00:11Are we late?
00:12Sorry.
00:13Go, go, go.
00:15You're coming to my dream.
00:17Oh, you are naughty.
00:23Dress ready, darling.
00:24Yes, we are.
00:25Shoes.
00:26Good.
00:30How many people in the world actually know about this?
00:32Four.
00:41The crowd's out in force tonight outside the Royal Opera House to welcome their Royal Highnesses, the Prince and Princess
00:48of Wales.
00:49The Prince, of course, is the President of the Friends of Covent Garden who are hosting tonight's event.
00:54Princess Diana in a strapless lilac chiffon gown printed with gold pattern receiving the attention.
01:00But it's the Prince's night, His Royal Highness celebrating his 37th birthday at this special gala event.
01:08The Prince's night.
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03:55She'll see I'm not so tough
03:58Just before you know me
04:01With an uptown baritone
04:04You know I've seen her in September
04:07She's been fired over
04:10I've lost time
04:11I've lost time
04:12I've lost time
04:51Happy birthday
05:17What were you thinking?
05:20I was only trying to make you happy
05:22That grotesque mortifying display
05:24They had nothing to do with me or my happiness
05:28Eight minutes they were on their feet
05:31Cheering you
05:33Tomorrow the newspapers will be about nothing other than you
05:35And people will see that it was about my feelings for you
05:38No, if you had any feelings for me
05:39If you had any understanding of me
05:43If you had anything between your ears
05:44Other than self-obsession
05:46You'd know public displays like that horrify me
05:48Everything I do seems to horrify you
05:50Increasingly yes
05:51I never thought you'd manage this
05:53But you're really succeeding now
05:54And what's this?
05:55I'm starting to properly load you
05:57But what's taking you so long?
05:58The rest of us have been there for some time
06:19What are you doing?
06:20I'm going back to Gloucestershire
06:23Of course
06:24It's where she'll be waiting for you
06:28I'm sure she'll know exactly how to make you happy
06:42Charles and Diana seem to be getting on again
06:45Hallelujah
06:47Apparently she surprised him with a dance last night at the opera house
06:50Really?
06:51Full of high kicks and spins
06:53Why did you never do that for me?
06:56Dance on your birthday?
06:58Yes
06:59Like Salome
07:01Because if memory serves
07:03You had your own ballerinas for that
07:06Honestly
07:09Rubbish you talk sometimes
07:13It says here they're off to Switzerland
07:15Skiing with friends
07:17Perhaps their marriage has turned a corner
07:19Now much more importantly
07:21Who is Billy Joel?
07:24Billy Joel
07:25Oh Joel?
07:27Yes
07:28Uptown girl
07:30What are you talking about?
07:38What are you talking about?
07:48How are you talking about?
07:53I know
07:54What is your thing about?
07:55Yes
07:58I know
07:59What am I talking about?
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09:28immediately. Prince Charles has been caught in an avalanche at the Swiss resort of Closters.
09:34The Prince of Wales was skiing with a group of friends when the avalanche struck.
09:38There had been a warning of possible avalanches in the region after heavy snowfall. Rescue helicopters
09:44are attending the scene, but it is not known whether the Prince has survived. A desperate
09:49rescue operation is now underway. Efforts to locate the Prince continue. They were on the Haglomad,
09:57a notoriously challenging off-piste slope when the avalanche struck. It seems that two of the
10:05party were hit and swept away. Why were they even skiing if the conditions were dangerous?
10:13Conditions this morning were apparently ideal. And a male body has been found?
10:20Those are the first unconfirmed reports. Yes. Obviously every effort possible is being made to
10:27identify the body, but should the unthinkable turn out to be true, and the Prince of Wales
10:34is in fact, um, um, we have contingency plans in place for all members of the royal family.
10:43Menai Bridge is no exception. It's the code name for the death of the Prince of Wales.
10:50Well, thank you, Martin.
11:03Why Bridges?
11:06We're all Bridges.
11:08I'm London Bridge. Mummy's Tay Bridge. You're Fourth Bridge.
11:13The choice of name was to suggest a link between this life and the next.
12:13We've had it confirmed the Prince of Wales is safe, ma'am.
12:18Although one of the guests, Mrs. Palmer Tomkinson, is still in intensive care, and the one fatality was Hugh Lindsay.
12:27Oh, no.
12:29His wife, our widow, works in the press office.
12:34Sarah.
12:36Hmm. If you wanted to send a letter.
12:38Of course.
12:45Martin?
12:47Yes, ma'am.
12:48Just to say, along with the coverage of His Royal Highness' near escape, we should also brace ourselves for more
12:56speculation about the Wales' marriage.
13:00It seems the Prince and Princess had not been on the best of terms prior to the accident, and we'd
13:05received reports of arguments and raised voices.
13:09Certain newspapers were about to run stories, and although we might expect a reprieve of a few days, given the
13:15circumstances, we can't expect it to last for long.
