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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 24, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes a i faces n Plages .-.,. ".  monday october 24, 1994 Nee by the associated press Prince Charles had three separate affairs with Camilla Parker Bowles one while they were both married according to excerpts of his authorized biography in the sunday times. Another newspaper reported sunday that Charles believes his parents Queen Elizabeth ii and Prince Philip Don t Trust him to be King. And a third newspaper reported sunday that discussions were under Way to have Charles 12-year-old son become heir to the throne something that could happen Only with Charles consent. The details of the affair with Parker Bowles the wife of a British army officer were in the second install Mentor a 600-Page authorized biography by Jonathan Dimbleby. That they loved each other was not in any doubt Dimbleby said. In Camilla Parker Bowles the Prince found the warmth the understanding arid the steadiness for which he had always longed and had never been Able to find with any other  rumours of an affair with Parker Bowles have regularly appeared for two years. In a television interview with Dimbleby that aired in june Charles admitted he had been unfaithful to his wife Diana. He did not mention Parker Bowles but his statements were taken Ascot firring the rumours. The instalment reveals that Charles initiated the separation from Diana nearly two years after he was sometimes effectively denied Access to his children by his wife  i   ?.\ Charles was tormented by suggestions that he was cold to his sons Prince William 12, and Prince Harry 10, according to the  the weekend he was with the boys at Balmoral Castle in Scotland while Diana visited a close woman Friend in Washington . Buckingham Palace said the biography was checked for  did have an Opportunity to Check the draft for matters of fact but the interpretation of those facts Are or. Dimbleby a said a Palace spokesman speaking on condition he was not identified. The recent revelations about the Royal couple s past have raised questions about their future will they divorce will Charles eventually become King will the monarchy survive according to Trie Book Charles has never considered giving up the throne. But the mail on sunday reported that Charles believes his parents Don t Trust him to be King. The paper said the 45-year-old heir to the British throne made the astonishing confession to Diana s brother Earl Spencer after the funeral of their father april ivl992,. V._ my parents simply do not Trust me with anything the paper quoted Charles As telling the Earl. You revery Lucky to have inherited so Young. I wish i had inherited when i was  the paper did not reveal who told it about the conversation. " had three affairs Book says Prince Charles romantic attachments and his relationship with his parents were detailed in newspaper reports sunday mail on sunday gossip columnist Nigel Dempster said the conversation which is not included in the biography illustrates the tremendous sense of isolation and resentment that Charles feels towards his  Philip his father has become exasperated by the recent scandals and by his son s conduct in particular the paper said. It quoted Philip As telling a close Friend All i have worked for for 40 years has been in  according to the sunday express a sensational plan to make William her to the throne was being discussed Vejr the weekend at a crisis meeting at Balmoral. \ under the plan Charles would stand Down As heir and retire from Public life when William came of.  Charles and Diana would then divorce the paper said. Charles would have to approve any such plan. The second instalment of Dimbleby s Book focuses on Charles romantic attachments. Dimbleby wrote that Charles and the then Camilla Shand had their first affair in 1972 when he was a 23-year-old naval officer. A she was affectionate she was unassuming and with All the intensity of first love he lost his heart to her almost at once Dimbleby wrote. Charles went off to sea. Camilla married Andrew Parker Bowles an army officer. Still the Prince had come to regard her As his Best Friend in whom More than any other he could totally confide the Book said. Their second affair started in the late 1970s and lasted until shortly before Charles became engaged to Diana in 1981, Dimbleby wrote. Charles told Diana after their engagement that Parker Bowles had indeed been one of his most intimate friends but that now that he was engaged to be married there was and there would be no other woman in his life according to the Book. But Diana never accepted this and became obsessed that he was still having an affair Dimbleby wrote it was not until late 1986 or Early 1987, when he and the Princess of Wales had begun to Lead separate lives that the Prince s Friendship with Camilla was renewed Dimbleby wrote.",. He began to re establish the intimacy of their earlier  the first instalment of the Book said Charles never loved Diana and was pushed into marrying her by his father. But the news of the world published pictures of Charles and Diana frolicking and kissing on a Caribbean Beach in 1982. Michael Colborne who ran the Prince s office from 1975 to 1984, was quoted As saying the pictures show Charles loved Diana. If he says now he never loved her he says it because he feels so bitter Colborne was quoted As saying. The sunday Telegraph said Charles now regrets his openness in the Book. It said publication May Speed up a divorce for Charles and Diana who the paper said has no wish to be Queen. Princess in Washington first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and retired . Army Gen. Colin l. Powell were among guests who dined on baked striped Bass at a luncheon for Diana the Princess of Wales at the British embassy i Washington ., on saturday. British ambassador sir Robin Renwick and his wife lady Annie Renwick hosted the event which also was attended  personality Barbara Walters and former Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham an embassy spokesman said. The guests also included Tipper Gore wife of vice president Al Gore actor Michael York italian ambassador Boris bin Cheri former gov. L. Douglas Wilder of Virginia and mayor Kurt Schmoke of Baltimore the spokesman said. The menu at the two hour luncheon was Artichoke salad baked striped Bass and chocolate mocha. Diana was in Washington for the weekend As a guest of brazilian ambassador Paulo Tarso Flecha do Lima and his wife Lucia who is a longtime Friend. Your connect onto the .a. News from Home. News about Home. 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