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===Problems and separation=== [[File:Charles and Diana 1983.JPG|upright|thumb|With Charles during the royal tour of Australia in 1983]] Five years into the marriage, the couple's incompatibility and age difference became visible and damaging.{{sfn|Brown|2007|p=174}} In 1986, Diana began a relationship with [[James Hewitt]], the family's former riding instructor and in the same year, Charles resumed his relationship with his former girlfriend [[Camilla Parker Bowles]]. The media speculated that Hewitt, not Charles, was Harry's father based on the alleged physical similarity between Hewitt and Harry, but Hewitt and others have denied this. Harry was born two years before Hewitt and Diana began their affair.<ref name="BBC-Hewitt"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Holder|first=Margaret|url=http://www.themortonreport.com/celebrity/royals/who-does-prince-harry-look-like/|title=Who Does Prince Harry Look Like? James Hewitt Myth Debunked|work=The Morton Report|date=24 August 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529062152/http://www.themortonreport.com/celebrity/royals/who-does-prince-harry-look-like/|archive-date=29 May 2012}}</ref> By 1987, cracks in the marriage had become visible and the couple's unhappiness and cold attitude towards one another were being reported by the press,<ref name="Time-2020"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-11-03-vw-18416-story.html|title=Rumors of Royal Split Trail Charles and Diana to Bonn|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|first=William|last=Tuohy|date=3 November 1987|access-date=17 November 2020|archive-date=16 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116094710/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-11-03-vw-18416-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> who dubbed them "[[Take It from Here#The Glums|the Glums]]" because of their evident discomfort in each other's company.<ref name="Quest">{{cite news|last=Quest|first=Richard|date=3 June 2002|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/05/29/people.royals.3/|title=Royals, part 3: Troubled Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160715061326/http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/05/29/people.royals.3/|archive-date=15 July 2016|work=CNN|accessdate=17 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.sky.com/story/the-king-from-school-bullies-to-diana-tragedy-the-events-that-shaped-charles-12693077|title=The King: From school bullies to Diana tragedy - the events that shaped Charles|work=Sky News|first=David|last=Mercer|date=5 May 2023|accessdate=24 October 2023|archive-date=29 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029184852/https://news.sky.com/story/the-king-from-school-bullies-to-diana-tragedy-the-events-that-shaped-charles-12693077|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1989, Diana was at a birthday party for Parker Bowles's sister, [[Annabel Elliot]], when she confronted Parker Bowles about her and Charles's extramarital affair.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3504088.stm|title=Diana tells of Camilla encounter|work=BBC News|date=12 March 2004|access-date=3 August 2018|archive-date=3 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803104538/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3504088.stm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1456646/Diana-tapes-reveal-Camilla-confrontation.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1456646/Diana-tapes-reveal-Camilla-confrontation.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Diana tapes reveal Camilla confrontation|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=12 March 2004|access-date=3 August 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> These affairs were later exposed in 1992 with the publication of [[Andrew Morton (writer)|Andrew Morton]]'s book, ''[[Diana: Her True Story (book)|Diana: Her True Story]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/interview-andrew-morton-he-couldnt-shout-diana-was-in-on-this-she-trusted-me-it-would-have-been-a-1286288.html|title=Interview: Andrew Morton: He couldn't shout: 'Diana was in on this.' 'She trusted me. It would have been a betrayal'|work=The Independent|date=1 December 1997|access-date=7 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108002344/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/interview-andrew-morton-he-couldnt-shout-diana-was-in-on-this-she-trusted-me-it-would-have-been-a-1286288.html|archive-date=8 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Princess Di breaks down after making appearance|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eUJWAAAAIBAJ&pg=6821,2308048&dq=princess+diana|access-date=14 August 2013|newspaper=Eugene Register Guard|date=12 June 1992|archive-date=20 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420012949/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eUJWAAAAIBAJ&pg=6821,2308048&dq=princess+diana|url-status=live}}</ref> The book, which also revealed Diana's allegedly suicidal unhappiness, caused a media storm. In 1991, [[James Colthurst]] conducted secret interviews with Diana in which she had talked about her marital issues and difficulties. These recordings were later used as a source for Morton's book.