The Princess (2022) - full transcript

Princess Diana's story is told exclusively through contemporaneous archive creating a bold and immersive narrative of her life and death. It also illuminates how the public's attitude to the monarchy was, and still is.

Tilt it.
No, you've gotta hold it

with your hand in there.

Just to...

Oh, the cap's on, silly!

No, we're going through
the Louvre.

- You must go through the Louvre.
- Where do we go?

No, go straight,
yeah. Go straight.

Woo-hoo!

Oh, mad, man!

- Where do I go, guys?
- Are you lost?

Go straight ahead.



Go straight ahead
and don't have an accident.

- Don't...
- And then go left.

Jamie, where are you?

- Um. I'm in Paris...
- Oh!

Here we go!

On the right,
everyone is star-studded

because something's happening.

It's the Ritz.

Wow, wow, wow!
Guys, look at this!

Someone's out...
they're very important.

Hey, hey!

James, say something
to Adelaide.

Chasing Princess Diana.

Lady Diana, morning dear.



Morning.

Is there any possibility
of any announcement

of your marriage
in the near future,

can you tell me?

Can you tell me, uh,
if there's any possibility?

I'm not gonna say anything,
I'm afraid. Oh, sorry!

But Prince Charles did give us
a hint himself.

He said we wouldn't
have to wait too long.

Careful.

He said we wouldn't
have to wait too long.

Was he completely off beam?

- Was he?
- Sorry, I...

Was he completely off beam
when he said,

we wouldn't have to wait
too long?

I wouldn't know.

Prince Charles says
we all might know

what's likely to happen
between the two of you.

Can you say if you're likely
to make an announcement soon?

Lady Diana!

- Um...
- Lady Diana?

We thought there was gonna be

an announcement
on his 32nd birthday,

but, uh, there wasn't.

And he's told the reporters
yesterday that

it may be coming soon.

Have you any comment
to make about that?

- No.
- Lady Di?

- No comment all round.
- Mm...

Did you have
a good weekend though?

I'm going to work now, okay?

Your Royal highness,

do you have any thoughts
about the lady

that the Prince of Wales
should marry?

You've got to remember that

when you marry in my position,

you're going to marry somebody
who perhaps one day

is going to become queen.

And you've got to
choose somebody very carefully,

I think, who could fulfill
this particular role,

and it's got to be somebody
pretty special.

Could I ask you first,

your Royal Highness
and you, Lady Diana,

what do you think
you've got in common?

Gracious,
what a difficult question!

What do you think
we've got in common?

A sense of humor.

Um. Every outdoor activity,
except I don't ride.

- Um...
- Soon remedy that.

Lots of things, really.

What about you, sir?

Um. No, I think, certainly,
I mean all sorts of things.

And certainly the...
a sort of a love of the outdoors

and she's a very energetic
character as well, which is

which is very encouraging.

And music and...
and, uh, interests like that.

Can you take us back
to when you first met?

If you can remember?
Can you remember

- when you first met?
- Yes, yes. I certainly can.

It was 1977.

Prince Charles came to stay

at a friend of my sister Sarah's

for a shoot.

And we sort of met
in a ploughed field.

I spoke to you previous to that...

And what did you...
What did you think then?

What was your
instant impression, both of you?

What did you think
about Lady Diana?

Well, I remember thinking

what a very jolly
and amusing and...

And attractive
16-year-old she was.

And I mean great fun

and bouncy
and full of life and everything.

And, um

I don't know what you
thought of me but...

Pretty amazing.

Do you find it
a very daunting experience

that yesterday,
you were, uh, a nanny,

and now you're about to, uh,

marry the Prince of Wales
and one day you would be queen?

It's a tremendous change
for someone of 19

to make all of a sudden.

It is, but I've had a small
run up to it all

in the last six months.

And, next to Prince Charles
I know I can't go wrong.

He's there with me.

In the depths of a recession,

the British now have some
happy news

and a great national event
to look forward to.

The Royal Family
maybe an anachronism

in the dismal 1980s

but it's an anachronism
the British dearly love.

She is said
to be besotted by him.

"Sweet, kind, nice" and "shy"

are all the terms
used to describe her.

And her father, her uncle,
Lord Fermoy, and others

have even vouched
for her virginity.

Lady Di, could you wave?

Good luck, sir.

It's good, it's great, innit?

He's getting on a bit, innit
About time he got married.

The ladies
did their thing for Ladies' Day

as well as ever.

The predominant color
this year was red.

And as if to prove the point,

Lady Diana was wearing a red hat
and that certainly was a winner.

National Front is
the White man's front!

Join the National Front!

Bastards!

You're next in
the queue for a Charles and a Di.

Where are you going to have
your tattoo put?

Uh, on the other side of my leg.

Well, this is the biggest thing
since Farrah Fawcett Major.

Yes, at times like this,

Britain is at its very best.

No matter what concerns us,
like, having no money, no jobs

and riots in the streets...

We're doing
our bit as a celebration

to the regal pair.

Our children are suffering!

They are crying for help,
nobody will listen.

News of Lady Diana's visit

spread quickly.

The crowd saw that,
like most brides,

Lady Diana has lost weight
as the day approaches.

How many people in this audience

think that the press
ought to lay off the poor girl?

That was about a 90 to one,
I thought.

Robert Lacey,
do you think that Lady Diana

yet fully realizes
how tough life

will be in the full public gaze?

Well, I'm sure she does.

I don't think there could have
been a future consort

who's been through
anything like it.

So, she's been through,

in a way, the worst
that can be thrown at her.

Do you think it's going
to be easier from now on?

Oh, I think
it's going to be much easier.

I think we're going to see a
change in the attitude of the press.

Um. I think that now
she's palpably

one of the Royal Family, um,

all this telephoto lens business
will stop.

- Clear back.
- Stay back, lads.

That'll do, thank you very much.

I'm more used to it, I think,

probably now...
knowing for years that the

cameras are poking at you
from every quarter

and recording
every twitch you make.

So, if you don't try to work out
in your own mind,

some kind of method for existing
and surviving this kind of thing

you... you would go mad,
I think.

And so, in the end,
you do get used to it, but

I don't know, do you find
that after the last six months

you're beginning
to get used to it?

Just.

It is,
I suppose, one of the most

important things you're going to
have to adjust to,

- really, isn't it?
- Of course, yes.

The wedding has obviously meant

a great deal of planning
and preparation.

A lot of work, I imagine,
behind the scenes.

How much have you become
involved in that personally?

Well, we both try
to be very much involved.

Have you been able to put in
any small personal touches

that will still make it
very much your day?

Um...

Have we been able to put
any small personal touches?

I think
by inviting one's friends

and all the people
who've helped us.

Are you gonna have time
for the private life?

For making a home
and running a home?

I tend to lead sort of an
idiotic existence of getting...

Trying to get involved
in too many things

and dashing about.

And this is going to be
my problem, is trying to

sort of control myself.

And... and... and, you know,
work out... something,

so that we can have
a proper family life.

