James Hewitt and Diana met in 1986, when he was her riding instructor. Just because The Crown zooms past her affair with Hewitt doesn't mean we want to, however. Diana, not understanding what she got herself into until it was too late. Charles, forced into a marriage he never wanted. The Crown treats the couple's mutual infidelity as a reflection of their unhappiness in their arrangement. While married, Diana was also rumored to be linked to Barry Mannakee, her bodyguard and childhood friend James Gilbey, heir to the Gilbey gin fortune. After all, Hewitt was allegedly one of a few lovers Diana had, which Princess Anne (Erin Doherty) alludes to while speaking to Queen Elizabeth (Olivia Colman). But Hewitt only appears in The Crown briefly.Įssentially, The Crown is only interested in Hewitt's effect on Diana and her marriage, not in the affair itself.
(She was married to Charles from 1981 to 1996.) "For five years he was as available and attentive as a medieval troubadour," Tina Brown wrote in The Diana Chronicles.
According to Hewitt's testimony in the controversial book Princess in Love, his affair with the princess reportedly lasted from 1986 to 1991. Take the case of Major James Hewitt, played by Russian actor Daniel Donskoy in The Crown. When Diana visited his family home in Devon, she "was entertained by his parents while her boys went riding with Captain Hewitt."Īside from entertaining her sons, Hewitt also "provided Diana with amusing and sympathetic companionship at a time when she needed a shoulder to lean on because of her husband’s neglect," Morton added.Kristen Stewart Set to Portray Princess Diana "Hewitt, a keen polo player with the laconic humor and reserve reminiscent of a 1930s matinee idol, taught William and Harry the finer points of horsemanship during his visits to Highgrove," Morton wrote. A huge part of her attraction to Hewitt was the fact that he got along so well with her young sons William and Harry, who saw him as an uncle. "He told her he was a riding instructor and, when she confessed she was afraid of horses, offered to help her overcome her fear." Hewitt had a bond with Prince William and Harry.ĭiana spoke in depth about her relationship with Hewitt to biographer Andrew Morton, who detailed her remarks in his 1992 biography Diana: Her True Story-In Her Own Words. According to Diana's royal protection officer Ken Wharfe in his 2002 book Diana : A Closely Guarded Secret, the duo "got along famously" during their first conversation, per Town & Country. After completing his training at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, Hewitt joined the Household Cavalry as part of a regiment known as the Life Guards, which serves the monarchy.Īround five years into her marriage to Charles, in 1986, Diana met Hewitt at a party. Hewitt was born in Ireland while his father was stationed there in the 1950s.
Captain James Hewitt was Diana's riding instructor. Here's a primer on Hewitt and his real-life relationship with Diana. But Charles is plainly not on board, and by the end of the episode, Diana has resumed her affair with one Captain James Hewitt. The queen accepts that answer, clearly desperate to end the uncomfortable meeting as quickly as possible. Diana promises the queen that she will be faithful from now on and makes it clear she wants to fight for the relationship. Diana, trapped in an unhappy and loveless marriage, had affairs of her own, and the couple's mutual adultery is explored in episode 9, "Avalanche."ĭuring the episode, Queen Elizabeth learns of the couple's infidelity and tries to broker a reconciliation, with mixed results. Prince Charles and Princess Diana's tumultuous marriage is at the center of The Crown season four, as is Charles's ongoing affair-both emotional and otherwise-with his former girlfriend Camilla Parker-Bowles.
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