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.
01:15The Prince's night's event.
01:47CHOIR SINGS
02:15CHOIR SINGS
02:19Back in a tick.
02:20Going to powder my nose.
02:38CHOIR SINGS
02:40CHOIR SINGS
02:42CHOIR SINGS
02:55CHOIR SINGS
03:10CHOIR SINGS
03:26CHOIR SINGS
03:27CHOIR SINGS
03:40And when she loves what she wants from her time
03:47And when she weighs up and fades from her time
03:54She'll see how you do it just before you know her
04:01There's a little temper, don't you know I've seen her in October
04:07But she's getting tired of her time
04:10Last time, last time, next time
04:51Happy birthday.
05:17What were you thinking?
05:20I was only trying to make you happy.
05:22That grotesque, mortifying display had nothing to do with me or my happiness.
05:28Eight minutes they were on their feet, cheering you.
05:32Tomorrow, the newspapers will be about nothing other than you.
05:35And people will see that it was about my feelings for you.
05:38Now, if you had any feelings for me, if you had any understanding of me,
05:43if you had anything between your ears other than self-obsession,
05:46you'd know public displays like that horrify me.
05:48Everything I do seems to horrify you.
05:50Increasingly, yes.
05:52I never thought you'd manage this, but you're really succeeding now.
05:55Then what's that?
05:55I'm starting to properly load you.
05:57What's taken 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, you had your own ballerinas for that.
07:06Honestly.
07:09The rubbish you talk sometimes.
07:13It says here they're off to Switzerland skiing with friends.
07:17Perhaps their marriage has turned a corner.
07:20Now, much more importantly, who is Billy Joel?
07:24Billy Joel.
07:26Oh, Joel?
07:27Yes.
07:28Uptown girl.
07:31What are you talking about?
07:33Oh, thank you.
07:34Do you?
07:40Um.
07:47Oh, my God.
07:51Oh, my gosh.
07:53Oh, my God.
07:56Oh, my God.
07:59Oh, my God.
08:01Oh, my God.
08:03Oh, my God.
09:55They were on the Haglomad, a notoriously challenging off-piste slope, when the avalanche struck.
10:04It seems that two of the party were hit and swept away.
10:09Why were they even skiing, if the conditions were dangerous?
10:13The conditions this morning were apparently ideal.
10:16And a male body has been found?
10:20Those are the first unconfirmed reports.
10:23Yes.
10:24Obviously, every effort possible is being made to identify the body, but should the unthinkable
10:31turn out to be true, and the Prince of Wales is, in fact, um, um, we have contingency plans
10:41in place for all members of the royal family.
10:43Menai Bridge is no exception.
10:47It's the code name for the death of the Prince of Wales.
10:50Well, thank you, Martin.
11:02Why Bridges?
11:06We're all Bridges.
11:08I'm London Bridge, Mummy's Tay Bridge, your fourth bridge.
11:13The choice of name was to suggest a link between this life and...
11:19and the next.
11:41The choice of name was to suggest a link between this life and the death of the Prince of Wales.
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
12:26was Hugh Lindsay.
12:27Oh, no.
12:29His wife, uh, Widow, works in the press office.
12:34Sarah.
12:36Hmm.
12:36If 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's near escape,
12:54we should also brace ourselves for more speculation about the Wales' marriage.
13:00It seems the Prince and Princess had not been on the best of terms prior to the accident,
13:05and we'd received reports of arguments and raised voices.
13:09Certain newspapers were about to run stories,
13:11and although we might expect a reprieve of a few days, given the circumstances,
13:17we can't expect it to last for long.
13:41The Prince and Princess of Wales are travelling back to Britain this afternoon,
13:45following a devastating accident that has cut short their skiing holiday in Switzerland.
13:50On board their flight will be the body of Major Hugh Lindsay,
13:54a close friend of the couple who died in the avalanche yesterday.
13:58The Prince of Wales was himself only inches away from death.
14:11A seria of a
14:29in187.
14:31I don't know.
15:09You said you were on your way.
15:10Hello, darling.
15:15Oh, thank you.
15:17What have I done now?
15:19You, nothing.
15:20But as his sister and confidant,
15:22I thought you might throw some light on a subject
15:25about which I've been ostriching, rather.
15:27The true state of Charles' marriage.
15:29You don't want to know.
15:31Actually, I do.
15:35Tea?
15:36Yes, please.
15:58The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
16:02Please.
16:06All right.
16:10Once upon a time, there was a beautiful young girl
16:12who fell madly in love with a handsome prince.
16:14Unfortunately, the prince was already in love with someone else
16:17who was herself in love with someone else,
16:19and they all lived unhappily ever after.
16:22That's it.
16:23In a nutshell, do you need more?
16:25A little.
16:26There's already a big age difference,
16:28but Charles is older than his years and Diana is younger than hers,
16:31which makes it not an age gap, but an age chasm.
16:34On the face of it, they come from similar aristocratic backgrounds,
16:37but their personalities come from different planets.
16:40They have different interests, different friends.
16:43He doesn't understand her.
16:44She doesn't understand him.
16:46And considering all that, they've actually done remarkably well.
16:50But.
16:53There comes a point in any failing marriage,
16:55and here I speak with some experience.
