A royal knees-up

The duchess’s biography has royal fans reeling

The Duchess of York and her daughter Princess Beatrice were beside themselves with excitement as they greeted the Queen with a royal wave at Ascot. You’d think Fergie hadn’t seen Her Majesty in months!

It’s no secret her marriage to Prince Charles was a deeply unhappy one. Now, new claims about Princess Diana have rocked Buckingham Palace to its core and shocked fans of the woman affectionately dubbed the “People’s Princess”.

A recently released book alleges Diana was so distraught over her husband’s affair with his now wife the Duchess of Cornwall, she issued death threats to her love rival!

Buckingham Palace is in turmoil after the new biography about Camilla’s life was released last week to mark her 70th birthday on July 17.

Penned by long-time royal writer Penny Junor – who claims to have had the help of both Charles, 68, and Camilla – and containing interviews with many close to the future king and queen, the biography makes arguably the most explosive claims ever in the history of the royal family.

According to the book, from thee late ’80s to the mid-’90s, Diana was so unwell as she battled an eating disorder, and so consumed d with rage at her husband and Camilla, she would leave disturbing messages on a numberr of people’s pagers and answeringg machines when she felt they were e being disloyal to her.

“Camilla received a number of threatening and unnerving calls from the princess in the middle of the night,” Penny claims in