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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Kayleigh Roberts

Princess Diana and Queen Camilla Once Had a Tense Encounter That Silenced an Entire Birthday Party

Diana, Princess of Wales (1961 - 1997) wearing a red suit by Catherine Walker during a visit to Pudsey in West Yorkshire, UK, July 1989. (Photo by Princess Diana Archive/Getty Images).

The royal family is never short on drama or immune from gossip, but few moments of modern royal scandal can compare to the fallout from King Charles' affair with his now-wife, Queen Camilla, during his first marriage, to Princess Diana.

While the general public did learn about all of the scandalous details until the early 1990s, some members of the royal family's social circle got a sneak peek at the drama during a birthday party in 1989.

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