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/10/princess-diana-secretly-recorded-describing-despair-state-marriage/|title=Princess Diana secretly recorded herself describing despair at the state of her marriage to Prince Charles, biographer reveals|newspaper=The Telegraph|first=Rozina|last=Sabur|date=10 June 2017|access-date=8 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116221856/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/10/princess-diana-secretly-recorded-describing-despair-state-marriage/|archive-date=16 November 2017|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4443363|title=The story behind Princess Diana's secret tapes|work=NBC News|date=4 March 2004|access-date=19 November 2020|archive-date=29 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729175253/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4443363|url-status=live}}</ref> During her lifetime, both Diana and Morton denied her direct involvement in the writing process and maintained that family and friends were the book's main source; however, after her death Morton acknowledged Diana's role in writing the tell-all in the book's updated edition, ''Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/royals/etc/morton.html|title=The Princess and the Press: The Andrew Morton book controversy|work=PBS|accessdate=1 September 2022|archive-date=19 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819090636/https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/royals/etc/morton.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The Queen and Prince Philip hosted a meeting between Charles and Diana and unsuccessfully tried to effect a reconciliation.{{sfn|Brandreth|2004|pp=348β349}} Philip wrote to Diana and expressed his disappointment at the extramarital affairs of both her and Charles; he asked her to examine their behaviour from the other's point of view.{{sfn|Brandreth|2004|pp=349β351}} Diana reportedly found the letters difficult, but nevertheless appreciated that he was acting with good intent.{{sfn|Brandreth|2004|pp=351β353}} It was alleged by some people, including Diana's close friend Simone Simmons, that Diana and Philip had a tense relationship;<ref name="Burrell-Hasnat"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1575120/Prince-Philip-sent-%27nasty%2C-cruel%27-letters-to-Diana.html|title=Prince Philip sent 'nasty, cruel' letters to Diana|work=The Telegraph|date=11 January 2008|access-date=5 February 2017|first=Nick|last=Allen|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080524045533/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1575120/Prince-Philip-sent-%27nasty%2C-cruel%27-letters-to-Diana.html|archive-date=24 May 2008|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7181240.stm|title=Philip 'sent Diana cruel letters'|work=BBC News|date=10 January 2008|access-date=9 December 2020|archive-date=6 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506203052/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7181240.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> however, other observers said their letters provided no sign of friction between them.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1566132/Diana-and-Prince-Philip-the-truth.html|title=Diana and Prince Philip: the truth|work=The Telegraph|date=14 October 2007|access-date=2 February 2017|first=Andrew|last=Alderson|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204002813/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1566132/Diana-and-Prince-Philip-the-truth.html|archive-date=4 February 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Philip later issued a statement, publicly denying allegations of his insulting Diana.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/25/world/philip-denies-calling-diana-vulgar-names.html|title=Philip Denies Calling Diana Vulgar Names|newspaper=The New York Times|date=25 November 2002|access-date=9 December 2020|url-access=subscription|archive-date=5 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505211539/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/25/world/philip-denies-calling-diana-vulgar-names.html|url-status=live}}</ref> During 1992 and 1993, leaked tapes of telephone conversations reflected negatively on both Charles and Diana. Tape recordings of Diana and James Gilbey were made public in August 1992,<ref>{{cite news|title=Princess Diana's 'admirer' named by Press|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A7FUAAAAIBAJ&pg=5278,2918655&dq=princess+diana|access-date=14 August 2013|newspaper=New Straits Times|date=27 August 1992|location=London|archive-date=12 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812185423/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A7FUAAAAIBAJ&pg=5278,2918655&dq=princess+diana|url-status=live}}</ref> and transcripts were published the same month in what became known as [[Squidgygate]].