Maybe trying to figure anything out about why this bothers me is not important right now. I am thinking more about it after I watched for the first time ever, that I can consciously recall, the 1993 film "Philadelphia Experiment II." Watching yesterday that DVD for that film I found nothing familiar about any of it, other than being familiar with the plot of the 1984 film "Philadelphia Experiment" of which I have thought several times before about that blonde pregnant woman and her dialog to "Herdeg" about how he had his chance which he agrees in response. So as far as why none of this really matters right now is because I think my mind is going to live perhaps over a hundred years of life experiences between now and the time I time travel back to that particular time period. A lot is going to happen between now and then so any kind of decisions I make are going to be based on information that has not been yet presented to my mind.
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Monday, October 17, 1994
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I Never Loved Diana, Charles Says In New Book -- Prince Says Father Made Him Wed
AP: Los Angeles Times
LONDON - In a stinging public slap, Prince Charles says he never loved Princess Diana and didn't want to marry her.
The frank revelations in an authorized biography have upset several members of the royal family - not to mention Diana. The Daily Mirror today quoted an unnamed friend of the princess' as saying she was "numb" over the news.
"She is devastated. She can hardly believe what her husband has done to her," the friend said. "On the advice of her friends and presumably her lawyers, she is keeping her head down and saying nothing."
The 45-year-old prince - in a stunning departure from royal tradition - bared his soul in the biography, which began appearing in serial form in the Sunday Times yesterday.
"How could I have got it all so wrong?" Charles lamented in one letter in 1986, five years into his marriage. Diana, 33, and Charles, who have two sons, separated in December 1992.
Many observers saw the work as a huge gamble by Queen Elizabeth II's eldest son and heir: An apparent attempt to revive acceptance for him as the future king by being unusually frank.
Buckingham Palace said yesterday that Charles had no regrets about cooperating with the biography, which describes him as trapped in a nightmare marriage with a bored, bulimic, self-absorbed and obsessively jealous young wife.
To the dismay of traditionalists, Charles gave author Jonathan Dimbleby long interviews and unprecedented access to private letters and diaries for the book, "The Prince of Wales."
His father, Prince Philip, 73, was tight-lipped when asked about the book in an interview published in The Daily Telegraph today. "I've never discussed private matters," Philip was quoted as saying.
The biography, to be published Nov. 3, depicts Philip as a domineering father who forced Charles into a loveless marriage.
"I'd rather not get involved in it. I've never made any comment about any member of the family in 40 years and I'm not going to start now," Philip said.
Since Princess Di's bulimia and self-destructive behavior have already been reported, the revelation receiving the most attention here is that Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, rushed Charles into the marriage in 1981 out of concern that her reputation, and that of the royal family, was being "compromised" by her frequent visits to Balmoral castle.
Marry her or dump her was the duke's message. "The prince interpreted his father's attitude as an ultimatum," the book says. He married Diana in what he called a "confused and anxious state of mind."
