00:00 The People's Princess candidly spoke about her engagement to Charles in a series of taped
00:14 private speech coach sessions which have since been released.
00:22 Diana was only 19 when she married the future king during a televised ceremony in 1981.
00:32 It remains one of the most watched TV events in history and made Diana one of the world's
00:36 most recognizable figures, even after her divorce and subsequent death in 1997.
00:46 Between 1992 and 1993, Diana recorded a series of tapes at Kensington Palace, which exposed
00:53 her childhood, the advice the Queen gave her about Charles and how she felt about Camilla,
00:58 Duchess of Cornwall, who at the time was her husband's mistress.
01:06 In a vivid portrait of her troubled union with the prince, she recalled something that
01:10 was said to her the night before her engagement in a series of tapes to royal biographer Andrew
01:15 Morton, later published in 1992 biography Diana, her true story.
01:24 She said, "I had left my flat for the last time.
01:27 Suddenly I had a policeman and the night before the engagement he said to me, 'I just want
01:32 you to know that this is your last night of freedom ever in the rest of your life, so
01:36 make the most of it.'
01:41 It was like a sword went into my heart."
01:43 During the engagement announcement the next day, Diana was all smiles, but in the tapes,
01:48 the Princess of Wales actually confessed her love affair with Charles was a huge disappointment
01:53 from the start.
01:58 She said, "I was brought up in the sense that you know, when you got engaged to someone,
02:02 you loved them.
02:07 The most extraordinary thing is we had this ghastly interview the day we announced our
02:11 engagement and this ridiculous ITN man said, 'Are you in love?'
02:15 I thought what a thick question so I said, 'Yes, of course we are,' in the sort of Sloan
02:20 Ranger I was.
02:25 Charles turned round and said, 'Whatever in love means.'
02:28 That threw me completely.
02:33 I thought, what a strange question and answer.
02:35 God, absolutely traumatized me."
02:41 Probed on whether she confronted the Prince of Wales on his comment, she noted, "No, I
02:46 didn't dare.
02:51 I must have been, yeah, frightened.
02:53 We met 13 times before we got married."
02:56 Diana tragically died in a Paris car crash in 1997.
03:00 One year after her divorce from Charles was finalized.
03:07 Her legacy lives on through her two sons, William and Harry, who are both happily married
03:12 to Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle.
03:18 Princes William and Harry stood shoulder to shoulder at the unveiling of her statue statue
03:22 last month.
03:27 While the two tried to put a united front to honor their mother's 60th birthday, the
03:31 brothers did not seem to engage too much with one another.
03:38 The meeting came after Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, unleashed a string of explosive
03:43 claims against the royal family in an interview with Oprah.
03:47 Including that the Duchess had faced racism and was not supported when she struggled with
03:51 her mental health.
03:56 The Duke of Sussex also admitted during the interview that the relationship between him
04:00 and his brother is now space.
04:06 Princess Diana's life with the Windsors will also be explored in tonight's Channel 5 documentary
04:11 "When the Spencers Met the Monarchy" from 7pm tonight.
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