It was around the time Prince Charles was widely reported to be cheating on Diana when her five-year affair started with Hewitt.
Whilst Charles rekindled his affair with Camilla…
Her former protection officer and confidante, Ken Wharfe, wrote about the affair in his book Diana: Closely Guarded Secret.
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“Hewitt, a natural womaniser, gave her the attention and affection she relished, and then the passion she yearned for.
James and Charles were friends…
“At first, Diana refused to concede to me that her affair was anything less than innocent. ‘Nothing is going on,’ she would say, her face flushing red, as we drove back from a tryst, usually with the atmosphere tense in the car.
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“I would assure her that I had no interest in anything but her safety, but she must have thought I was stupid or deaf.
He was a close friend to some of the other royals…
“The pair usually met at an old cottage in Devon belonging to Shirley, Hewitt’s mother, where the creaking bedroom floorboards told the story more loudly than any confession.”
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