Recently unearthed images have emerged of the infamous engagement interview of Prince Charles and Diana, showing the Princess of Wales looking “clearly dissatisfied” after her husband’s comments asking if the couple was “in love”.
On February 24, 1981, after months of speculation, a 32-year-old Charles who had long “needed” to find a girlfriend married a horny 19-year-old then known as Lady Diana Spencer.
When asked — in the photo call at Buckingham Palace — if they loved each other, Charles’s response to Diana’s, of course, was unforgettable: “What it means to be in love.”
The clip is usually cut immediately after Charles ‘comment, but the new images, which air on channel 5 on Sunday, show the fall of the royal’s face and show clear dissatisfaction with Charles’ mistake.
Royal experts have said the images are “shocking” and “amazing” forty years later.
The expression on his face is so eloquent.
“I had never seen his show, so clearly, the dissatisfaction with him on camera before, it’s a very remarkable piece,” real historian Piers Brendon explains in the documentary.
“It’s amazing to look at it now, I haven’t seen it before,” adds writer Richard Kay.
“The silence between the two pays off tremendously,” he added.
Recently unearthed images have emerged of the infamous engagement interview of Prince Charles and Diana, showing the Princess of Wales looking “clearly dissatisfied” after her husband’s comments asking if the couple was “in love”.
Royal biographer Angela Levin said the interview was one of the first signs of the difference and potential problems between the Spencers and the Windsors.
“Diana really couldn’t be Spencer and show what she felt she had to be Windsor, to let it all go,” she said.
“Charles was baffled about how to answer a question about his emotions.
“Don’t forget that the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh had raised him to hide what they felt,” he added.
On February 24, 1981, after months of speculation, a 32-year-old Charles who had long “needed” to find a girlfriend married a horny 19-year-old then known as Lady Diana Spencer. When asked — in the photo call at Buckingham Palace — if they loved each other, Charles’s response to Diana’s “of course” was unforgettable: “What it means to be in love.”
“You can actually see the light go out behind his eyes, he felt almost a collapse of the world,” added Andrew Morton, Diana’s biographer.
It is presented as a clip of Princess Diana’s infamous interview with Martin Bashir, in which she talks about feeling “unsupported” by the royal establishment and provoked comparisons with Meghan Markle’s settlement with Oprah Winfrey. .
The Duchess of Sussex told the host of the chat program that “she could not be left alone” and confessed that she “did not want to be alive” before claiming that the human resources department at Buckingham Palace ignored her request. ‘helps because he was not a‘ paid employee ’.
The clip is usually cut immediately after Charles ‘comment, but the new images, which air on Sunday on channel 5, show the fall of the king and show clear dissatisfaction with Charles’ mistake (pictured)
She claimed she was “silenced” by Buckingham Palace officials, who told her to always respond “without comment” because they would “protect” her, adding: “Only when we were married and everything started to get worse do I really understand? not only were they not protecting me, but they were willing to lie to protect other family members, but they were not willing to tell the truth to protect me and my husband.
Meghan told Oprah that she later contacted one of Dian’a’s best friends because she felt unsustainable for the palace and said Harry had “saved” her. [her] life ‘agreeing to move to Los Angeles.
After the two-hour interview Oprah aired in the United States on CBS on Sunday, American filmmaker Ava DuVernay shared a clip of Diana’s 1995 interview with BBC Panorama on Twitter.
A clip resurfacing from Princess Diana’s infamous interview with Martin Bashir in which she talks about feeling “unsupported” by the royal establishment has sparked comparisons to Meghan Markle’s bombing with Oprah Winfrey
The Duchess of Sussex told the chat show host that “she could not be left alone” and confessed that she “did not want to be more alive” before claiming that the human resources department at Buckingham Palace ignored her request. help because she was not a ‘paid employee’
In it, the Princess of Wales explains why she felt that the “establishment” she married had decided this. [she’s] a person who does not start ”, because he did things“ differently ”.
Prince Harry’s mother told journalist Martin Bashir, “Because I do things differently, because I don’t follow a rulebook, because I carry it from my heart, not my head, and even though that puts me in trouble in the “My job, I understand that. But someone has to go out there and love people and prove it.”
He adds that he suspects that she does not have “as many supporters in this environment as I do” because the royal family saw her as a “threat of some kind”, even though she is “here to do good” and is “not a destructive person”. ‘.
When the Spencers met the monarchy, Saturday the 13th at 9pm on channel 5