press they did not have their happy ever after ending, at least not yet. >> at this point charles' father wrote to his son and said you have to make your mind up about diana, you must either ask her to marry you or let her go, because you are going to damage her reputation. charles misinterpreted his father's words and thought it was instruction to marry. >> the relationship with his father was frosty and tilted, it's very bad luck that charles thinks that what his father is saying is you better marry this lady, quick. >> they had only met each other on 13 occasions before they got engaged. on all of those occasions, there had been other people with them.