It isn't easy.

There's so much to be done.

Are you looking forward
to... to...

To making a home at Highgrove,
for example.

Oh, yes, very much so.

Looking forward
to being a good wife.

At Buckingham palace,

the crowds cheer
at anything and everything

that goes past them,

from a policeman on horseback
to a policeman on foot,

to just a press photographer.

Good morning, America,

this is St Paul's Cathedral,
the wedding will be held here.

Lining the streets of London,

two million well-wishers there
waiting for the royal coaches.

It's frequently said that

this is the sort
of pageantry and splendor

that only Britain
these days can do.

Prince of Wales' escort,

a smaller escort for church...

This will be the first time

for more than 300 years

that the heir to the throne
has married an English woman,

and there seems
little reason to doubt

that this is an affair
of the heart.

No sign of the bride yet.

For many people I think
it will be one of the

high spots for the day.

They're just coming out
of Clarence Gate.

- Her dress is fabulous.
- Is it her?

Oh, no, you're joking!

It's got a bloody roof on,
you can't see her.

Well, I want to thank you
most sincerely about all that.

If I'd have known that,

I wouldn't have
bothered to turn up.

Greeting the bride

as she's arrived here
in the glass carriage.

Her father, Earl Spencer
has just

COMMENTATOR 2 A taffeta dress

and there's lace
on the bodice...

Ooh!

- Oh, that's beautiful!
- Beautiful!

I love the garlands
that the little girls have.

She's wearing
diamond drop earrings

lent by her mother.

- Do you want her shoes?
- Yeah.

I pronounce

that they be
man and wife together.

We should all be allowed to wear
wedding dresses and celebrate!

I wanna see faces, not the back

of fucking heads!
I wanna see the flag, Davey!

A little wider, Davey!
Come on, come on, come on.

Here is the stuff

of which fairytales are made.

The Prince and Princess
on their wedding day.

But fairytales
usually end at this point

with the simple phrase,
"They lived happily ever after."

Our faith sees the wedding day

not as the place of arrival,

but the place where
the adventure really begins.

The escort under the command

of Lieutenant Colonel
Andrew Parker-Bowles,

there's the Royals,

as Charles and Lady Diana
stayed with him

and his wife Camilla
in Wiltshire

on two occasions
at the end of the year.

So, they're among friends
as they ride along the Mall.

Your Royal Highness?

Sir. Sir, please?

Sir?

- Hello, Tom.
- Hello.

- Yes.
- Personally, I think,

that this was nothing
but a waste of time.

Um. I think the money
could have been spent

a lot better elsewhere.

I thought it was fantastic!

Really great for
the British image.

What made it
so special for you, Hettie?

Well, to see all of them people.

Yes, you weren't
actually amongst them then?

No, no, I was at home watching.

Very sensible, I should think.

It was pretty crowded out there,
wasn't it?

It was,
but it was fantastic, marvelous!

Proud to be British, my dear.

It is
with the greatest of pleasure

that the Town Hall
wishes to tell you

that Buckingham Palace
has just announced

that the Princess of Wales
is expecting a baby in June.

Fant... Aw!

We are sure you will
join us in congratulating

the Prince and Princess.

Oh!

Don't you think

- it's happened a bit soon?
- Well, I do really, yeah.

I don't really think
they've got to know each other

- really, by now.
- Well...

But they obviously have.

To the royal heir,
male or female,

I don't mind which,

as long as
the Royal Family continues.

- Here's to them.
- Here's to them, indeed. Cheers.

Droves of photographers

gathered at the hospital...

As soon as it was announced
Princess Diana had gone into

the early stages of labor

between 5:00 and 6:00 a.m.
London time.

Until the baby's born,
all the royals' comings

and goings are St Mary's.

We're awaiting
the historic announcement

of the birth of the Royal child,

who'll be second-in-line
to the throne

after Prince Charles.

Strawberries and cream anybody?

A boy or a girl?

- Boy, definitely.
- Why?

'Cause boys are the best.

You're not a feminist then?

No.

No, let's have a girl.

You want... You want a girl?

Let's be fair,
he's still got time

to have some more, ain't he?

You know? If the first one
don't turn out right,

he can always try again.

Well, I'm hoping
she won't keep us

here all night.

Would you like to see

- a baby boy or a baby girl?
- I would like her to have a boy,

and I should think if she's
having all this trouble,

it's a boy.

It's a boy!
It's a boy! It's a boy!

It's a boy! It's a boy!
It's a boy!

It's a boy! It's a boy! It's a boy!

It's a boy! It's a boy!

- Congratulations.
- Thank you, very kind.

Does he look like you, sir?

Uh. No,
he's lucky enough not to.

How do you feel, sir?

It's a bit difficult to tell
at the moment.

And how do you feel?

Um. Obviously relieved
and delighted. It's marvelous.

They have been singing,

"Well done, Charlie.
Let's have another one!"

Is that on the program of events
do you think?

Bloody hell, give us a chance!

You ask my wife, I don't think
she'd be too pleased just yet.

May I ask you if you've seen

the royal baby yet?

Not yet, I left early
this morning, you see.

When are you hoping to see him?

Oh, well, when I get back
to London.

When you
get back to St. Mary's, yeah.

When I get back, that's right.

And Princess Anne's reaction

in New Mexico.

- Have you heard about Diana?
- I don't know, you tell me.

And your reaction
to her having a son?

I didn't know she'd had one.

- This morning.
- Well, good.

I'd just like to propose a toast

to Prince Charles,
Princess Di and wee Willie

and the Royal Family.

Now, for all
of our students on air today,

good morning girls and boys.

- Good morning.
- Good morning.

Jamie Smith out at Ayres Rock,
you have a question.

Does Prince William
have a favorite toy?

Does Prince William
have a favorite toy?

Um. Jamie, he loves his
Koala bear he's got,

but he hasn't got anything
particular.

He just likes something
with a bit of noise.

A plastic whale which
throws things out of the top.

Um, we got a plastic whale
that throws things

out the top, little balls.

The couple circled the arena

to the kind of reception

normally reserved
in this age group for pop stars.

Both the media, and the public

want to know about this couple,

not so much Prince Charles.
As a photographer said to me,

you can't give pictures
of him away,

but Diana is
very big news everywhere.

Give us a wave.

Am I in the way?

We want Di!

Princess Diana! Over here!

Ladies and gentlemen,

the last time I was here
was two years ago,

uh, in 1981
shortly before we were married.

And, at that time,
everybody was saying,

"Good luck and... I hope everything
goes well, and how lucky you are

to be engaged
to such a lovely lady."

And my goodness,
I was lucky enough to marry her.

And we had many, many messages...

The prince realizes now

that he's taking second place.

He knows it's the princess
people have come to see.

- They chanted for her...
- We want the princess!

And cheered again when
the prince chose her direction.

And I've come to the conclusion

that really it would have been

far easier to have had
two wives...

To have covered both sides
of the street...

And I could've walked down
the middle

directing the operation.

