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.
01:19THE END
01:22THE END
01:39ORCHESTRA PLAYS
02:01ORCHESTRA PLAYS
02:36ORCHESTRA CONTINUES
02:39And sing to my Lord.
03:10Looktown girl, she's been livin' in her looktown world
03:16I bet she never had a black street guy
03:19I bet her I could never throw her
03:22I don't wanna try, but a looktown girl
03:27She's been livin' in her white, looktown girl
03:31Look at this looktown girl, looktown girl
03:35Look at this looktown girl, looktown girl
03:39And when she loves what she wants from her time
03:47And when she weighs up and pays from her time
03:54She'll see I'm not so tender
03:58Just before you know her
04:02Looktown girl, you know I've seen her in September
04:07Looktown girl, she's been livin' in her life
04:11She's been livin' in her life
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.
05:51I never thought you'd manage this, but you're really succeeding now.
05:55And what's that?
05:55I'm starting to properly loathe 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, you had your own ballerinas for that.
07:06Honestly.
07:09Rubbish 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.
07:30What are you talking about?
07:34What are you talking about?
07:34What are you talking about?
07:51What are you talking about?
07:51What are you talking about?
07:52What are you talking about?
07:52What are you talking about?
07:53What are you talking about?
07:54What are you talking about?
07:55What are you talking about?
07:57What are you talking about?
08:00What are you talking about?
09:48A desperate rescue operation is now underway.
09:52Efforts to locate the prince continue.
09:55They were on the Haglomad, a notoriously challenging off-piste slope when the avalanche struck.
10:04Seems 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.
10:51Thank you, Martin.
11:19And the next.
11:20And the next.
11:23And the next.
11:42And 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
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' near escape, we should also
12:55brace 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,
13:04and we'd received reports of arguments and raised voices.
13:09Certain newspapers were about to run stories, and although we might expect a reprieve of a
13:14few days, given the circumstances, we can't expect it to last for long.
13:41The prince and princess of Wales are traveling back to Britain this afternoon, following a devastating accident
13:47accident that has cut short their skiing holiday in Switzerland.
13:50On board their flight will be the body of Major Hugh Lindsay, a close friend of the couple,
13:56who died in the avalanche yesterday.
13:58The Prince of Wales was himself only inches away from death.
14:16It's like, because his father was a bit like an abandoned son of a bitch, and heof.
14:17He's like, am I going to have a ride?
14:19And with the son of a rich man, you know who was a mother, who died in the past?
14:23The Prince of Wales will be the most recent man, who died in him, and the son of a railway.
14:36Oh, my God.
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.
16:05All 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, but Charles is older than his years,
16:30and 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.
16:53But there comes a point in any failing marriage,
16:55and here I speak with some experience,
16:58when you realize there's no point in trying anymore.
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, her 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 are...
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 without somewhere to meet,
17:36or sleep, or...
17:38Do you think?
17:38But Diana, Aunt Margot tells me at Kensington Palace,
17:42it's like a revolving door.
17:46The suitors park outside her office
17:49because it's the only place with no security cameras.
17:51One after another.
17:53In and out.
17:56In and out.
17:59Unfortunate.
18:00Unfortunately, the Wales marriage is a rare example
18:02of something that is actually worse than the newspaper's report.
18:30So,
18:32The Queen has asked to severe the winter's plans at the earliest opportunity.
19:29So many times, the Queen has come out.
19:32I don't know.
20:22I don't know.
20:34I don't know.
20:39I don't know.
20:46I don't know.
20:58I don't know.
21:01I don't know.
21:33I don't know.
22:07I don't know.
22:11I don't know.
22:19I don't know.
22:29I don't know.
22:33I don't know.
22:43I don't know.
23:03I don't know.
23:33I don't know.
23:36I don't know.
23:51I don't know.
24:05I don't know.
24:20I don't know.
24:39I don't know.
24:45I don't know.
24:48I don't know.
24:49I don't know.
24:59I don't know.
25:03I don't know.
25:07I don't know.
25:17I don't know.
25:20I don't know.
25:41I don't know.
25:43I don't know.
25:45I don't know.
25:48I don't know.
25:49I don't know.
25:52I don't know.
25:53I don't know.
25:56I don't know.
25:56I don't know.
25:57I don't know.
25:58I don't know.
26:02I don't know.
26:05I don't know.
