Why Princess Grace of Monaco Advised Princess Diana "It Gets Worse" on the Eve of Her Royal Wedding, Per Former Staff Member
"You learn to cope..."
Princess Diana married King Charles on July 29, 1981, at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. Almost three decades earlier—on April 19, 1956—Grace Kelly had wed Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, meaning she was perfectly placed to advise Charles's bride.
Princess Diana's former butler, Paul Burrell, opened up about Princess Grace's alleged interaction with Diana on the eve of her wedding to Charles in the book A Royal Duty.
"I have never seen such a beauty as Princess Grace," Burrell wrote. "That evening she even outshone the bride-to-be, and her tiara was every bit as magnificent as The Queen's. Lady Diana was captivated."
According to Burrell, Diana and Grace "struck up an immediate rapport," which led to them becoming "locked in conversation." Essentially, the former actress quickly became a "role model and inspirational figure" to the young Diana, the ex-butler shared. The fact that Grace had been "an outsider...who had married into royalty" only endeared her further to Diana.
"Diana asked Princess Grace for any tips or advice."
Per Burrell, Princess Diana allegedly viewed Princess Grace as "a film star used to the media glare; a woman in a royal marriage where love was infected by duty."
In his book, the former royal employee revealed, "[Diana] asked Princess Grace for any tips or advice. 'You will be just fine,' said the former actress. 'It gets worse, but you learn to cope.'"
"It gets worse, but you learn to cope."
It's undeniable that Princess Diana and Princess Grace both had totally unique experiences when marrying into royalty. As a result, it makes sense that Princess Grace might have been able to offer some important words of advice to a young Princess Diana prior to her marriage to King Charles.