REPORTER 1:30 years ago,
you wouldn't dare

go up to a member of royalty,

but people are encouraged
by her... her presence

and by her... her happiness,

and the fact that
she's so good with people

to just go up and say hello.

Three cheers for Lady Di!

- Hip-hip.
- Hooray!

- Hip-hip.
- Hooray!

Charles doesn't like the fact

that she's a superstar
and he isn't.

What has happened is
there's been a transformation.

She has become the person
that everyone wants to know,

everyone wants to meet.

He has taken the back seat and
it's not enjoyable for him.

The Princess of Wales
has been the best thing

to happen to the Monarchy in...
In... probably in centuries.

I mean,
she has gone to Australia

which is now 50/50 republican

50 percent monarchist,
and she's turned

that into 80 percent in favor
of the Royal Family.

Now, that's a major achievement.

It's not Prince
Charles, who's been out there before

and made little influence.

It's the Princess of Wales

that's made the influence.

You have a family here

that is used to being the people
that everybody turned out

in their thousands
to see on the streets.

And then suddenly,
Diana's the one

that everybody wants to see.

How do you
think he feels about his wife today?

Well, of course,
one shouldn't forget

that Charles and Diana
got married

for the single purpose
of having a child

to secure the succession
for Charles's family.

To begin with, it was
a marriage of convenience.

Go and have a look,

have a look through there.

You can see all those people
at the other side.

Look through there.

You see, you can see people
on the other side.

Can you see their faces?
The people in there.

Look at them

Trapped.

Now, you both like skiing,

and yet every year
it has become a regular,

you don't appear to hit it off

exactly eye-to-eye
on the slopes.

I suspect most husbands
and wives find that, uh,

they often have arguments.

- But we don't.
- No, no, no.

Well, occasionally we do
because I mean...

- No, we don't.
- I'm... you know, I.

I go on longer, sometimes.

Yes, but I'm faster.

There we are.

Ma'am!
Ma'am, this way please!

Ma'am! Ma'am.

What do you say, ma'am,

when you read in the papers

that you are a "determined
domineering woman"?

I don't always read that.

Um, people are very willing
to tell me that,

but I don't think I am.
I'm affectious with myself,

but not necessarily with
everybody else.

Get right back.

Come on, fellas, make some room.
We've gotta move out of here.

Can you, please?

Ma'am, can we...

There is a natural
and continuing interest in you.

For example, have you actually
tried to change Prince Charles

in any way
since you got married?

Not at all.
I mean, obviously there are

one or two things,
like, maybe the

the odd tie or something.

But nothing...

- Shoes.
- Shoes, we won't go any further.

But that... but...
nothing dramatic.

I mean he's...

At the entrance
to Kensington Palace,

the prince and princess
and their baby

arrive from the hospital
at speed

and swept in without stopping.

Then less than an hour later,

Prince Charles
left to play polo.

Something most new fathers
would hardly dare to suggest.

He has always carried on,

ever since he got married
as if he were a bachelor.

He's made absolutely,

and he never did
from the word go,

almost any concession at all
to being a married man

with the responsibilities
of a wife and now, two children.

What do you feel your role is?

I feel my role
is supporting my husband,

um, whenever I can
and always being behind him,

encouraging and also,

most important thing,
being a mother and a wife.

And that's what I try to achieve

whether I do is another thing,
but I do try.

But you are developing

your own interests
and your own specialization?

Yes, but that's taking time

because I don't want to dive
into something

without being
able to follow it up.

It's nice to see you
in the flesh.

- In the flesh?
- Hmm.

Don't look too near,
you might get a shock.

I've seen enough photos of you.

I know, there's
too many of those.

Sold them in
the shop downstairs.

- How much do you sell them for?
- Three pounds ten that one's going for.

Is that all?

What about the three fifteen?

- I don't, I don't, I don't...
- Should I choose something there?

Oh look, Charles Dew,
let's grab that one.

- I don't...
- There you are.

Eleven forty, it's very apt,
my husband, right?

Yeah, I know.

Diana demonstrated her ability

to make royal conversations

last a little longer than the
"Where do you come from?

How long have you been here?"
type.

Did you get a chance to see her?

- Yes.
- Yes.

The Princess of Wales

has opened Britain's first

purpose-built AIDS ward
and met the 12 patients

who are being treated there.

I love the red glasses!

What a lovely woman!
She's incredible.

- She's so natural.
- She is, she's totally natural.

Yes, yes.
Just like somebody walking in

Diana has got the common touch,

she can sit down,

she can talk to anybody,
whoever they are.

I agree.

But I don't think
the public expect the Queen

to go to hospices
and kiss AIDS patients.

It would nice
if she did though, wouldn't it?

I don't think
that people expect that of her.

But you would like a Queen

that actually could talk
to ordinary people.

She doesn't have the common
touch in the same way.

- That's why Diana's so special.
- Well, she can't!

Because she wasn't
brought up to that.

She spontaneously
and unrehearsed,

of her own volition

picked up a little boy
who has AIDS

and hugged him.

Staff told the princess

they were surprised

that she'd come
to Harlem Hospital,

a place never visited
by any American president

and few major political leaders.

Nancy and I are deeply honored

to welcome the prince
and the Princess of Wales

to the White House.

John, are you going
to dance with the Princess tonight?

If she'd like me to.

At his first press conference,

he wanted to talk about
the exhibition,

but they wanted to ask
about her.

She'd be an idiot
if she didn't enjoy dancing

with John Travolta,
wouldn't she?

How many of you manage to reply
on behalf on your wives

on these occasions?
I'm not a glove puppet

so I can't answer for that
I'm afraid.

A state
of rather cool indifference

has settled over this marriage

and the one problem
that we were all aware

was there from the start,

the 12-year age gap
really has begun to tell.

Prince Charles,
instead of going to his home

at Highgrove in Gloucestershire,

and talking to his plants
and his trees,

he should be at home,

and he should be talking
to his wife.

How do
we even know they're sulking?

What proof have we got?

It's all paper supposition,
surely?

It's the media that's causing
the problems and the reporters.

- The snoopers.
- Leave them alone.

The thing is if... if married
couples have an argument,

the best thing to do,
shove 'em off in a room

on their own
and let them sort it out.

Not everybody else trying to
do it for 'em.

The couple
had spent a month apart

when they reunited to visit
Welsh flood victims.

I think it must be dreadful

for the two of them,
they are going around

doing their duties side by side,
carrying out an engagement

and they're just
not even acknowledging

the other person's presence.

She does one thing on her own,

he does another,
and they just don't meet

physically, mentally,
or emotionally.

- Okay, rolling.
- Do you get the Taj Mahal in?

Yeah, rolling.

The Prince and Princess of Wales
will spend today

as they've spent
much of this royal tour, apart.

He will concentrate on issues
such as housing benefit schemes

and industry investment.

She will concentrate on
the welfare

of the Indian people.

How did this fairy-tale princess

end up in this way?

In my humble opinion,

it's because
the institution of the Monarchy

makes demands on people.

