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The drama continues for the royal family. Prince William and Prince Harry are likely upset to learn that a former bodyguard for the mother, Princess Diana, is set to speak out about her alleged affair with James Hewitt.
In a documentary next week, Ken Wharfe, who protected Princess Diana from 1987 to 1993, will also claim that while on a Majorcan holiday with her boys, Diana revealed her distress at husband Charles's affair with Camilla.
"She told me in short about the problems with her marriage with Camilla always being there," Ken tells Secrets of the Royal Palaces, which airs on March 23, according to the Mail's Ephraim Hardcastle.
"Suddenly to hear it in full verse from the Princess of Wales was quite extraordinary.
Ken Wharfe protected Princess Diana from 1987 to 1993 (REX, Getty)"I found I understood this woman much more as a result of this discussion because it did help me for example to police the occasions she met James Hewitt at his mother's house in Devon."
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Prior to the documentary airing, Ken spoke on about working with William and Harry when they were children.
"It was a very happy union. It was a very happy family," he said. "What I will say is Diana and her husband [the then-Prince Charles] at that time were going through a very difficult period of their life.
"But both of them didn’t want their situation to be known by the children. They had a blissful happy life at that point."
Ken also claimed that Prince William was slightly jealous of Prince Harry’s fun-loving personality.
He continued: "Harry was always the joker, the entertainer. I suppose it would be quite common for the sort of sibling rivalry that was, for the eldest William to be slightly nervous or envious of Harry because he was so popular.
Ken will speak about the late Princess in an upcoming documentary (Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)"But he was the entertainer, you could almost say he was the court jester at that time. So in that sense I think William found it slightly different, but they were funny."
He continued: "What I liked about Diana, what I liked about the Prince himself, is the way they educated their children.
"Albeit in rather extreme privileged circumstances, they had a very good upbringing in that sense. Diana was very careful and insisted they had a normal life."
It comes as William and Harry prepare to make an appearance at the same event tonight - although organisers have ensured their paths will not cross. William will be at the Science Museum in London, where he is expected to give a speech to mark the 25th anniversary of the Diana Legacy Award and present awards to 20 recipients.
His estranged brother Harry will then join a video call with the winners, according to reports. However, his involvement will only take place after William has left the ceremony.
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