It's true that early in her royal relationship, Diana began struggling with bulimia, which, according to nationaleatingdisorders.org, is "a serious, potentially life-threatening eating disorder characterized by a cycle of bingeing and compensatory behaviors such as self-induced vomiting designed to undo or compensate for the effects of binge eating."
Diana, who at first did her best to keep the problem under wraps, spoke openly about her struggle in 1995, by which point she had received the help she needed, telling the BBC, "You inflict it upon yourself because your self-esteem is at a low ebb, and you don't think you're worthy or valuable... it gives you a feeling of comfort. It's like having a pair of arms around you, but it's... temporary" (via The Washington Post).
When discussing her personal life with her biographer, Andrew Moran, she said that Queen Elizabeth had blamed her eating disorder for the degradation of her marriage, which, at the time, shocked Diana. Diana said, "She hung her coat on the hook, so to speak... And it made me realize that they all saw that as the cause of the marriage problems and not one of the symptoms."
If you or anyone you know is struggling with an eating disorder, please call the National Eating Disorders Hotline at 1-800-931-2237.
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