marriage, royal responsibilities and a rigidly controlled way of life. she tried to withdraw and take some time out. because she was trying to focus on really what was her life about. she scaled back her public role, staff and scotland yard security detail. butler paul burrell is one of the few who remains close to diana. she dismissed her bodyguards, because they were running tales and stories back to prince charles. she wanted her freedom. she wanted her life. it s a dangerous move. some even say reckless. but diana wants a simpler life, focused on her boys, a few select charities and? her new romance. the love of her life really
like a royal and always put the monarchy first, no matter what the circumstances. in february 1981, barely six months after they started dating, it becomes official. charles and diana are engaged. wonderful sapphire and diamonds. it is diana s first official press appearance. i watched this young girl appear on the terrace for the world media, a lamb to the slaughter, really. a lamb to the slaughter. an innocent brought into this die dynastic family. she was entering into something she had no comprehension of. has it been a strain trying to carry out a courtship without anyone knowing? yes, it has. i think anyone would feel pressure. an intense pressure, diana
the crash never would have happened if she had not given up her security detail after the divorce. the truth is that the paris paparazzi didn t kill diana. incompetent travel arrangements killed diana. a failure to do up a seat belt killed diana. and the paparazzi only became an actual nuisance or a threat to diana after she had chosen to get rid of her bodyguards. if charles spencer or anybody else wanted to see the cause of diana s unhappiness or ultimately the circumstances in which she died, they should look at the royal organization, which had taken responsibility for her at a very, very young age. just 19 when she became engaged to prince charles and dead at the age of 36, leaving behind two young boys. never really talked about
and a long list of questions hidden in his bag. cycled in, had lunch, maybe a few questions before lunch and a few after, then off again. he delivered the tapes to andrew morton who weaves them into a revealing book, more revealing than anyone expected. she was very open indeed about everything. and to a level where i was almost worrying, cautioned about what was being said. from her struggles with bulimia, depression, to her husband s alleged infidelities and her multiple suicide attempts, one of them happening when she was just three months pregnant with prince william. she threw herself down the staircase and charles just went right out the door and she was very badly bruised. it apparently didn t affect her pregnancy. this was a letter by the end of 1991, the book
frantically worked to save diana, trevor rees-jones has to be cut out of the car. they re both taken to the hospital where diana undergoes emergency surgery. but her injuries are too severe. and at 4:00 a.m., princess diana is pronounced dead. we are just getting word that the french government has informed all of us that princess diana has died. she suffered serious internal injuries and she succumbed. trevor rees-jones is the only survivor. at balmoral castle in scotland, prince charles is woken with a call from paris. charles is told that diana has died. one of the people working at balmoral said that charles let out this howl of anguish. he was devastated. of course his first thoughts were for the boys, what to do. when we come back, heartbreak