What was Princess Diana treated for, and is a genetic catastrophe threatening the British royal family?

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

- complained "the queen of human hearts" in an interview with the BBC in November 1995. Today, the question of the mental illness of Princess Diana remains relevant, because her son may soon ascend the throne, and the genetics of the future king raises concerns.

The problems for the young princess began almost immediately after the wedding. It turned out that she was absolutely not prepared for life according to strict protocol and the attention of millions of people. Her husband did not look like a fairy-tale prince: he rarely talked to Diana heart to heart and kept love for another woman in his heart, the young were rarely even alone. All this led to the fact that already in the middle of the honeymoon, Diana developed depression.

The couple spent the end of their honeymoon at Balmoral Castle, with their family, but then the newlywed's problems became obvious to everyone. Diana suffered from nightmares and bulimic outbreaks - up to four times a day. She ran to the bathroom after every meal and was losing weight before her eyes. - Diana confessed in audio recordings to biographer Andrew Morton.

The royal family was forced to take measures to bring the princess "into working order" as soon as possible - the action plan was planned for several months in advance, and nervous breakdowns were not included in the program. Diana was put under the supervision of the best doctors. Those, in turn, were focused on an early result, so they immediately began serious drug treatment. Features of Diana's behavior were regarded as harbingers of a latent form of mental disorder. Doctors and pills made the young princess even more horrified, she tried to avoid them, and the queen began to receive information that "Diana is unsociable and does not make contact well."

In total, three specialists were involved in the health of the princess: the Queen's personal physician Sir John Batten, psychotherapist Michael Pare and behavioral therapy specialist David Mitchell. The most advanced and effective methods of treatment were used: antidepressants, sedatives, hypnosis and behavioral therapy, but they practically did not help. Sir John Batten was pessimistic: he frightened the royal family with the possible mental illness of Diana, which, according to the doctor, must be passed on to the heirs. The Queen's personal physician was the first to predict "a catastrophe for the dynasty," and this opinion still causes concern among many.

After two years of treatment, it became clear that the chosen methods did not help the princess. She felt herself suffocating in an atmosphere of reticence and strict protocol. The mood of the "queen of human hearts" changed five times a day, nightmares and loss of energy were the norm. The princess began to gradually develop her own methods of dealing with the surrounding reality. Her guards had a hard time, because one of the first women in Great Britain sometimes began to freak out and created a lot of problems for the security service.

So, for example, one of the princess's obsessions was "to live like everyone else." For this, she sometimes tried to travel in economy class, walked the streets, hoping that no one would recognize her. Once I even ran away from the apartment at night, jumping out the window. Sometimes Diana organized real riots. In 1982, pregnant with her first child, she threw herself down the stairs. The reason was another spat with Charles. It happened in Sandrigham Palace, right in front of Elizabeth. The Queen was impressed by her daughter-in-law's antics, and Prince Charles decided to finally take control of the situation. He was advised to turn to Dr. Alan McGlashen, a renowned student of Jung's and dream interpreter, at the time.

- wrote the psychotherapist to his friend, - Later, the famous specialist noticed that even the princess's doctors were glad to see him, as they saw that their treatment did not help.

The psychotherapist worked with Diana twice a week. He taught her to write down dreams, and they understood their hidden meanings and meanings of images. After a while, McGlashen diagnosed the princess, and his wording surprised the royal family very much: “This is a very unhappy girl who has to face difficulties on all fronts, but she tries to courageously endure them. She is absolutely normal, and her problems are emotional, not pathological,”said the well-known specialist.

McGlashen didn’t work with Diana as long as he would have liked. The princess soon became bored with psychoanalysis sessions, and she interrupted this course. But Prince Charles consulted with Jung's student then for many more years. After the tragic death of the princess, the psychotherapist published materials about his studies with Diana and publicly expressed his opinion about her "illness". Many Britons took this as a betrayal of their beloved Lady Dee, but today this information is becoming more and more valuable.

As the princes matured, the royal family was forced to respond to a wide variety of situations. The youngest grandson of Elizabeth II was not always a good boy, but experts are sure that if Princess Diana passed on some kind of “unhealthy heredity” to the children, then this is just a “gene of freedom”, and not a serious mental illness. Both princes pay great attention to mental health issues. Several organizations and medical centers operate under their patronage, and Lady Dee's children are always opposed to drug treatments for depression.

The image of Princess Diana today is overgrown with many facts, rumors and legends. Some of her actions are now evaluated differently, but it cannot be denied that this woman made a significant contribution to the culture of her country. To see the "queen of human hearts" without a protocol will help 20 little-known photos of Lady Di, taken by her admirer from the crowd