Princess Diana struggled with an eating disorder.
She told a royal biographer that she was bulimic.
Diana's wedding ring was too large for her, according to a new royal book.
Following her honeymoon, Princess Diana's ring had to be adjusted because of her battle with bulimic tendencies.
"Courtiers: The Hidden Power Behind the Crown" was published in the UK on Thursday. He wrote a book about the history of the royal family through the lens of courtiers.
Michael Colborne was a private secretary who worked for Charles and Diana before they married. After their 1981 wedding, Colborne witnessed the beginning of Diana's struggle with an eating disorder.
Charles summoned Colborne to Scotland where he and Diana spent some time after their honeymoon. Diana opened up to the private secretary about how unhappy she was after Charles threw her wedding ring at her.
Charles and Diana had a huge argument. The author said that Charles threw something at Colborne that was Diana's wedding ring.
He said that Diana had lost so much weight that it no longer fit.
Diana had been showing signs of her condition for a long time. It is an eating disorder and mental health condition that involves the individual eating a lot of food in a short amount of time in order to prevent weight gain.
Andrew Morton's 1992 biography states that Diana's condition began before she married Charles.
She said on the tapes that it would take nearly a decade to overcome the eating disorder. "My husband put his hand on my waist and said, 'Oh, a bit chubby here, aren't we?'"
Her wedding ring is just one of the items that have been sized down due to her battle with bulimic tendencies. Diana's dress designer told Vogue that Diana's waist was between 26 and 27 inches. Her waist dropped to 23 inches by the time she married.
The princess used her experience to help others.
She spoke about how eating disorders can affect an individual's health during a keynote address in 1993.
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