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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Kristin Contino

Princess Diana and Prince Charles Showed the World Their "Marriage Was a Sham" During "Dreadful" 1992 Trip to Seoul

Prince Charles and Princess Diana.

By the time Princess Diana and Prince Charles arrived in Seoul, South Korea in November 1992, their marriage was already in tatters—but it was on that ill-fated royal tour that the true state of their relationship became impossible to hide. With icy body language, awkward photo ops and zero affection between them, the prince and princess put their fractured marriage on display for the world's media to see. What was meant to be a diplomatic visit to strengthen the U.K.'s ties to South Korea ended up as a disaster—earning Charles and Diana the nickname of "The Glums" during their trip and leading to their official separation a month later.

As the Daily Mail noted, the four-day royal tour was "dubbed the 'Togetherness Tour,'" designed to ease public concerns about the state of Charles and Diana's marriage. But at one point, Diana refused to even attend.

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