We simply cannot be satisfied
in the world in which we live.

Hello! Hello!

When you put a modern person

in an ancient institution,

they will be destroyed.

Anyone would be destroyed.

But once an institution starts
destroying people,

it's time to recognize

that there is something
fundamentally wrong

with that institution

and not with the people
it destroys.

Oh, yeah.

A very what,
Your Royal Highness?

In what way?

No more questions, guys.

Oh, lovely!

This week,
a sensational new book

has exposed dramatic insights
into the private life

of the royal couple.

Shocking revelations of a hollow
and tormented marriage

are giving the British media

and it's public
little else to talk about.

According to Morton,

Princess Diana's
suicide attempts

which included throwing herself
down a flight of stairs

when she was
three-months pregnant

and slashing her wrists
with a razor blade

were a desperate cry
for help and attention

from her husband,
Prince Charles.

Slashed
her wrists with a razor blade,

cut herself with a lemon slicer
and a pen knife,

and yet, I've never seen
any scars in any photos.

And I just find it very strange

to think that this girl
has tried to commit suicide,

unsuccessfully five times
and wants it to be publicized.

I find that very difficult
to... to believe.

Especially... she's a mother too,

she's got young children
who are gonna be affected

by this.

The author insisted today

that close friends
of the princess

stand by the integrity
of the book.

He came on ITN's lunchtime news
to make his first live defense

of the claims on television.

Mr. Morton, this book is called
Diana: Her True Story.

It's not her story, is it?

It's what you say
unnamed friends told you.

That's rather different,
isn't it?

I think that the reason
why this book is authentic

is because many
of her closest friends

have spoken to me on the record,
and more than that,

they've stood by
their statements.

Nevertheless,
unlike other journalists,

you don't really
have to check your facts

that thoroughly, do you?

Miss Junor, doesn't the silence

of Buckingham Palace
and the absence

of even a single lawsuit
give evidence to the idea

that perhaps Mr. Morton
was telling the truth?

No. I think they all recognize

that the princess is ill,
she has bulimia.

The Palace know about it,
Prince Charles knows about it.

He knows that this is the result
of a sick mind.

She has said
some terrible things

about her husband,

she's accused him of being
a bad husband,

a bad father,

and carrying on an all
but adulterous affair

with Camilla Parker-Bowles.

You do say in the book though

that Diana and Charles
have separate bedrooms.

Yes, they
have separate bedrooms at Highgrove,

they have...
essentially have separate lives

and they have done
for some time now.

Now, what about the bracelet?

Well, this is a bracelet
that Diana discovered

at Buckingham Palace,

a gift that Prince Charles
bought for Camilla.

It was inscribed F and G,
Fred and Gladys,

the two nicknames
which they use for each other.

And I think
there's a teeny point,

that actually the GF
stands for Girl Friday

which is his secret pet nickname
for Camilla.

- And, uh...
- Louise, Louise,

I think... I think really
it should be Girl Friday,

Saturday, Sunday, Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday.

Buckingham Palace officials

have denied once again today
that the Princess of Wales

cooperated in any way
with the book

and refuses to dignify
its claims

with any further comments.

But the repercussions
are continuing.

Diana!

How do
you think you would have behaved

if you'd been
a 19-year-old girl who was...

- Difficult to imagine but go on.
- Seduced as you were

in the best sense of the word,
by a 32-year-old man,

the future King of England

who doesn't love you,
didn't wanna marry you,

has another woman
who he's really in love with.

And it's surprising that
that young girl

- suddenly had a whole series of problems?
- The great...

Wouldn't you
in that circumstance?

If
You wanna be like me you've gotta suffer.

Oh, Squidgy.

Yeah, you have to.

- And then you get what you...
- You get what you want?

No, get what you deserve.

Oh, God!

"Hear the tapes for yourself."

The Sun has been
inviting its readers,

more than 120,000
have done just that.

I don't wanna get pregnant.

Darling,
that's not gonna happen.

Oh, Squidgy. I love
you, love you, love you, love you.

You're just the
nicest person in the whole wide world.

A tape recording of
a highly personal telephone call

reporting to be between
the Princess of Wales

and a friend, James Gilbey,

was given to The Sun newspaper
by a retired bank manager.

He makes my life real,

real torture, I've decided.

It was only a matter of time

before the tabloids printed

what's been circulating
in private for days.

The full transcript of an
alleged conversation between

the Prince of Wales
and Camilla Parker-Bowles.

Did we hear the tape
of the conversation

between him
and Camilla Bowles-Parker?

Did you hear that?

I did. I was very shocked by it.

Ooh... I want to feel my way along you.

All over you, and up
and down you, in and out!

Oh, Charles!

The tapes are
frankly filthy. They're disgusting.

I wouldn't allow my daughter,
whose 15, to read them.

I'll just
live inside your trousers or something.

It'd be much easier.

But the real hypocrisy

is pretending that there is
any other reason

for producing the contents
of these tapes

than to sell newspapers.

What are you
going to turn into? A pair of knickers?

Or God forbid a Tampax!

There has been no comment

from Mrs. Parker-Bowles...

Yes!

In the past,

her husband has dismissed
such allegations

- as rubbish.
- I have nothing to say.

So, you're wasting
your time here. Thank you.

Prince Charles
was doing his best to look

as if personal problems
were the last thing on his mind

and he avoided all questions
about the Camilla gate tapes.

Today,
there was no comment at all,

but the two tapes together

have further tarnished
the couple's image.

Do not let in
daylight upon magic.

I think we've got an unhealthy
obsession with the Royal Family.

The Monarchy now is in danger
of being glared out of existence

by too much publicity.

That was the moment

that told everybody
that she hated him.

Is this a marriage
which has now gone badly wrong?

There can be
no doubt about that.

Is this a couple that can
barely be together,

be seen together,

they can't even act out
a public charade?

Do you think she's happy
in her marriage at the moment?

- Yes, I do.
- Oh, do you?

She'll be very
pleased to hear that, I'm sure.

There
was a picture of her, yesterday...

- Yeah.
- In The Sun or whatever it was

saying, "Diana looking miserable
and lonely laying a wreath."

How the hell do you want her
to look laying a wreath?

You find a miserable shot
and you put a caption

that suits your witch hunt.

I promise you,
we're not on a witch hunt.

I would love to write
nice things

about this particular marriage.

So, when are they gonna get
the time to actually do that,

to sort out their marriage if
they're not going to get any privacy?

This marriage is finished,
it's a great shame,

a great shame,
but we are reporting...

No way
is this marriage finished.

Don't you think that
we love our Prince and Princess,

our Queen,

respected all over the country,
the world?

Yeah, well said.

I feel it's the papers,

the tabloids.
If they let them alone,

every marriage has its problems.

There is something wrong

in the internal workings
of that family

that creates
such a problem as this.

It's not the press' fault,
the press are there

to print news and it is news.

1992 is not a year
on which I shall look back

with undiluted pleasure.

