rumor about Lady Di and Bryan Adams CONFIRMED!!
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Adams coy on Di affair
November 6, 2003
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Canadian singer Bryan Adams.
Bryan Adams had an affair with Princess Diana in 1996, the year before her death, an ex-girlfriend of the Canadian singer has claimed.
Former Bond girl Cecilie Thomsen made the allegation in an interview with Danish magazine Billed Bladet.
It tallies with a claim by former royal butler Paul Burrell that a famous musician was among Diana's nine "gentleman friends".
Adams did not deny the allegation, but told British newspaper the Daily Mail: "Miss Thomsen doesn't know anything about my friendship with Diana, nor does anyone else. Anything you have read from these reports is pure conjecture and supposition."
He wrote a song, entitled Diana, before meeting the princess, describing how she "drove him wild".
Thomsen, 28, who dated Adams for 12 years, now says the affair was one of the reasons she ended her relationship with him, although the final parting took place only last year.
"I knew Diana had an affair with Bryan," the Danish actress told Billed Bladet.
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"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.
"Ours was a stormy relationship and Bryan's affair with Diana didn't make it easier. The affair was in 1996 after Diana's divorce with Prince Charles," she added.
Thomsen described how she sat "with mixed emotions" next to Adams at Diana's funeral service in Westminster Abbey.
The actress, who appeared in Tomorrow Never Dies, caught Adams' eye at a concert when she was 16.
Adams, who turns 44 today, has achieved worldwide success with songs including Heaven, Run To You, Summer of '69 and 18 Till I Die.
The Mail said he remained friendly with the royals, and two years ago photographed the queen for a collection of Canadian stamps. He has also been involved in a number of events for the Prince's Trust, the charity run by Prince Charles.
Burrell's book, A Royal Duty, has resuscitated old rumours about Diana and added a few more.
His hints that he has information about homosexuality at Charles' court - which he says could seriously damage the monarchy - have led to court cases, with a former royal servant successfully applying to the courts to prevent the Mail and the Guardian from publishing information.