16:58When you realise there's no point in trying any more,
17:00it's easier to just let the current take you away.
17:05And the minute Harry was born and duty was done,
17:07the marriage was effectively over,
17:09and they started to find comfort in the arms of others.
17:12How many others?
17:15Diana's been with her bodyguard,
17:18her riding instructor.
17:20And Charles?
17:22He's just been with one.
17:24He's also been a bit more discreet.
17:26The only people who know about Camilla.
17:28Well, pretty much the old of Gloucestershire,
17:30who all seem to be involved in facilitating it.
17:33You can't conduct an extramarital affair
17:35without somewhere to meet, or sleep, or...
17:38Do you think?
17:38But Diana...
17:41Aunt Margot tells me at Kensington Palace
17:42it's like a revolving door.
17:46The suitors park outside her office
17:48because it's the only place with no security cameras.
17:51One after another.
17:54In and out.
17:56In and out.
17:59Unfortunately, the Wales marriage is a rare example
18:02of something that is actually worse
18:03than the newspaper's report.
18:04The suitors park in the place.
18:04The suitors park in the world.
18:21And...
18:22I think it's better.
18:22I think it's better.
18:26You...
18:28I think it's better.
18:30I think it's better.
18:31So,
18:33the queen...
18:34The queen...
18:34I was asked to see you in the princess place at the highest opportunity.
19:34I was asked to see you in the city.
19:46I don't know.
20:22I don't know.
20:34I don't know.
20:35Madness.
20:36I only want to be with you.
20:38But you are with me.
20:39I mean fully.
20:41Completely.
20:43As my wife.
20:45Oh, darling.
20:47The rest of it is just a terrible lie that's making everyone involved in it, everyone, utterly rich.
23:05Thank you, Nigel.
23:40Thank you both for coming.
29:10I'm sorry.
29:10any for your quest gallery coming up?
29:14Well I've had some ideas
29:18On the 21st we have lunch at the Community Enterprise Trust in Barclaypool followed
29:25by a 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
29:38in vanessa i'm trying to find time for a weekend in scotland with mrs parker bulls what about the
29:4329th that might be tricky why i'm free the day before not due back in cornwall until the second
29:50which is a tuesday the 29th is your wedding anniversary sir of course as a matter of fact
30:03the princess of wales made a point of requesting you be in highgrove that weekend
30:10she said she had something specific in mind
30:34oh
30:36oh
30:37oh
30:37oh
30:38oh
30:38oh
30:41oh
32:55Gosh.
33:01Oh, we haven't done our presents.
33:04Rayson?
33:05Yes.
33:49Now me.
33:53It's a bit smaller.
34:18I...
34:19It's...
34:20It's a shock.
34:22She can be surprised.
34:24I know.
34:24But I love to perform.
34:26It's how I can best express myself.
34:29And...
34:30...how I can show what I really feel.
34:34So this time...
34:35It's just between us.
34:37No public.
34:38No one watching.
35:03What is this?
35:04What is this?
35:04Wait what?
35:05I love to watch.
35:05I love you so much.
35:05I love you.
35:23I love you.
35:27I love you so much.
35:35Let day and joy your tears
35:39I'm here with you beside you
35:43To guard you and to guide you
35:48Sing of me every waking moment
35:55Turn my head with thoughts of summer dawn
36:12It was monstrous. Awful. I thought the agony she inflicted on me at the Opera House couldn't be topped.
36:18What was it?
36:19A video of Diana seeing some dreadful song in some musical.
36:25Phantom of the Opera.
36:26What?
36:27On the actual stage in the West End, in costume, with all the real actors.
36:31Singing?
36:32If you could call it that. I 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.
36:43I 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 to not a single person.
36:57Not Diana, not your children, not your mother or father, not me, not a single one of your friends.
37:03And most importantly, not even the woman you think loves you.
37:06What rubbish.
37:07No, listen. Listen 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...
37:21That's understatement.
37:22It is a long-lasting marriage.
37:24And in its own way, a happy marriage.
37:26She 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 and accept the imperfect reality of being human.
37:43And although Camilla doubtless has feelings for you, deep feelings,
37:48it is maybe not quite the great Romeo-Juliet thing that you imagine.
37:52What? You're lying.
37:53No, I'm not. I'm trying to protect you.
37:56I come here seeking comfort from my sibling, and what do I get?
37:59The unvarnished truth.
38:00What does one have to do to get some kindness in this family?
38:33What does one have to do to get some kindness in this family?
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
42:04PHONE RINGS
42:04PHONE RINGS
42:06PHONE RINGS
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
42:39PHONE RINGS
42:44PHONE RINGS
42:45PHONE RINGS
42:46PHONE RINGS
43:07PHONE RINGS
43:22PHONE RINGS
43:23PHONE RINGS
43:37PHONE RINGS
43:40PHONE RINGS
43:42PHONE RINGS
43:48PHONE RINGS
43:49PHONE RINGS
43:54Well, well, well.
44:49Well, well, well, well.
44:50Well, well, well.
45:20Well, well, well.
45:44Well, well, well.
46:14Well, well, well.
46:58Well, well, well.
47:27Well, well, well.
47:30Well, well, well.
48:00Well, well, well.
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