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Revealed: The five words that destroyed Charles and Di’s marriage

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Charles and Di on their last official trip together
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Before she died, Princess Diana revealed the five hurtful words Prince Charles said to her which destroyed their marriage.

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According to Andrew Morton’s book on Diana’s life, Diana: Her True Story, Di reportedly revealed the heartbreaking sentence Charles said to her when Harry was born.

The son of Queen Elizabeth wanted their second child to be a girl, so when Harry was born, he said: “Oh God, it’s a boy,” express.co.uk reports.

Although Charles said he was ‘joking’, Diana was very hurt by the comment. 

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Charles and Di on their last official trip together (Credit: Getty)

The birth of Harry is said to have marked the breakdown of their marriage, with Charles making more hurtful comments about the child, causing Di to shut down from her husband.

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Charles spoke about his son’s hair colour, saying “he even got red hair”, in reference to the trait from Diana’s side of the family. 

Although Di desibed Harry as a “miracle”, when he entered the world her relationship with Charles went “down the drain”.

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Charles and Diana leave St.Mary’s hospital with newborn Harry (Credit: Getty)

The couple announced their divorce in 1996. Diana died one year later.

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