In the words of one

of my more
sympathetic correspondents,

it has turned out
to be an annus horribilis.

In the aftermath

of Friday's tragic fire
at Windsor,

it is especially so.

Statement of Prime Minister.

With, uh,
permission, Madam Speaker,

I wish to inform the House

that Buckingham Palace are,
at this moment,

issuing the following statement.

"It is announced with regret

the Prince and Princess of Wales
have decided to separate.

Their Royal Highnesses
have no plans to divorce,

and their constitutional
positions are unaffected.

Her Majesty
and His Royal Highness

particularly hope

that the intrusions
into the privacy

"of the prince and princess
may now cease."

Hear, hear.

Sir?

- Sir...
- No questions please,

you've had your announcement.

The Prince of Wales,

it now appears,
didn't actually marry

the first woman
he fell in love with,

Camilla Parker-Bowles,

but seems to have
felt that he had to,

by some sort of obligation,

choose, um, a woman who had not
had any previous partners

and was clearly seen
as a very suitable catch.

Unfortunately, we no longer live
in an era where

once you've got married
it's an arranged marriage

and that's that.
I mean, we live in 1992.

I suspect there's been this
terrible problem, really.

And it stems really right back

to the upbringing
of... of the royal children.

I was relaxed and calm

and I thought...

It was gonna be a long...
Come on!

I thought it was gonna
be a long day.

Mamma mia, get out the way.

It's just a matter of
getting there,

you know, I'd rather be there
than hanging around here.

Everyone says,

"Is the loon out today?"
Or "Is the loon..."

"Is she having a loony lunch?"
or something like that.

It's just a...
a term of endearment, really.

The cops are working out
how they can get her out without

us taking a picture.

Here we go.

She's
rich enough to have a gym of her own.

In my two-bedroom flat
in Peckham,

I've got my exercise bike
in the front room.

You can't tell me a woman

on hundreds of thousands
of pounds a year,

with a house as big as hers
can't have her own gymnasium.

- I think...
- She likes to be with people.

- She likes to be bloody well watched.
- Well, she wants to...

I feel like I know them.

I feel like I know
Princess Anne,

- Fergie, all of them.
- Yeah?

Because we see so much

of them on the television.
And I like it.

I want to know all the ins,
the outs and I love it.

All we do is take pictures.

The decision to buy the pictures

is taken by the picture editors
of the world

and they buy the pictures
so their readers can see them.

So, at the end of the day
the buck stops with the readers.

Turn that off!
Are you filming us?

- Yeah.
- Turn that off.

Oh, sorry.

Are you on the lift, David?

One day she'll use the media

for her own advantages,

and she'll, uh,
give you a nice picture.

And the next day

she will have a bag
over her head,

you know, so, we're never sure
what way she's gonna react.

I can't fucking see her.

Is she in the queue?

There she is, back of the queue.

Which one is she?

Can you see her?

There.

Oh, I see her.

That's not her.

Yes, it is.
She's about three behind it,

she's got her head fuckin'
in between her...

Oh,
fucking hell! What is she doing?

Where? I can't see her.

Don't worry boys, not yet.

They said
she's been laughing and joking?

Yeah, she's been
smiling, joking.

She skied right up in front
of a French photographer,

laid down in the snow
in front of him and said,

"Is that... is that too close
for any of the 5mm lens?"

So... so, she's playing games
with 'em, you know.

For fuck's sake, stay still!

- Excuse me.
- Bloody hell!

She's spotted us.

No, she hasn't.

It's just cause
we're looking at her.

Can you just imagine
how small we...

Fuck!

The Royal Family
decided 15-20 years ago

that they had to be
more populist.

They brought the cameras in,

they encouraged examination
of themselves by the media.

You can't turn the paparazzi
on and off

as they're trying to do.

Take the lift. This way.

Ma'am, can we just have one
more, it'll take two seconds, please.

- No!
- Please.

Absolutely not!

You've behaved so badly.

- Diana, just one picture!
- Yes?

One, huh?

Just give me one picture, mate,
and I'll go, all right?

- No! Out! Out!
- Out! Out!

Out! Out! O-U-T! Out!

Have a nice trip, ma'am.

Ladies and gentlemen,

her Royal Highness,
the Princess of Wales

would like to make
a short statement.

Ladies and gentlemen,

when I started my public life
12 years ago.

The media might be interested
in what I did...

but I was not aware

of how overwhelming
that attention would become

nor the extent to which
it would affect

both my public duties
and my personal life.

When I've completed my diary
of official engagements,

I will be reducing the extent
of the public life

I've led so far.

Over the next few months,

I will be seeking
a more suitable way

of combining
a meaningful public role

with hopefully,
a more private life.

My first priority

will continue to be
our children,

William and Harry.

To the wider public, may I say

your kindness and affection
has carried me through

some of
the most difficult periods

and always, your love and care
has eased that journey.

And for that, I thank you
from the bottom of my heart.

It's very Diana, isn't it?

To call a press conference
to announce

that she wanted
to be left alone.

- Absolutely in character.
- Yes.

She has done untold damage

to the Royal Family,
I bet you she'll be back.

She'll do a song and dance act
to get back on the front pages.

And I think she's very close to
being a monster.

This is the story

of the Prince of Wales today.

What he does, what he thinks,
what he believes, what he feels.

This afternoon the heavyweight

royal correspondents
from the national newspapers

are viewing
the program for themselves.

The Mirror's James Whittaker
thinks the film will do.

Prince Charles no good at all.

The best thing that can happen
is for the Queen

to live for a very long time.

Well, it's going to be very
interesting to see precisely

what Prince Charles does say.

And it's also, of course,
going to be very interesting

to see how his rebuilding
of his public image

is going to work.

Program maker

Jonathan Dimbleby
was giving nothing away.

It appears to have stirred up
quite a fuss

and you'll have a chance
to see it

and then you'll be able
to judge for yourself.

The most
damaging charge that is made

in relation to your marriage

is that you were,

because of your relationship
with Camilla Parker-Bowles,

from the beginning,

persistently unfaithful
to your wife

and thus caused the breakdown.

What is your... your response
to that persistent criticism?

Oh, that's
the persistent criticism, is it?

Mrs. Parker-Bowles is

a great friend of mine.

She has been a friend
for a very long time

and will continue to be a friend
for a very long time.

When marriages break down,
awful and miserable as that is,

it is your friends
who are the most

important and helpful

and understanding
and encouraging,

otherwise you would go
stark raving mad.

Did you try to be faithful

and honorable to your wife,

when you took on
a vow of marriage?

Yes, absolutely.

- And you were?
- Yes.

Until it became...
irretrievably broken down.

Us both having tried.

This is supposedly our next king

who is behaving
like a spoilt child.

Diana, she's been pushed
from the word go

and she has been humiliated
and it... it's just disgraceful.

Princess Diana, who declined

to take part in the program

was tonight attending
a charity dinner

while her husband spoke of their
past and future to millions.

It's
a funny old world, isn't it?

Camilla dresses up like this
to please her man

and Di does it to piss him off.

