00:00In 1981, Princess Diana was photographed asleep in the middle of a royal gala.
00:06The image quickly became a sensation, and newspapers jokingly turned her into a real-life,
00:12sleeping beauty.
00:13Many people assumed she was simply bored by the formal event.
00:17But there was another reason she looked so exhausted.
00:21Diana was in the early stages of her first pregnancy, secretly carrying her future son,
00:27Prince William.
00:28The exhaustion of early pregnancy had caught up with her, even beneath the glamorous clothes
00:34and royal spotlight.
00:35Behind that unforgettable photograph was not a bored princess.
00:40It was a young mother-to-be struggling to stay awake through an exhausting night.
