15 of The Royal Family's Most Shocking Scandals — From King Charles' Infidelity to Prince Harry's Leaked Naked Photos

King Charles III shocked everyone with his infamous 1992 "Camillagate," which exposed his relationship with now-Queen Camilla while both of them were still married to Princess Diana and Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles, respectively.

King Charles and Princess Diana split in the same year, and Queen Elizabeth II urged them to divorce in 1996 following the Princess of Wales' appearance during the Panorama interview. The late princess told journalist Martin Bashir about their relationship and that "there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded."

The British Royal Family and the empire faced a constitutional crisis when King Edward VIII announced his proposal to American divorcee Wallis Simpson. Everyone opposed their planned marriage, as the Church of England did not allow divorced people to remarry in church while their former spouses were still alive.

As he could not marry her due to the opposition, he formally announced his abdication through written notices. His three younger brothers witnessed his declaration, pushing Queen Elizabeth II's late father, King George VI, to take over the throne.

Meghan Markle launched a legal battle against Mail on Sunday and MailOnline website after they breached her privacy when they posted and printed elements of the five-page letter she wrote to her father after her wedding to Prince Harry.

She won the lawsuit, and the Mail was ordered to pay less than $2 million for invading her privacy and another unspecified amount for infringement copyright and lawyer fees. The publication also printed a front-page mea culpa to apologize to Markle.

"This is a victory not just for me, but for anyone who has ever felt scared to stand up for what's right," she said after winning the case. "While this win is precedent setting, what matters most is that we are now collectively brave enough to reshape a tabloid industry that conditions people to be cruel, and profits from the lies and pain that they create."

On November 16, 2019, Prince Andrew appeared in an episode of BBC's Newsnight to clear up the rumors surrounding him and the late convicted s— offender Jeffrey Epstein, who died by suicide on August 10 of the same year.

His responses during the 58-minute interview attracted negative reactions from the public, leading him to lose most of his patronages. He withdrew from his public roles in May 2020, two years before he lost his military titles and capacity to use HRH in his name.

Amid the monarchy's headaches caused by Prince Andrew, it dealt with another scandal when Prince Harry and Meghan announced they would step back from working royal roles on January 8, 2020.

"After many months of reflection and internal discussions, we have chosen to make a transition this year in starting to carve out a progressive new role within this institution," their initial statement read. "We intend to step back as 'senior' members of the Royal Family and work to become financially independent, while continuing to fully support Her Majesty The Queen."

The queen held a Sandringham Summit with Prince Harry alongside then-Prince Charles and Prince William, and she released a statement after a 90-minute discussion to confirm a period of transition after approving the couple's wish.

On February 18, 2021, Buckingham Palace released an official statement to confirm that Prince Harry and Meghan would no longer return as working members of the royal family.

As they embraced their new life in the U.S., Prince Harry and Meghan decided to do a tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey, which was met with negative responses from the media and royal supporters.

During the infamous interview, they shared bombshell revelations, including their secret wedding before their official royal union, Meghan's claims that Princess Kate made her cry before the ceremony and the royal family allegedly silencing the Suits actress amid "false reports" about her.

More scandals involving Prince Harry emerged after The Sun published his naked photos taken at a party he attended in Las Vegas.

RadarOnline obtained legal letters sent by law firm Harbottle & Lewis to the news outlet stating that the photos were part of the Press Complaints Commission code, but The Sun argued that it published the photos in the "public interest and to fight for press freedom."

In 2002, the then-16-year-old Prince Harry was caught smoking marijuana in a shed near the Rattlebone Inn. King Charles confronted him after he discovered him smoking cannabis and drinking alcohol, leading the worried patriarch to admit him to the detox center, Featherstone Lodge.

Two decades after the embarrassing moment, the royal prince tried it again and admitted in his memoir, Spare, that he rolled a joint one night during lockdown in 2020. He also revealed that he smoked weed in 2016 after his first date with Meghan.

Remarriages and divorces in the royal family became prominent between the '80s and '90s. Aside from King Charles' infidelity, Princess Anne also sparked a romance with Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence – who served as equerry to the royal family – while she was still married to Mark Phillips.

Laurence also sent personal letters to the royal, which the Los Angeles Times described as "extremely personal and intimate in nature."

After her divorce from Phillips in 1992, Princess Anne and Laurence made their relationship public officially and wed on December 12 of the same year at a Presbyterian church near Balmoral.

Queen Elizabeth II had the power to consent to Princess Margaret's decision if she wanted to get married before she turned 25. However, the young woman fell in love with then-married Royal Air Force officer Captain Peter Townsend.

Things did not stop between them as he divorced his wife to propose to the royal princess, but the Church of England did not allow such a marriage, just like what happened to King Edward III.

Princess Margaret accepted her faith and called off their engagement in 1955. She soon married Antony Armstrong-Jones, who became the Earl of Snowdon and never remarried after their divorce.

Prince Andrew's ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, was caught in the middle of a bribery scandal after a grainy video of her with an undercover reporter surfaced.

The clip in question captured the Duchess of York with $40,000 in cash in front of her as the undercover reporter asked her to become a bridge and introduce him to Prince Andrew. The embattled duke was the country's special representative for international trade and investment at that time.

"Five hundred thousand pounds when you can, to me...[to] open doors," she said.

Ferguson was seen leaving the room with a black bag containing the money on top of the promised $750,000 future payment.

Prior to her bribery scandal, Ferguson raised royal fans' eyebrows when a photo featuring her and her financial advisor in St. Tropez was leaked to the public. The compromising photo showed the Texan millionaire John Bryan kissing, licking and sucking her toes during the outing.