And what's poor old Charles
supposed to do?

For years,
the papers were after him

to own up to a
little rumpy-pumpy,

and now they're after him
for doing it.

Prince Charles was the man
who committed the adultery...

- Lies, lies, lies.
- And I'm not party to

Diana first, she had an affair
with her bodyguard.

She is the wronged party
as far as I'm concerned.

Do we know that?
Do we know that?

I know. It's a fact.

Oh, it's a fact...

And let her deny it
if she dares.

I hope you're
indemnified for libel.

While Palace officials

are anxious
not to crow about success,

they clearly feel that their man
has withstood well

the ordeal of trial
by television,

that the gamble,
so far at least, has paid off.

It is 14.99 for 'em.

Fourteen ninety-nine?

The book
that has catapulted the Princess

back into the headlines

arrived in the shops
this morning,

after a weekend of intense
speculation about its contents.

Written in the breathless style
of a romantic novel,

it purports to be
an account of an affair

the Princess is alleged
to have had

with a former cavalry officer,
James Hewitt.

Do you think there's anything in

what Major Hewitt is saying?

He seems to be
just relying on... on one factor

to try and sell the book,

that he may or may not
have slept with Diana.

Take your photograph
and then go.

Are you doing
any deals with newspapers

- because obviously your opportunity's...
- No, no deals.

Could you say
where this was filmed?

I have no comment.
No comment, I'm afraid.

Not any time at all?

If you are royalty,
the rocks you're throwing

weigh a couple of pounds a piece

and you can find them
at your neighborhood bookseller.

Last week came an authorized
biography of Prince Charles.

In it, we learn the prince
was pushed into marrying Diana

and that Charles
has had a love affair

with Camilla Parker-Bowles

on and off
for more than 20 years.

If they want to have affairs,

if they want to
make it public, fine.

- But I can't see what the problem is.
- No, no, no.

That's ridiculous,
you can't expect to have the

to have a Monarchy
that's full of magic

and they should be washing
their dirty linen in public.

They can't have it both ways.

- They've always had dirty linen.
- Thank you very much. Thank you.

This couple are conducting

their marital squabbles
in the most extraordinary way,

in public
via the tabloid newspapers

they profess to hate.

It's become
a tactical square dance,

a row in front of the neighbors,

60 million neighbors
in this country alone.

Where do
you see all of this leading

because there... there's been
such saturation,

uh, of this material,

some of it sleezy,
some of it perhaps just sad.

But, uh, but surely
there is a desensitizing process

going on and one wonders
in the end

at what point British people
throw their hands up and say,

"Enough, enough! I just don't
wanna hear any more."

I think what's
happened is that, functionally,

the Royal Family has through
misjudgment and ineptitude,

and a fair degree of stupidity,

turned itself into
something of a

of a branch
of the entertainment industry,

and I'm not sure they're ever
going to recover from it.

I think they're... they're
doomed to continue.

Ma'am! Ma'am!

Your Royal Highness,

how prepared were you

for the pressures
that came with marrying

into the Royal Family?

At the age of 19.

You always think
you're prepared for everything.

This was the moment.

Britain had been waiting for

and they packed the pubs,

just as they did for
the royal wedding 15 years ago.

Millions of televisions
in millions of homes

were tuned in.

Princess Diana in her own words.

And with a husband who was

having a relationship
with somebody else?

A husband who
loved someone else, yes.

You really thought that?

I didn't think that, I knew it.

Do you think
Mrs. Parker-Bowles was a factor

in the breakdown
of your marriage?

Well, there were three of us
in this marriage,

so it was a bit crowded.

She talked openly about having
post-natal depression,

about suffering from bulimia
for more than three years

and about
the self-inflicted injuries

to her arms and legs.

She says she only wanted to put

her side of the story.

Is the House of Windsor
so flimsy,

it can be shaken
by a single interview?

Did your relationship
with James Hewitt

go beyond a close friendship?

- Yes, it did, yes.
- Were you unfaithful?

Yes, I adored him.
Yes, I was in love with him.

Astonishing.

Refreshment was needed
to help us take it all in.

At 10:41
the national grid recorded

a 1,000-megawatt surge.

300,000 kettles
were being switched on,

at least 15 million viewers
were busy brewing.

Even more remarkable,
Newsnight on BBC 2

more used to an audience
of around 800,000

found themselves
with eight million.

In an astonishingly frank
interview,

in which she admitted
adultery and bulimia,

Diana told millions of viewers
of attempts by Buckingham Palace

to intercept her mail
and blacken her name.

Do you really believe
that a campaign

- was being waged against you?
- Yes, I did. Absolutely, yeah.

Why?

I was, uh, separated wife
of the Prince of Wales,

I was a problem, full stop.

Never happened before,
what do we do with her?

Can't we pack her off
to somewhere quietly

rather than campaign
against her?

She won't go quietly,
that's the problem.

I'll fight till the end
because I believe

that I have a role to fulfill,

and I've got two children
to bring up.

Did you know
how miserable she was?

No, she was very...

She was very good
at not showing it.

- Mm-hmm.
- And then when we...

Well, when I was there,
living there, I sort of, uh,

got to know more and more

- about it.
- The pain.

The pain she was in. Yeah.

Most people don't understand
if you have all that stuff,

why don't you just
behave yourself,

do what you're told
and just play the game

and go along with the program?

- You could do that.
- Mm-hmm.

You could do that
and then... and,

and if that's what suits you,
that's what suits you.

But I'm afraid for Diana and I,
we learn, we're like rivers,

we wanna learn more,
we wanna go round

the next corner.

Do you think
you will ever be queen?

Why do you think that?

I don't think many
people would want me to be queen, actually.

When I say many people,

I mean the establishment
that I'm married into

because they've decided
that I'm a nonstarter.

And why do you think
they've decided that?

Because I do things differently.

Do you think
the Monarchy needs to adapt

and to change
in order to survive?

I understand that change

is frightening for people,

especially if
there's nothing to go to,

it's best to stay where you are.

I understand that.
But I do think that

there are a few things
that could change,

that would alleviate this doubt,

and sometimes,

complicated relationship between
Monarchy and public,

I think they could walk
hand in hand

as opposed to being so distant.

By the time she left

a glitzy charity ball
in London tonight,

many were questioning

what exactly
prompted the princess

to grant
such an explosive interview

to the BBC.

As well as admitting adultery,

Diana pulled apart
her failed marriage

and questioned her husband's
suitability to be king.

What's your
verdict on that interview last night?

It's light entertainment.

I mean, we've sent Neighbours
over here,

we've sent Home and Away
over here,

you give us
Diana's interview back.

I was particularly
incensed about her children,

and she wants to be close
to her boys

and she'll teach them
how to throw up

so that they don't have to do
what they want to.

She'll teach them how to stamp
their tiny feet,

she'll teach them to lie,

she'll teach them to
manipulate their friends

so that the world gets
their side of the story.

What do you think about the fact

she did the interview
in the first place?

I think it was wrong.

