But Charles II and his court world did not have to deal with the glare of the media. The people of England as a whole had no idea because there was no mass media then. Prince Charles behaved in a totally unprofessional manner. He did not understand how the opinion of the public was so crucial. He treated Diana in an undignified manner.
Marriage is meaningless except in so far as there is a public face to it.
If Diana's authority had been honored by the bureaucracy of the House of Windsor, she would have been more accepting of the affair. I'm pleased to see that his relationship with Soon Yi has lasted. I identified with Woody. Soon Yi became more attractive to Woody because of her filial relationship to Mia. I think he was having displaced sex with Mia and the whole thing was eroticized by the secrecy.