13:23No.
13:26No.
13:28No.
13:30No.
13:41The Prince and Princess of Wales are travelling back to Britain this afternoon, following a devastating accident that has cut
13:48short their skiing holiday in Switzerland.
13:50On board their flight will be the body of Major Hugh Lindsay, a close friend of the couple who died
13:56in the avalanche yesterday.
13:58The Prince of Wales was himself only inches away from death.
14:47I have no clue how to hide.
15:09you said you're on your way hello darling
15:15oh thank you what have i done now you nothing
15:19but as his sister and confidant i thought you might throw some light on a subject about
15:25which i've been ostriching rather the true state of charles's marriage you don't want
15:30to know actually i do tea yes please
15:54thank you
15:58the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth please
16:09once upon a time there was a beautiful young girl who fell madly in love with a handsome prince
16:14unfortunately the prince was already in love with someone else who was herself in love with
16:18someone else and they all lived unhappily ever after that's it in a nutshell do you need more
16:25a little there's already a big age difference but charles is older than his years and diana
16:30is younger than hers which makes it not an age gap but an age chasm on the face of it
16:35they
16:36come from similar aristocratic backgrounds but their personalities come from different planets
16:40they have different interests different friends he doesn't understand her she doesn't understand
16:45him and considering all that they've actually done remarkably well but
16:53there comes a point in any failing marriage and here i speak with some experience
16:58when you realize there's no point in trying anymore it's easier to just let the current take you away
17:05in the minute harry was born and duty was done the marriage was effectively over and they started
17:09to find comfort in the arms of others how many others diana's been with her bodyguard her riding
17:18instructor and charles he's just been with one he's also been a bit more discreet the only people
17:26who know about camilla well pretty much the whole of gloucestershire who all seem to be involved in
17:31facilitating it you can't conduct an extramarital affair without somewhere to meet or sleep or do
17:38you think but diana aunt margot tells me at kensington palace it's like a revolving door
17:47suitors park outside her office because it's the only place with no security cameras
17:51one after another in and out in and out
17:59unfortunately the wales marriage is a rare example of something that is actually worse than the
18:32newspaper's report
18:33the queen has asked to see you on the princess of the wales at the earliest opportunity
18:39a
18:40diana
18:41diana
18:42diana
18:44diana
18:45diana
18:45diana
18:46diana
18:46diana
18:58diana
18:59diana
18:59diana
18:59diana
23:40Thank you both for coming.
26:32That I'm sorry.
26:32That I'm sorry.
26:35For my part.
26:38in everything.
26:41Good. Well, that's that, then.
26:43What?
26:45Do I get a chance to speak?
26:49Say what?
26:54What else is there to say?
27:07I don't know.
27:37It's a nightmare, with the whole speech prepared, and then out of nowhere Diana does that, ambushes
27:44me like that.
27:45And Mummy, you know her, so grateful the subject was over she couldn't get out of the room
27:51quickly enough.
27:53Well, I won't let this go.
27:55I spoke to my protection officers.
27:57They all know what she gets up to, and if anything happens, if Diana puts even the slightest
28:02foot wrong, if she even thinks about straying, they'll let me know.
28:23Major Hewitt's gone.
28:29I gave him the heave-ho.
28:33Everyone else too.
28:35No more little flirtations.
28:37No more Plan B's.
28:40All doors firmly shut.
28:46Any more telephone calls from Major Hewitt?
28:48Make sure to say I'm out.
28:50I don't want to hear from him.
28:54He can't just show up.
28:56He's not welcome here anymore.
28:58No.
28:59For the first time, things do feel different.
29:02I feel different.
29:04Because I've realised how much I want to make this marriage work.
29:08And to that end, with our seventh anniversary coming up.
29:13Well, I've had some ideas.
29:18On the, er, 21st, we have lunch at the Community Enterprise Trust in Hartlepool, followed by
29:25a turf-cutting ceremony at Hilton Colliery Redevelopment Site in Sunderland.
29:31And what about the 22nd?
29:33A presentation of new colours to the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders at Fort George in Vanessa.
29:38I'm trying to find time for a weekend in Scotland with Mrs. Parker Bowles.
29:42What about the 29th?
29:45Er, that might be tricky.
29:46Why?
29:47I'm free the day before, not due back in Cornwall until the 2nd, which is a Tuesday.
29:51The 29th is your wedding anniversary, sir.
29:59Of course.
30:01As a matter of fact, the Princess of Wales made a point of requesting you be in Highgrove
30:07that weekend.
30:10She said she had something specific in mind.
30:381st Battalion
30:411st Battalion
30:421st Battalion
32:55Gosh.
33:01Oh, we haven't done our presents.
33:04Rayson?
33:05Yes.
33:31Ida's Orthopianae, the history of your family home, commissioned by your great-great-great-grandfather
33:38in 1822.
33:39It's a first edition.
33:41Oh, Charles, that's lovely.
