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.
01:08And the Prince's night when he was on stage, he would be home.
01:20The Prince's night on stage.
01:26The Prince's night on stage.
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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.
05:38If you had any feelings for me, if you had any understanding of me, if you had anything between your
05:44ears other than self-obsession, you'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.
05:55And what's that?
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.
06:20The rest of us have been there for some time.
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.
07:19Now, much more importantly, who is Billy Joel?
07:24Billy Joel.
07:26Oh, Joel?
07:27Yes.
07:28Uptown girl.
07:30What are you talking about?
07:50What are you talking about?
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08:03Yeah.
08:08No.
08:12Oh, no.
08:13Oh, no.
08:13Oh.
08:13Oh, no.
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08:15Oh, no.
08:17Oh, my.
08:17Oh, oh, oh, oh oh, oh.
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09:21Great, obviously the minute you can confirm anything. Anything at all.
09:26I need to see the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, immediately.
09:30Prince 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.
09:43Rescue helicopters are attending the scene, but it is not known whether the prince has survived.
09:49A 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.
10:04It seems that two of the party were hit and swept away.
10:08Well, why were they even skiing, if the conditions were dangerous?
10:13Conditions 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 turn out to be true,
10:32and the prince of Wales is, in fact, um...
10:36Um...
10:39We have contingency plans in 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.
10:50Thank you, Martin.
11:03Why 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.
11:21Thanks.
11:21Thanks.
11:31Thanks.
11:41Thanks.
12:12We'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.
12:28Oh, 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.
12:45Yes, ma'am. Just to say, along with the coverage of His Royal Highness' near escape, we should also brace
12:55ourselves 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, 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.
13:41The Prince and Princess of Wales are travelling back to Britain this afternoon, following a devastating accident that has cut
13:48short.
13:48It's called their skiing holiday in Switzerland on board their skiing holiday in Switzerland.
13:51On 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.
14:14The Prince'sζ―
14:14in Germany in South Wales.
14:14The Prince of Wales
14:21and Tour of Wales
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 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 someone else, and they
16:19all 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, and Diana is younger than hers, which
16:31makes it not an age gap, but an age chasm.
16:34On the face of it, they come from similar aristocratic backgrounds, but their personalities come from different planets.
16:40They have different interests, different friends.
16:43He doesn't understand her, she 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, and here I speak with some experience, when you realize there's no
16:59point in trying anymore, it's easier to just let the current take you away.
17:05And the minute Harry was born and duty was done, the marriage was effectively over, and they started to find
17:09comfort in the arms of others.
17:12How many others?
17:15Diana's been with her bodyguard, her riding instructor, and 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, well, pretty much the old of Gloucestershire, who all seem to be
17:31involved in facilitating it.
17:33You can't conduct an extramarital affair without somewhere to meet, or sleep, or...
17:38Yes, thank you.
17:38But Diana, Aunt Margot, tells me at Kensington Palace it's like a revolving door.
17:46The suitors park outside her office because it's the only place with no security cameras.
17:51One after another.
17:53In and out.
17:56In and out.
17:59Unfortunately, the Wales marriage is a rare example of something that is actually worse than the newspaper's report.
18:31So, the Queen has asked to see you in the winter's plans.
18:37The Queen has asked to see you in the winter's plans.
18:40The Queen has asked to see you in the winter's plans.
18:43The Queen has asked to see you in the winter's plans.
18:47The Queen has asked to see you in the winter's plans.
18:53The Queen has asked to see you in the winter's plans.
18:55The Queen has asked to see you in the winter's plans.
18:57The Queen has asked to see you in the winter's plans.
18:58The Queen has asked to see you in the winter's plans.
18:58The Queen has asked to see you in the winter's plans.
18:58The Queen has asked to see you in the winter's plans.
18:59The Queen has asked to see you in the winter's plans.
18:59The Queen has asked to see you in the winter's plans.
19:00The Queen has asked to see you in the winter's plans.
19:06I don't know.
19:46I don't know.
20:10You must be so shocked by what's happened.
20:13It's all too awful to comprehend.
20:16But there is something I want to tell you.
20:18In the moment that the avalanche was bearing down on me, in that ghastly moment where I was sure I
20:23was going to die, I had a profound realization.
20:28This whole thing, my marriage, this situation, the whole charade, is madness.
20:36I only want to be with you.
20:38But you are with me.
20:39I mean fully, completely, as my wife.
20:45Oh, darling.
20:46And the rest of it is just a terrible lie that's making everyone involved in it, everyone, utterly wretched.
21:23And the rest of it is just a terrible lie.
21:23I don't know.
21:25I don't know.
21:41I don't know.
23:05Thank you, Nigel.
23:40Thank you both for coming.
29:11of slavery coming up.
29:13Well.
29:14I've had some ideas.
29:18On the, er, 21st, we have lunch at the Community Enterprise Trust in Hartleypool,
29:25followed by a turf-cutting ceremony at Hilton Colliery Redevelopment Site in Sunderland.
29:31And what about the 22nd?
29:33Er.
29:34A 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?
29:45That might be tricky.
29:47Why? I'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 that weekend.
30:10She said she had something specific in mind.
30:38Of missing, missing, all the, all the things there, black lady.
30:43Let's go.
31:31Let's go.
32:01Let's go.
32:02Let's go.
32:02Let's go.
33:04Let's go.
33:17Let's go.
33:40Let's go.
33:52Let's go.
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37:50Let's go.
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38:03Let's go.
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38:15Let's go.
38:21Let's go.
38:24Let's go.
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38:24Let's go.
38:26Let's go.
38:27Let's go.
38:31Let's go.
38:54Let's go.
38:55Let's go.
38:56Let's go.
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, now.
39:08I mean special things.
39:16Ann told me that, uh, Andrew, not I, was the big love of your life and that your feelings
39:22for me were perhaps not as deep as I'd imagined.
39:24That's not true.
39:28Andrew has never adored me like you do.
39:30Or 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,
39:54and I were able to escape this calamity of marriage,
40:01that you be prepared to do the same thing and leave Andrew.
40:07Can you make me that promise?
40:15What we both want and what we can actually do are not the same thing.
40:20It'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 almost 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.
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42:47No.
43:49Hello?
43:54Well, well, well.
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