Diana and Charles Relationship Moments That Are Only Now Coming To Light

[post_page_title]Charles’s awful jokes during Harry’s birth[/post_page_title]

According to Diana herself, their newly-found marital bliss lasted exactly as far as the birth of the baby who would be Prince Harry. Upon seeing Harry for the very first time, Charles’s first comment was, “Oh God, it’s a boy.”

Charles’s awful jokes during Harry’s birth

Then, seemingly to add insult to injury, he observed, “And he’s even got red hair.” Though he later claimed he was joking, his comments cut Diana to the core. Firstly, she had just delivered a healthy boy after an excruciating nine-hour natural birth. Secondly, her family was full of redheads, so she took that comment extra personally.

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