It was a rift that was soon very evident in public.
Though the couple continued to perform their public duties 'together', in private they led separate lives -- vacations were away from each other nor did they live together.
The marriage dramatically fell apart aided by scandals, outbursts, confessions and media interviews.
Photograph: Charles and Diana on a tour of Indonesia in 1989. Photograph: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images
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