she thought she would be getting that proposal. instead, he gave her a van cleef and arpels compact. they quarrelled bitterly, and she demanded that he commit, as they say, and william was not ready for it. he went to his father, prince charles, and prince charles said you cannot spring this girl al los angeles if you are not ready to marry her, and break it off. unfortunately, he listened to his father s advice. reporter: a father, perhaps trying to prevent history from repeating itself. that was soledad o brien, and you can watch all of soledad s documentary the women who would be queen this sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern and join us on the big day friday april 29th starting at 4:00 a.m. for the cnn royal wedding experience and you can watch it, dvr it, and we just want you to participate