Diana triumphant after Camillagate tape emerged, claims ex-bodyguard
Diana, Princess of Wales felt triumphant after the Prince of Wales was criticised over the “Camillagate” tape she branded “sick” for its reported infamous tampon reference.
Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles’ leaked late-night telephone chat gave Diana a boost as she began rebuilding her life after separating from the heir to the throne, according to her former personal protection officer Ken Wharfe.
Diana’s reaction to the 1989 recording – transcribed and widely published by newspapers in 1993 – is revealed by the ex-met Police offic- er in his new book Guarding Diana: Protecting The Princess Around The World.
Mr Wharfe also claims in the book the princess was upset when Charles refused to join her at India’s iconic Taj Mahal where she was photographed alone, illustrating the rift in their marriage.
He quotes Diana: “‘Game, set and match,’ she said, clutching to her a copy of the Daily Mirror containing a transcript of the ‘Camillagate’ tape as we talked in her sitting room at Kensington Palace.
“Later, however, she told me that she had been genuinely shocked by some of the baser comments, particular the prince’s tampon reference. ‘It’s just sick,’ she said repeatedly.”
The recording, said to have been made by a radio enthusiast using a scanning device, featured Charles allegedly telling Camilla he would like to “live inside your trousers’’.