She looks really, like, get me out of here. rained and rained and rained. i came down early from balmoral. back to london. once they moved her over to kensington palace, she assured me that she was going to be fine in her new life and her new role. the diana that was still very much there decided it was just time, patience, and adapting, all that was needed. diana is beginning her married life in london. it was, right, we need to produce a baby and hopefully that baby will be a boy. that is how the royal family has worked for 1,000 years.
he went away. he was studying. he was in the navy. she got married. she had her kids. then he was engaged. camilla was not deemed a suitable lady to join the royal family, and certainly not a suitable future queen. she was adventurous, she was outspoken, she was a bit racy. she was very popular with men. she d had some boyfriends. she d been around. you could not have the future queen of england with skeletons in the cupboard, with lovers in the past. you could not have that. camilla and diana did know each other. some of the courtship that charles and diana enjoyed actually happens at camilla s family home. charles, when he introduced
And that s something she s going to hold on to and use. diana was incredibly determined to make charles love her. her role was to triumph in the fairytale over the wicked lady in the house down the road. one of diana s early engagements was an evening at the goldsmith s hall in london. she came in to have a look around in the showroom. she made a dive for this one particular dress which had kind of a deep cleavage, a tight bone bodice. diana chose this dress herself because she wanted to show the world and she wanted to show camilla that she, the younger woman, was hotter, was
Do not approach the queen and do not talk to them. i was treated like nobody else s business. it couldn t have been worse. william never stopped crying. why did she have to go along with it? that is because it is the way it has always been done and it is the way it is done and the way it always will be done in the royal family. i was . the christening fed into diana s worst fears of this royal and stuffy protocol. there is literally no getting away. it is everything she doesn t want. i have to figure something else
it was a carnival in the sun, a festival on the theme of red, white and blue. the huge cheerful crowd that has waited so long and patiently roars and waves its welcome. i was the main anchor for the bbc s coverage of the wedding. one of our cameras is just outside the main gate of clarence house, as you can see behind me there. that means we re going to get our very first glimpse of not just lady diana, but also the best-kept secret of the wedding, the wedding dress. went up the stairs, and all the bridesmaids were there. diana was there. it was such a wonderful atmosphere. everybody was smiling and happy. it s kind of surreal in a way, because you could hear the people outside in the crowds. everybody was waiting for the