Bryan Adams sets the record straight on rumoured romance with Princess Diana
It is well-known that “Summer of ‘69” singer Bryan Adams was close to Princess Diana.
Appearing on US talk show Watch What Happens Live this week, host Andy Cohen addressed whether there was any truth to the long-time rumours that there was a romance between the Canadian rocker and the people’s princess.
During a game called Plead The Fifth, the 58-year-old rocker was asked by the host, “There are many rumours that you and Princess Diana were once romantically involved. Her butler [Paul Burrell] said that he used to sneak you into Kensington Palace. How would you characterise your relationship with Princess Diana?”
The singer responded, “Great friends. And she didn’t sneak me in, I would just roll up.”
When host Andy hinted that maybe they were “friends with benefits,” Bryan replied, “She was just… we were good friends.”
The hit-maker’s former long-time girlfriend, model and Bond girl Cecilie Thomsen, reportedly claimed she knew Bryan was having an affair with Diana in 1996, and that it didn’t make their “stormy relationship” easier.
“I knew Diana had an affair with Bryan,” the Danish actress stated in an interview in 2003.
“Bryan knew Paul Burrell very well and Paul was part of the inner circle around Bryan, and he also introduced him to Diana. The first time Bryan met Diana I wasn’t invited,” Cecilie continued.
“Ours was a stormy relationship and Bryan’s affair with Diana didn’t make it easier.”
Over a decade earlier, before they had even met, the “Everything I Do” crooner penned and released a song about the princess called “Diana”, about her marriage, how the royal drove him “wild” and how she was the “queen” of his dreams and pondered what she was doing with a guy like her husband Prince Charlies in the lyrics.