Princess Diana was dedicated to her two sons, Prince Harry and Prince William, throughout her life—and that included deciding which royal nannies were allowed to take care of them. According to one royal expert, Princess Diana "feared" King Charles's former nanny for a very particular reason.Writing for the Daily Mail, royal expert and correspondent Richard Kay explained, "[O]utside his own family Mabel Anderson is the only woman who has loved King Charles all his life." He continued, "While his mother was preoccupied with affairs of state at home and abroad, it was nanny Mabel who was his first playmate, witnessed his first steps, and helped put his first thoughts into words."As a result, Charles developed an important "bond" with his nanny, so much so that "he came to regard the young woman, who was almost the same age as The Queen, as a surrogate mother long after he had outgrown the Buckingham Palace nursery," per Kay.