<ref name="robinson"/> In December 1992, Prime Minister [[John Major]] announced the couple's "amicable separation" to the [[House of Commons]].{{sfn|Dimbleby|p=489|1994}}<ref>{{cite hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Prince And Princess Of Wales |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/1992-12-09/debates/ecfacae4-f52c-461c-b253-d7c04a299735/PrinceAndPrincessOfWales |house=House of Commons |date=9 December 1992 |volume=215 |column=845 |speaker=John Major |position=Prime Minister |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618121452/https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/1992-12-09/debates/ecfacae4-f52c-461c-b253-d7c04a299735/PrinceAndPrincessOfWales |archive-date=18 June 2023 }}</ref> Early the following year, the leaked [[Tampongate]] tapes, which included intimate exchanges between Charles and Parker Bowles, were published in the [[Tabloid journalism|tabloids]].{{sfn|Brown|2007|pp=304, 309}}<ref>{{Cite book|last = Brandreth |first = Gyles |author-link = Gyles Brandreth |title = Charles and Camilla: Portrait of a Love Affair |publisher = Random House |year = 2007 |isbn = 978-0-09-949087-6 |pages = [https://archive.org/details/charlescamillapo00bran/page/257 257]β264 |url = https://archive.org/details/charlescamillapo00bran |url-access = registration }}</ref> [[File:058792 Visit by Diana Princess of Wales 1992 (4087038134).jpg|thumb|right|Carrying out an engagement in [[South Shields]], 1992]] Between 1992 and 1993, Diana hired a voice coach, [[Peter Settelen]], to help her develop her public speaking voice.<ref name="Guardian-2017-07-24">{{cite news|title=Diana tapes filmed by voice coach to air on Channel 4 documentary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jul/24/diana-tapes-filmed-by-voice-coach-to-air-on-channel-4-documentary|access-date=30 July 2017|work=The Guardian|date=24 July 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729154243/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jul/24/diana-tapes-filmed-by-voice-coach-to-air-on-channel-4-documentary|archive-date=29 July 2017}}</ref> In a videotape recorded by Settelen in 1992, Diana said that in 1984 through to 1986, she had been "deeply in love with someone who worked in this environment".<ref name="BBC_7Dec2004">{{cite news|title=Diana 'wanted to live with guard'|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4074545.stm|work=BBC News|access-date=31 July 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731164728/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4074545.stm|archive-date=31 July 2017}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph_12Dec2004">{{cite news|last1=Langley|first1=William|title=The Mannakee file|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1478804/The-Mannakee-file.html|work=The Telegraph|date=12 December 2004|access-date=31 July 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731210646/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1478804/The-Mannakee-file.html|archive-date=31 July 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref> It is thought she was referring to [[Barry Mannakee]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/06/diana-in-her-own-words-burnishes-rather-than-tarnishes-her-image|title=Diana: In Her Own Words β admirers have nothing to fear from the Channel 4 tapes|work=The Guardian|first=Mark|last=Lawson|date=7 August 2017|access-date=22 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920223352/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/06/diana-in-her-own-words-burnishes-rather-than-tarnishes-her-image|archive-date=20 September 2017}}</ref> who was transferred to the Diplomatic Protection Squad in 1986 after his managers had determined that his relationship with Diana had been inappropriate.<ref name="Telegraph_12Dec2004" /><ref name="Independent_8Dec2004">{{cite news|last1=Milmo|first1=Cahal|title=Conspiracy theorists feast on inquiry into death of Diana's minder|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/conspiracy-theorists-feast-on-inquiry-into-death-of-dianas-minder-8002517.html|website=The Independent|access-date=31 July 2017|date=8 December 2004|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801031824/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/conspiracy-theorists-feast-on-inquiry-into-death-of-dianas-minder-8002517.html|archive-date=1 August 2017}}</ref> Diana said in the tape that Mannakee had been "chucked out" from his role as her bodyguard following suspicion that the two were having an affair.<ref name="BBC_7Dec2004"/> [[Penny Junor]] suggested in her 1998 book that Diana was in a romantic relationship with Mannakee.