Queen Elizabeth felt "overwhelming despair" after Princess Diana's shocking Martin Bashir conversation. The Queen: Her Life author Andrew Morton revealed this admission.
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He called the November 1995 interview shocking and unforgivable.
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People magazine reported that Princess Diana's interview with Mr. Bashir soured the Firm, Queen Elizabeth fell into despair, and Prince Philip became apoplectic.
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"Something had to be done, for not just the monarchy but also their grandchildren," they believed.
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Queen Elizabeth's "out of the olive branch for so long" did not prevent this. She was "committed to cutting the marital Gordian knot" afterward.
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"We have decided that the best class for you is divorce," the Queen wrote to Princess Diana a month later, according to the same book.
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Mr. Morton also quoted Princess Diana, who said she might "[go] up in a BMW car and walked out in a coffin" if Queen Elizabeth invited her to Christmas the following year.