Princess Diana Had a Secret Teen Crush on Prince Andrew, New Book Claims - EUROPE SAYS
A new royal tell-all is digging up an unexpected teenage crush — and it involvesPrincess Dianaand her future brother-in-law. Royals author Catherine Mayer makes the shocking claim in her upcoming book Divide. . .
A new royal tell-all is digging up an unexpected teenage crush — and it involvesPrincess Dianaand her future brother-in-law. Royals author Catherine Mayer makes the shocking claim in her upcoming book Divide and Rule: Royal Women and Their Battles,Peoplereported Friday, June 19. The book, out June 23, explores the lives of eight royal women, including Diana,Kate Middleton,Meghan Markle,Queen ElizabethandQueen Camilla. Per the report, Mayer writes that a young Diana developed a long-distance crush onAndrew Mountbatten Windsor—King Charles‘ younger brother. “Before she ever met her future husband, she developed a passion at a distance for one of his brothers,” Mayer writes. James Whatling / MEGA“The schoolfriend says that every year until Diana turned fifteen or sixteen, she sent Andrew a valentine card, anonymously of course,” Mayer writes, per the excerpt. “I was quite startled when I found that out. That was new news,” Mayer said, according to the outlet. Diana’s ties to the royal family ran deep well before she married Charles. Her grandmother, Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy, served as a lady-in-waiting to the Queen Mother, and her brother-in-law Lord Robert Fellowes eventually became Queen Elizabeth’s private secretary, according to the article. JM/Capital Pictures / MEGADiana’s older sister, Lady Sarah McCorquodale, briefly dated Charles in the late 1970s and is credited with introducing him to Diana during a 1977 shoot at Althorp House, the Spencer family’s ancestral home, per the report. That romance fizzled, and Charles began courting Diana in 1980, with an engagement and marriage following soon after. Diana later played matchmaker herself, setting up her childhood friendSarah “Fergie” Fergusonwith Andrew. “I said to her, ‘Oh, Andrew’s really good-looking. ’ And she said, ‘Duh, Fergs!’” Ferguson toldPeoplein 2021, recalling the introduction. Ferguson and Andrew married in 1986. Both she and Diana separated from their royal husbands in 1992 before later divorcing. Diana died at age 36following a car accident in Paris in 1997. Andrew had histitle stripped by King Charlesin October 2025 amid renewed scrutiny overhis ties toJeffrey Epstein; he has long denied wrongdoing. This storyPrincess Diana Had a Secret Teen Crush on Prince Andrew, New Book Claimsfirst appeared onStar. FollowStar on Yahooso you don’t miss what’s coming next. Tags:AndrewAndrew Mountbatten WindsorbeatriceBritish Royal FamilyCatherine Mayerduke of yorkEugeniekate middletonking charlesLady Sarah McCorquodaleMountbatten-WindsorPrince andrewprincess beatriceprincess dianaPrincess EugenieRoyal FamiliesRoyal Family