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Despite tying the knot in a lavish fairytale wedding, it's not a secret that King Charles was not the love of Princess Diana's life.

Paramount+, several ex-girlfriends and former staffers spill new secrets about the royal family, ahead of the May 6 coronation. Allan Peters, a former royal protection officer who worked with the family for nine years, appears in the documentary to share his perspective on Charles and Diana’s marriage, which lasted from 1981 until the famously unhappy pair separated in 1992 and divorced in 1996. “I can categorically say that the first person who strayed in the marriage was the Princess of Wales,” Peters revealed.“[Charles] didn’t, until after he knew she had strayed. I’m speaking now about all this because I’ve said nothing for 40 years, and I’ve just listened to lies, silly stories, and it’s quite frustrating.

A twist of events. Princess Diana cheated on Prince Charles before his affair with Camilla Parker-Bowles, according to a royal officer.

Prince Charles’s long-running affair with Camilla Parker-Bowles is now public knowledge – and was extensively covered in The Crown – a source close to the Prince has revealed that Princess Diana strayed from the marriage first. Allan Peters, who was the Prince’s personal protection officer for nine years, has told a new CNN documentary about the late Princess of Wales that she had an affair with police bodyguard named Barry Mannakee before Charles rekindled his romance with Camilla.

Thanks to four seasons of The Crown, the general public is much more aware of the royal family's romantic relationships. While Season 3 of the royal Netflix series dove into the romance between Camilla Parker Bowles and Prince Charles, Season 4 has dedicated much of its time to the ebb and flow of the Prince and the Princess of Wales's marriage, including the extramarital relationships had by both royals.Here's what you need to know about Prince Charles's and Princess Diana's affairs.Barry Mannakee In Season 4 of The Crown, Diana's relationship with her bodyguard was only briefly joked about by Princess Anne, played by Erin Doherty.