In 1992, while touring Korea and with the end of their marriage in sight, Prince Charles and Princess Diana were so obviously unhappy in each others company that they were named 'The Glums'.
At last week's Royal wedding of Peter and Autumn Phillips it seems a new couple have inherited that title. Viscount Linley, the son of the late Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon and his wife Serena looked positively miserable as they stood on the stops of St George's Chapel to wave goodbye to the newly weds.
The couple met in the early 1990's and were married in Westminster Cathedral in 1994 in front of a royal audience, including the Princess of Wales who by then was a exiled member of the family.
According to reports today in the Daily Mail however, the marriage is said to be under strain. David is working hard to promote 'Linley' his furniture business. Serena, who is a stay at home mum is keen to avoid many social situations but is also feeling that the business it taking up unfair amounts of her husbands time.
David and Serena have two children Charles and Margarita and up till recently were considered a genuinely happy married couple. But as work and business takes David to places as far afield as Hong Kong and Moscow Serena is said to have become isolated and lonely.
Rumours of the marital problems have been circulating since the start of this year and the rumours only have gotten worse after their glum appearance together at the Phillips wedding.
I do hope that Serena and David do not fall victim to the curse of broken marriages that have hung over the Windsors like a thick smog. They have seemed like a genuinely happy married couple. Maybe they are just going through a rough patch that sadly many couples go through but are lucky enough to resolve in private.
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