26:06needs to turn the arrangements both of you must come to the freedoms both of
26:13you must respect and the rules you must abide by I am ready to commit to
26:23anything to go to any lengths and I want to say to you that I'm sorry for my part
26:38in everything good well that's that then what do I get a chance to speak say what
26:53what else is there to say
27:11so
27:36It's a nightmare.
27:39And the whole speech prepared, and out of nowhere Diana does that, ambushes me like that, and Mummy, you know
27:47her, so grateful the subject was over she couldn't get out of the room quickly enough, and I won't let
27:54this go.
27:55I spoke to my protection officers, they all know what she gets up to, and if anything happens, if Diana
28:01puts even the slightest foot wrong, if she even thinks about straying, they'll let me know.
28:23Major Hewitt's gone.
28:29I gave him the heave-ho. Everyone else too. No more little flirtations. No more plan B's. All doors firmly
28:41shut.
28:46Any more telephone calls from Major Hewitt? Make sure to say I'm out. I don't want to hear from him.
28:54He can't just show up. He's not welcome here anymore. No.
28:58For the first time, things do feel different. I feel different. Because I've realised how much I want to make
29:06this marriage work.
29:08And to that end, with our seventh anniversary coming up.
29:14Well, I've had some ideas.
29:18On the 21st, we have lunch at the Community Enterprise Trust in Hartlepool, followed by a turf-cutting ceremony at
29:28Hilton Colliery Redevelopment Site in Sunderland.
29:31What about the 22nd?
29:34Presentation of new colours to the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders at Fort George in Vanessa.
29:39I'm trying to find time for a weekend in Scotland with Mrs. Parker Bulls. What about the 29th?
29:45That might be tricky. Why? I'm free the day before, not due back in Cornwall until the 2nd, which is
29:50a 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 that weekend.
30:10She said she had something specific in mind.
30:24The 29th of the
30:27Is sheAMA's rustic group?
30:29She said there are 2nd man in across 10 the river
30:34President Obama!
31:07Take a while of the night
31:09I can't see anything
31:11Pretty little thing called love
31:35Come on
31:38Come on
31:43Stay with us
31:43Stay with us
31:45Stay with us
32:01Open it
32:02Open it
32:03Open it
32:03Open it
32:09Open up
32:11Open it
32:18Open it
32:21Open it
32:21Open it
32:23Don't you dare to meine
32:24Please
32:25I'll help
32:26Come on
32:32I'm going to
32:55Gosh.
32:57Oh, we haven't done our presents.
33:04Grayson?
33:05Yes.
34:12About how public it was.
34:14I wasn't horrified.
34:16Yes, you were.
34:18I was...
34:20I was shocked.
34:22Seekened by surprise.
34:23I know.
34:24But I love to perform.
34:26It's how I can best express myself.
34:28And 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.
35:04What?
35:05Ah very much.
35:18No, none.
35:29Thank you very much.
35:35Let day and joy your tears
35:39I'm here with you beside you
35:43To guard you and to guide you
35:47Sing of me every waking moment
35:55Turn my head with thoughts of summer time
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 singing some dreadful song in some musical.
36:25Phantom of the Opera. Imagine.
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.
36:42I 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 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, and
37:03most importantly, not even the woman you think loves you.
37:06What rubbish.
37:06No, listen.
37:07Listen to me.
37:09No one can bear to watch the mess you are making of this, and someone needs to explain things to
37:13you.
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, deep 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, and what do I get?
37:59The unvarnished truth.
38:00What does one have to do to get some kindness in this family?
38:44What does one have to do to get some kindness in this family?
38:49I can't stay long.
38:50The 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.
39:04He's your husband and the father of your children, right?
39:08I mean special feelings.
39:16Anne told me that Andrew, not I, was the big love of your life,
39:21and that your feelings for me were 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.
39:37I 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.
41:15Mrs. 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...
42:06Hi, Grove.
42:11Sir, the Princess of Wales on the phone.
42:14No.
42:16Very good.
42:22I'm afraid the Princess of Wales isn't available, but I will inform him...
42:26You call.
42:31No.
42:33No.
42:34No.
42:35No.
42:35No.
42:37No.
42:37No.
42:37No.
42:37No.
42:38No.
42:39No.
42:43No.
42:45No.
42:45No.
42:47No.
42:57No.
42:59No.
43:49Hello?
43:54Well, well, well.
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