33:49Now me.
33:53It's a bit smaller.
34:08I know how horrified you were the last time I performed for you, about how public it was.
34:14I wasn't horrified.
34:16Yes, you were.
34:18I was...
34:19It is a shock.
34:22Seeking by surprise.
34:23I know.
34:24But I love to perform.
34:26It's how I can best express myself, and how I can show what I really feel.
34:34So this time, it's just between us.
34:37No public.
34:38No-one watching.
35:03What is this?
35:04Wait, what?
35:05Thank you so much.
35:15No, you're talk of darkness.
35:19Forget these white-eyed fears.
35:23I'm here, nothing will harm you.
35:27My words will warm and calm you
35:31Let me be your freedom
35:35Let the day not dry your tears
35:39I'm here with you beside you
35:43To guard you and to guide you
35:47See you in every waking moment
35:57Turn my head with your thoughts on summer dawn
36:05Say I give you love and pour me
36:12It was monstrous. Awful.
36:15I thought the agony she inflicted on me at the opera house couldn't be topped.
36:18What was it?
36:19A video of Diana singing some dreadful song in some musical.
36:24The Phantom of the Opera.
36:26What?
36:27On the actual stage in the West End.
36:29In costume.
36:30With all the real actors.
36:32Singing?
36:32If you could call it that.
36:34I didn't know where to look.
36:36The chap playing the Phantom at least had a mask to hide behind.
36:39Honestly, there's nothing more exhausting than putting on a kind face.
36:42I never realised how much scaffolding a smile required.
36:47When is this nightmare ever going to end?
36:49Charles.
36:50What?
36:51I'm going to be frank with you.
36:54No one wants your marriage to end.
36:56Not a single person.
36:57Not Diana.
36:58Not your children.
36:59Not your mother or father.
37:00Not me.
37:01Not a single one of your friends.
37:03And most importantly, not even the woman you think loves you.
37:06What rubbish.
37:07No, listen.
37:07Listen to me.
37:09No one can bear to watch the mess you are making of this.
37:11And someone needs to explain things to you.
37:14I'm close to Camilla's husband, as you know.
37:17Yes, I'm aware.
37:18And speak to Andrew regularly.
37:19And while theirs is not a perfect marriage.
37:21Understatement.
37:22It is a long-lasting marriage.
37:24And in its own way, a happy marriage.
37:26Oh, she is not happy.
37:28She's happier than you think.
37:29Well, he's bedding most of her friends.
37:31It's complicated.
37:32The majority of marriages survive because the majority of people aren't fantasists.
37:37They are realists.
37:39And accept the imperfect reality of being human.
37:43And although Camilla doubtless has feelings for you.
37:46Deep feelings.
37:48It is maybe not quite the great Romeo-Juliet thing that you imagine.
37:52What?
37:52You're lying.
37:53No, I'm not.
37:54I'm trying to protect you.
37:56I come here seeking comfort from my sibling.
37:58And what do I get?
37:59The unvarnished truth.
38:00What does one have to do to get some kindness in this family?
38:20The unvarnished truth.
38:49I can't stay long. The children are home.
38:54I need to know.
38:58Do you still have feelings for Andrew?
39:02What?
39:03I don't mean normal feelings. He's your husband and the father of your children.
39:08I mean special feelings.
39:16Anne told me that Andrew, not I, was the big love of your life and that your feelings for me
39:23were perhaps not as deep as I'd imagined.
39:24That's not true.
39:28Andrew has never adored me like you do.
39:31Or shown me the same devotion.
39:34He also doesn't need me like you do.
39:36I do need you.
39:39And that's why it's so important.
39:42We both feel the same.
39:45And want the same.
39:50And that if the opportunity were to present itself and I were able to escape this calamity of marriage,
40:01that you be prepared to do the same thing and leave Andrew.
40:06Can you make me that promise?
40:15What we both want and what we can actually do are not the same thing.
40:21It's important we remain realistic, sir.
40:27But you have my word.
40:30My love for you is real.
40:48I should go.
41:12And the environment are being damaged.
41:14Mrs. Thatcher has been welcomed in Canberra by the Australian Prime Minister.
41:39And one, and two, and three, and four, and turn towards the bar.
41:46And arm loose like this.
41:49Come along, Diana.
41:51And again.
41:53And one, and two, and three, and...
41:57PHONE RINGS
42:02PHONE RINGS
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42:06Hi, Grove.
42:11Sir, the Princess of Wales on the phone.
42:14PHONE RINGS
42:16Very good.
42:22I'm afraid the Prince of Wales isn't available, but I will inform him...
42:29PHONE RINGS
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44:11Oh, my God.
44:40Oh, my God.
45:37Oh, my God.
45:40Oh, my God.
46:13Oh, my God.
47:06Oh, my God.
47:10Oh, my God.
47:40Oh, my God.
48:10Oh, my God.
48:44Oh, my God.
49:10Oh, my God.
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