<ref name="Junor-V">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-book-casts-shadow-over-diana/|title=New Book Casts Shadow Over Diana|work=CBS News|date=26 October 1998|access-date=7 March 2018|archive-date=26 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326033618/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-book-casts-shadow-over-diana/|url-status=live}}</ref> Diana's friends dismissed the claim as absurd.<ref name="Junor-V"/> In the subsequently released tapes, Diana said she had feelings for that "someone", saying "I was quite happy to give all this up [and] just to go off and live with him". She described him as "the greatest friend [she's] ever had", though she denied any sexual relationship with him.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6662339/t/princess-diana-tapes-part/ |title= Princess Diana tapes: Part 2 |work= NBC News |first=Ann |last= Curry |author-link=Ann Curry |date= 6 December 2004 |access-date= 7 March 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170817080410/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6662339/t/princess-diana-tapes-part/ |archive-date= 17 August 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> She also spoke bitterly of her husband saying that "[He] made me feel so inadequate in every possible way, that each time I came up for air he pushed me down again."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3535201.stm|title=Diana tapes captivate America|work=BBC News|first=Kevin|last=Anderson|date=5 March 2004|access-date=3 August 2018|archive-date=3 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803074636/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3535201.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|Bradford|2006|p=189}} Although she blamed Parker Bowles for her marital troubles, Diana began to believe her husband had been involved in other affairs. In October 1993 Diana wrote to her butler [[Paul Burrell]], telling him that she believed her husband was now in love with his personal assistant [[Tiggy Legge-Bourke]]βwho was also his sons' former nannyβand was planning to have her killed "to make the path clear for him to marry Tiggy".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/monarchy/story/0,,2236744,00.html|title=Diana affair over before crash, inquest told|work=The Guardian|location=London|author=Rosalind Ryan|date=7 January 2008|access-date=13 October 2008|archive-date=3 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203085124/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jan/07/france.monarchy|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/20/ndiana120.xml|title=Princess Diana letter: 'Charles plans to kill me'|work=The Telegraph|first=Gordon|last=Rayner|date=20 December 2007|access-date=19 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080123061245/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2007%2F12%2F20%2Fndiana120.xml|archive-date=23 January 2008|url-status=dead|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Legge-Bourke had been hired by Charles as a young companion for his sons while they were in his care, and Diana was resentful of Legge-Bourke and her relationship with the young princes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/monarchy/story/0,2763,201230,00.html|title=Tiggy Legge-Bourke|work=The Guardian|date=12 October 1999|access-date=7 January 2017|archive-date=9 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209060050/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/oct/13/monarchy.features11|url-status=live}}</ref> Charles sought public understanding via [[Charles: The Private Man, the Public Role|a televised interview]] with [[Jonathan Dimbleby]] on 29 June 1994. In the interview, he said he had rekindled his relationship with Parker Bowles in 1986 only after his marriage to Diana had "irretrievably broken down".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/royals/etc/cron.html|title=The Princess and the Press|work=PBS|access-date=7 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310043520/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/royals/etc/cron.html|archive-date=10 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4410551.stm|title=Timeline: Charles and Camilla's romance|work=BBC News|date=6 April 2005|access-date=7 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202161625/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4410551.stm|archive-date=2 February 2017}}</ref>{{sfn|Dimbleby|p=395|1994}} In the same year, Diana's affair with Hewitt was exposed in detail in the book ''Princess in Love'' by Anna Pasternak, with Hewitt acting as the main source.<ref name="Brown-Mar22" /> Diana was evidently disturbed and outraged when the book was released, although Pasternak claimed Hewitt had acted with Diana's support to avoid having the affair covered in Andrew Morton's second book.