I think that... I think that... what
Charles did as well was wrong

when he'd done his one,
but I think it's just...

It shouldn't have happened.
You know? I think

that should be... kept private.

I thought she was stunning.

I think it's... I think she's probably
devastated the Royal Family,

Absolutely. Simply
because she's just stripped away

the mystique and that's what
they're based on.

I lost all respect
for the Royal Family

after watching that last night.

To do that to a beautiful woman

and take no notice
of her cries for help

or whatever she's going through,

I thought it was
just... disgusting.

Charles, I've got no respect
for that man at all now.

I think
it would be fair to say that at this time

as a result of the occurrences

over the course of
the past several months,

that we could now be witnessing
the end of the Monarchy

and the reigning queen
could possibly be the last.

Hear, hear.

The Monarchy rules
by favor of the people,

and the moment
the Monarchy loses that,

it is finished.

And the Queen knows it.

This is the time of year

for greetings to be sent
between family members,

but the world's most famous
Christmas card, it seems,

was sent by the Queen of England

to her son Prince Charles
and his estranged wife, Diana.

"Enough already" it said.

"Stop this unseemly bickering.
Get divorced!"

Can you tell us
any of the content, sir?

No, no.
I'm not commenting on that.

There is a...
there is a statement

which is being
faxed to the Press Association

but it's not
going to be read out.

- Hold them out...
- No, no, no.

Can you come out?
Can you come out?

Come right
out, please. Come right out.

Close the door. Come on out.

We can't see you there,
close the door.

Hang on, hang on.

You wouldn't care to read it,
would you?

No, I'm afraid not.

It would
help us greatly if you could.

Thank you very much.

Maybe a name and address,
please?

Good morning, ma'am!

It's quite clear to me that.

Diana's had
a very miserable time

within this marriage
and that she was somebody,

especially, given the problems
of her own childhood, her mother

as it were, walking out on her
when she was only six,

a sense of betrayal
and abandonment all her life.

She genuinely wanted
a happy marriage.

And, uh, it seems
that within that family

it's very difficult to have one.

And so, the world's most famous

dysfunctional family

now launches the world's most
famous divorce proceedings.

There shouldn't be much fight
over the record collection,

their tastes in that
are different too,

but there are the royal houses,
the royal castles,

the royal silver, and of course,
the royal children to consider.

Ma'am, are
you pleased with the settlement?

Grim-faced
but 17 million pounds richer

after her divorce deal.

She will have to give up
being HRH, Her Royal Highness.

She'll be Diana,
Princess of Wales.

Ma'am? Ma'am? Ma'am?

That's what I mean with her.

She did have it on.

She did have the ring on.

- Did she have the ring on?
- Are you certain, Paul? Are you certain?

She looked beautiful,

but I noticed she was wearing
a lot of makeup.

I don't imagine for one moment

that he will marry
Camilla Parker-Bowles...

Ma'am? Ma'am? Ma'am?

Ma'am? Ma'am? Ma'am?

I think
the most remarkable thing was

that she was not only
wearing her engagement ring,

but also her wedding ring.

She was making a statement today

which reiterates
what she said before,

"I never wanted a divorce."

How can we possibly accept.

Charles's succession
to the throne,

especially, as head of nation

and head of the church

when he obviously entered
a marriage of convenience

to produce an heir
and continually maintained

an adulterous relationship
throughout that marriage?

This has been
the start of a debate

and that genie is not
gonna be put back in the bottle

until at least
there are fundamental

changes in the way
the present institution

of the Monarchy
is run in this country.

If the Monarchy wants to survive
then it will have to change.

Officer, can you move?

- Got enough cameras, Colin?
- Two, yes. Fully loaded.

The Princess
of Wales has made it quite clear

that she has no intention
of going away.

She wants to continue
public life,

and the important thing now

is that her role
should be defined.

She woke me up. I love her.

Oh! You've moved rooms!
You've moved rooms.

Just in here, she's moved rooms.

- How are you?
- I've moved three times. Good.

Good work.

Genuinely associating oneself
with good voluntary causes.

That I think
is the sort of direction

that the Princess of Wales
sees herself moving in.

She has 20, 30, 40 years

of active public life
ahead of her.

So, the people who think of this
as the end of something,

misunderstand it, it's just
the beginning of something.

- Open the door, huh?
- Are we in here?

Well, I've got to come back.

Thanks for having us. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

Excuse me!

No, no, no,
that would be treason, you know.

Her coming here
and launching this fund means

we have a chance of collecting
25 million dollars.

It gives us
public relationing profile.

We were able to, because of her,
invite the top donors

in this country,

which we wouldn't
have got normally.

She's got
everything that she's asked for.

I think she courts the press,
the media and I feel

as long as she gets
her daily fix

with the media and the press,
she's happy.

You're looking at the scene

outside Christie's this evening.

The charity auction of dresses

direct from the closet
of the Princess of Wales.

Diana, Princess of Wales

has arrived in Angola
to lend her support

to the Red Cross campaign
to ban landmines.

Millions of mines were laid
during Angola's long civil war.

Thousands of civilians
are suffering the consequences.

May I hold?

What's she feeding
this young man?

Oh, he weighs a ton.

How long has
she been waiting for a prothesis?

She has been
waiting for about three years.

Will you ask her
where the mine was?

Yeah,
she was trying to get some food

with her mother
when she stepped on a landmine.

And... don't her friends
help her?

I understand they don't help.

Sarim,
can we ask him to smile too?

Otherwise,
I'm gonna be most upset.

We have the best people working.

I'd have thought that was
the most important question

out of the two,
I'd go for that one.

- Thank you.
- Okay.

No, no, I mean the one saying

- I'm not a political figure.
- Yes, exactly.

I'm ready.

The government will be
announcing later today

that we will ban
the import, export,

transfer and manufacture
of anti-personnel landmines.

Diana! Hey, Diana!

She was named
Humanitarian of the Year in America

and mixed with
that nation's most powerful

and influential figures.

This is one
of the nicest British invasions

that the White House
has ever had.

And it's because
she is a woman who has

had a tireless commitment
to the homeless, to AIDS,

cancer, leprosy,
and other health issues.

It is humbling
to know that some of you

feel that I should be honored
in this way.

I cannot think
of a single heterosexual male

of my acquaintance

who wouldn't fancy
Princess Diana...

- But we're looking towards...
- physically, at least.

Yes, we're
looking towards the ideal for her.

I think she'd
have great difficulty because,

she's been
so spiteful to Charles

which would put some men off.

And she needs so much.

Just look at Jackie Kennedy,

fo... it wasn't a happy marriage,

but she married
the richest guy in the world.

Diana needs a billionaire
on her lifestyle.

Charlie!

Is that her?

The
Saint-Tropez villa of Diana's friend

Mohammed Al Fayed,

in full view of waiting press
and TV cameras

the princess went to
the beach beside it today.

She seemed unconcerned
by all the attention.

