The American people still hold a grudge against the Royal Family for how Princess Diana was treated, claims a senior journalist at ABC News.
The late Diana, who died in a car crash in Paris in August 1997, captivated the hearts of people worldwide with her charm, grace, and unwavering commitment to humanitarian causes.
And she had a particularly strong impact in America - with rumours she even planned to give up her life in the UK and move Stateside.
Due to their strong affinity with Diana, it's claimed that many Americans feels Queen Camilla will be taking the place of King Charles' ex-wife.
Deborah Roberts, the Senior National Affairs Correspondent for ABC News, believes a lot of Americans still haven't got over what happened almost three decades ago.
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Queen Camilla and Princess Diana at Ludlow racecourse in 1980 (Press Association)Roberts, who travelled to London to cover Harry and Meghan’s wedding, the Platinum Jubilee and the Queen’s funeral, has a good perspective on the feeling from across the Pond.
Speaking to Radio Times this week, she said: "Charles is a man who a lot of people associate with breaking Princess Diana’s heart, and Camilla is going to be referred to as Queen, not Queen Consort, so there’s that feeling that another woman is taking Diana’s place next to the king on the throne."
Roberts admits that many of her fellow Americans pretend they don't really care about the monarchy, but they secretly have a strong fascination with everything royal.
And she feels the American public, still enamoured with the enigmatic spirit of Princess Diana, watch with a mix of curiosity and reservation ahead of Charles' Coronation.
On the other side of the coin, Camilla Parker Bowles, now known as Queen Camilla, embarked on a journey to carve her place within the Royal Family, navigating a clamorous path overshadowed by the memory of the late Diana.
Roberts admitted she is surprised that, for the most part, a lot of Americans have not forgiven the royals for how Diana was treated and still "hold a grudge".
"They feel this woman wasn’t treated well and that will probably endure for a while," she explained, adding that Americans related to Diana when she held babies who were infected with Aids and danced with John Travolta at the White House.
King Charles and Princess Diana on the day they announced their engagement (PA)She added: "Diana embodied that spirit of being carefree and promoting equality – she was as close to an American in the British royal family as somebody could imagine."
This comes after Paul Burrell, former royal butler and footman to the late Queen, claimed Camilla will be thinking of Diana during her Coronation.
Sharing his thoughts on how dazzling Diana would be if she were still here, Paul insisted that the late Royal would be 'outshining' everyone at the procession and would be looking 'glorious'.
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In terms of there still being 'bad blood' between Diana and Camilla, Paul said he feels as though it would all be water under the bridge for the pair as he's certain that Diana would have moved on and found true happiness having achieved her life's goals.
"I always think to myself, ‘What would she do in this situation?’ And she would have been at the coronation looking glorious, in her sixties, outshining everyone the way she did," Paul told OK! Magazine.
"I don’t think she would hold any animosity at all towards her ex-husband or towards her ex-husband’s wife.
"I think she would have gone on in life and achieved her own ambitions, still being royal and regal."
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