<ref name="Brown-Mar22" /> In the same year, the ''[[News of the World]]'' claimed that Diana had had an affair with the married art dealer [[Oliver Hoare]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1994/08/24/british-press-advising-princess-di-to-get-a-life/|title=British Press Advising Princess Di To Get A Life|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|first=Ray|last=Moseley|date=24 August 1994|access-date=13 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517145048/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-08-24/news/9408240178_1_princess-diana-prince-charles-princes-william-and-harry|archive-date=17 May 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://people.com/archive/cover-story-a-princess-in-peril-vol-42-no-10/|title=A Princess in Peril|magazine=People|first=Michelle|last=Green|date=5 September 1994|access-date=13 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012154045/http://people.com/archive/cover-story-a-princess-in-peril-vol-42-no-10/|archive-date=12 October 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> According to Hoare's obituary, there was little doubt she had been in a relationship with him.<ref name="TT">{{cite news |title=Oliver Hoare obituary |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/oliver-hoare-obituary-b52pq0bct |newspaper=The Times |date=13 September 2018 |access-date=20 September 2018 |archive-date=8 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108021829/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/oliver-hoare-obituary-b52pq0bct |url-status=live }}</ref> However, Diana denied any romantic relationship with Hoare, whom she described as a friend.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/schoolboy-with-a-grudge-was-oliver-hoare-telephone-pest-1583656.html|title=Schoolboy with a grudge was Oliver Hoare telephone pest|newspaper=The Independent|first=Steve|last=Boggan|date=26 November 1995|access-date=13 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819153807/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/schoolboy-with-a-grudge-was-oliver-hoare-telephone-pest-1583656.html|archive-date=19 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna3080110|title=Princess Diana's secret life|work=NBC News|date=8 December 2003|access-date=13 March 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160906063221/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3080110/ns/dateline_nbc-newsmakers/t/princess-dianas-secret-life/|archive-date=6 September 2016}}</ref> She was also linked by the press to the rugby union player [[Will Carling]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://people.com/archive/sweep-it-under-the-rugger-vol-45-no-12/|title=Sweep It Under the Rugger|magazine=People|date=25 March 1996|access-date=13 March 2018|archive-date=15 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315003617/http://people.com/archive/sweep-it-under-the-rugger-vol-45-no-12/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dianas-secret-love/|title=Diana's Secret Love|work=CBS News|first=Rebecca|last=Leung|date=20 April 2004|access-date=13 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214130407/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dianas-secret-love/|archive-date=14 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> and private equity investor [[Theodore J. Forstmann]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1995/06/04/dealmaker-of-the-decade/96e95077-5db3-4f44-86d7-152f010767d9/|title=Dealmaker of the Decade|newspaper=The Washington Post|first=Brett|last=Fromson|date=4 June 1995|access-date=14 March 2018|url-access=subscription|archive-date=2 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502070142/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1995/06/04/dealmaker-of-the-decade/96e95077-5db3-4f44-86d7-152f010767d9/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/teddy-forstmann-pioneer-of-the-leveraged-buy-out-6268169.html|title=Teddy Forstmann: Pioneer of the leveraged buy-out|newspaper=The Independent|first=Martin|last=Childs|date=26 November 2011|access-date=14 March 2018|archive-date=22 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022020718/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/teddy-forstmann-pioneer-of-the-leveraged-buy-out-6268169.html|url-status=live}}</ref> yet these claims were neither confirmed nor proven.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20040926/ai_n12907021|title=Will Carling: My Life as the Cad: I used to be so arrogant. I thought|work=Sunday Mirror|first=Dennis|last=Ellam|date=26 September 2014|access-date=13 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060504203040/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20040926/ai_n12907021|archive-date=4 May 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/nov/22/teddy-forstmann-obituary|title=Teddy Forstmann obituary|newspaper=The Guardian|first=David|last=Brewerton|date=22 November 2011|access-date=14 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721005234/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/nov/22/teddy-forstmann-obituary|archive-date=21 July 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
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