of them.

Beryl

I agree with that, Beryl. Lady Diana seemed happier after the divorce, to me; but I must say I base that opinion on very little evidence. William and Harry must have been consolation to her. I'll bet she was a good mother, too.

Royalty may somehow feel entitled to cheat so I cannot address that factor. However I have read a couple of different studies that showed arranged marriages have a better track record of both staying together and producing happiness for the couple than do those where the young lovers choose their mate. This only makes sense since it is usually the parents of the couple that arrange the marriages and are both looking out for the best interests of the new couple. The affect being in love has on the brain is similar to being high on drugs. Thus when young lovers choose their own mate it is little wonder they often make bad choices.

I don't think that the issue was that Charles couldn't have been happy with Diana but rather he choose to believe the grass was greener on the other side of the fence. I too was in love with another before meeting my wife. My wife wasn't my first love. If I obsessed over what could have been I could destroy my marriage like Charles did his. Love is about commitment and cannot exist apart from it.

My impression is that Charles was on the other side of the fence in someone else's pasture before he even got married and he never jumped over.