There is still
the question tonight

why nobody seemingly
advised the princess

against accepting hospitality

from a man
who arguably helped bring down

the last Tory government.

Revelations
about Princess Diana's

continuing involvement
with the family who own

the Harrods department store

is bound to have her critics
again questioning her judgement.

This is not the kind of man,
with all respect to Dodi,

that one would have envisaged

the mother of
the future king of this country,

uh, walking out with.

People look down
upon us around the world, outside

and say, you know, "Egyptians
are... What are the Egyptians?"

It's just a poor country,"
but that's not true.

We have power and we're gonna go
back to where we were before,

and the proof is in the pudding.

Di is dating Dodi Fayed
and I think it's great.

She wants
this romance on the record

and this is a story
that's gonna run and run

until something wonderful
or something ghastly happens.

Tonight, a Sunday newspaper's

preparing its pages

with what it describes
as intimate photographs

of the Princess
and Dodi Al Fayed,

it's reported to have paid

nearly a quarter
of a million pounds

for the pictures.

Yes, there's a
kiss. Yes, there's a tender embrace,

but this is a woman who
suddenly doesn't care,

uh, suddenly wants to shout
from the rooftops, you know,

"I'm in love and this is
the bloke I'm in love with."

This is a quite
different situation.

But she didn't
know she was being photographed

though, did she?

The Princess of Wales

is the most aware person
in the world

when it comes to photographers.

We are here today to announce
the filing of a lawsuit this morning

in LA County Superior Court

on behalf of Kelly Fisher
against Dodi Fayed.

Until a week ago, Ms. Fisher,
of Malibu, California

was engaged to Mr. Fayed
and publicly wore his ring.

Ms. Fisher learnt
about Mr. Fayed's betrayal

not from Mr. Fayed, but instead

from the kiss photo

that was published
and circulated

around the world
to Ms. Fisher's utter dismay,

shock and shame.

This is the engagement ring.

Hold it up right.

Would she consider
a reconciliation

if it's only a friendship?

- No.
- No is her answer.

If you could say something

to Princess Diana today,
what would that be?

I'd like to tell her
that, uh, sometimes the

things that seem
too good to be true,

are probably
too good to be true.

These are Jeffrey's cards...

Do you wanna see my cards?

- Whose turn is first?
- We're having a swell time

although Princess Diana
has been injured gravely

it's been reported allegedly.

Not allegedly,
they have pictures.

- We're watching it on... we're watching it on CNN.
- "Allegedly."

As the world awaits word on

the fate of Princess Diana,
the Princess of Wales

seriously injured
in a car accident

hours ago in Paris

along with companion
Dodi Al Fayed

who apparently was killed
in that accident.

There's still
no concrete word on

exactly what the condition
of the Princess is,

But I've just
been told that a French eyewitness

at the scene
said that he thought that

Diana had walked away from this,
uh,

uh, crash. Because she said she.

It's breaking news.

- So, who's winning?
- It's the news, bro.

Well, Alan's ahead right now.

- Oh, I didn't just say that.
- Alan's only got 68.

- That's good.
- Clark's next with 88.

Police have arrested

at least seven
so-called paparazzi

who were allegedly
chasing the car

at very high speed...

They just keep breaking the news
over and over again.

At the scene of the crash,

one eyewitness says that within

five seconds of the crash
there was a photographer

taking pictures
of what had happened

and the scenario
that has been, uh,

painted is of, uh, a car which
was being driven too fast

in an attempt to get away
from a photographer.

You know, that could be
the most photographed car...

Gosh. It is.
The engine is pushed

- way back into the...
- Yeah.

They have to be dead.

They're lucky anybody's alive.

- Yeah.
- Mm-hmm.

- Well...
- Princess Diana dead!

- Oh, she died.
- Where's the remote?

Oh, my God.

You're in the
briefing room where you're gathered,

How did you find out?
Who told you?

Oh.

- Uh, so...
- Oh, God!

I had to step out
because it was still going on.

Get it loud.

We were told
by a... a hospital, uh, employee

making a public statement

and uh, now
the French Interior Minister,

Jean-Pierre Chevènement,

is speaking and expressing
his condolences.

Can you hear me?

It appears to be official.

Princess Diana at the age of 36

has died of massive
internal injuries

she, uh,
suffered in a car accident

along with her companion
Dodi Al Fayed.

Let's go now live to CNN's
Jim Bitter man in Paris. Jim.

Are these for the palace?

Here he is.

Our thoughts and prayers

are with
Princess Diana's family,

in particular, her two sons,
the two boys.

Our hearts go out to them.

We are today

a nation, in Britain,
in a state of shock.

Oh, Jesus.

Don't even know why we're here,
what we're doing here.

Didn't think we...
They was that important to us,

you know. But there you are.

You are
telling people, "Get a life."

Well, in fact
haven't they gotten a life?

Well, they've got no choice
but to get a life.

She's not coming back.

We can get on without her,
right?

It wasn't such a big deal.

Um, and many, many people, are,
I... I think now, also now,

are not afraid to say
that she didn't mean that much.

You don't know
what you're talking about.

You shouldn't even be
in these gardens, now,

you denigrate Diana
and her image,

you should not be here.

I shouldn't
be in these gardens? Who the hell are you?

- Because the people... people that have respect for Diana...
- Look, I think

you're about as smart
as you look.

You see what...
You see what brain rot...

You see what brain rot descends
on people.

Unbelievable.

They've
taken her life! I'm sorry!

I blame The Sun newspaper

- and their ilk!
- You're wrong.

It's you,
the press that killed her.

You're the scum!

Yes.

You're here to pick the bones!

The Times, Mail or The Sun?

I'll take one of each.

One of each?
One pound twenty-three, love.

- Yes, please.
- The Mail and The Sun.

Our queen
should be here in London

with her people.

This is her nation,
and they should know

how all her people
feel about Diana.

Everybody loved Diana.

Just typical reaction

of the Royal Family.
Stick to protocol.

Don't worry about human emotion.

I think it's time we

stop talking about them
and talked about ourselves,

and what's wrong
with us as a country

that this Royal Family

should apparently mean
so much to us.

People are
showing their grief in this way,

because they want
to show the Royal Family

that they feel that she
was badly treated by them.

That they just can't sweep
her under the carpet.

This incident is gross idolatry.

It is vulgar, it is garish,
it's excessive.

And quite frankly,

I think that the public
is on a flight of fantasy.

We share our grief

with our English
and Canadian friends.

One can already sense
these scenes

beginning to atone for the hurt

that there's been this week.

People grieving need to target
their anger at somebody

and royal protocol
got in the way.

But royal protocol
is being swept aside

en masse today

and it may be
the best thing that

could happen to the Monarchy.

Ma'am, take care of the boys.

- Take care of the boys, ma'am.
- That's what we've been doing.

- Sorry?
- That's what we've been doing.

I know you have.

God bless you!

William!

God bless you, William!

God bless you, young man.

Thank you.

We love you!

We loved your mother!

Diana!

We love you!

We love you, Diana!

Oh, my Diana!

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