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Narrator: WINDSOR--

\h\h\hTHE OLDEST AND LARGEST CONTINUALLY INHABITED CASTLE

IN THE WORLD.

FOR A THOUSAND YEARS,

\hIT’S BEEN THE SYMBOL OF BRITAIN’S ROYAL DYNASTIES.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR THE QUEEN, THIS IS A PALACE LIKE NO OTHER.

Man: THE WINDSOR CASTLE \h\h\h\h\hIS HER HOME,

IT IS A FAMILY HOME AS WELL,

\h\h\h\h\hAND SHE FEELS VERY COMFORTABLE THERE.

Narrator: 1,000 ROOMS,

HUNDREDS OF STAFF,

\hBILLIONS OF DOLLARS’ WORTH OF PAINTINGS AND FINE FURNISHINGS,

5,000 ACRES OF PARKLAND.

Man: IT’S A GREAT STAGE ON WHICH THE WHOLE ROYAL BUSINESS

CAN BE ACTED OUT.

\h\hNarrator: IT’S ALSO WHERE THE ROYAL FAMILY

HIDES ITS SECRETS.

Woman: THERE ARE DOCUMENTS \h\h\h\h\hAND LETTERS THERE

THAT I THINK PROBABLY \h\h\hEVERY HISTORIAN

WOULD GIVE THEIR EYETEETH FOR.

\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: IT’S BEEN THE QUEEN’S HOME FOR 80 YEARS.

\h\h\h\h\hWE’LL REVEAL WHAT’S REALLY HAPPENED

BEHIND THE CASTLE’S \h\hIMPOSING WALLS.

♪

WE TRAVEL FROM THE EARLY ’70s

TO THE EARLY ’90s--

\h\h\h\h20 YEARS WHICH ROCKED THE CASTLE TO ITS FOUNDATIONS.

WE DISCOVER HOW THE QUEEN FACED POTENTIAL DISASTER

AT HER SILVER JUBILEE.

Man: THERE WAS REAL PANIC \hIN THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD

AS TO WHETHER OR NOT

THESE THINGS WERE GOING TO BE \h\h\hCELEBRATED IN ANY WAY.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: WHY THE WINDSOR NURSERY

\h\h\h\h\hWAS THE SCENE OF A HISTORIC PROPOSAL.

Man: HE WENT DOWN ON ONE KNEE, \h\h\hASKED HER TO MARRY HIM,

\h\h\h\h\h\hAND SHE KIND OF WAS ALL FLUSTERED AND SAID,

"OH, YES, PLEASE."

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: HOW THE QUEEN’S CHILDREN

LED THE HOUSE OF WINDSOR TO THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE.

Man: SHE WAS APPEALING \h\h\hTO HER SUBJECTS,

PLEASE UNDERSTAND, WE ARE LISTENING,

WE WILL CHANGE.

\hNarrator: AND WE ASK WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS

FOR WINDSOR CASTLE TODAY.

♪

WINDSOR AT THE START \h\h\h\hOF THE ’70s.

IT HAD BEEN THE QUEEN’S \h\h\h\hOWN FAMILY HOME

FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS.

\h\h\hSHE HAD BROUGHT UP HER FOUR CHILDREN THERE.

SHE’D BALANCED THE DEMANDS \hOF HER EXTRAORDINARY JOB

WITH KEEPING HER MOTHER HAPPY

AND HER HUSBAND OUT OF TROUBLE.

\h\h\h\h\h\hKate Williams: THE QUEEN’S LOVED WINDSOR

EVER SINCE SHE’S BEEN \h\h\h\hA LITTLE GIRL.

THE CASTLE HAS SO MANY FOND MEMORIES FOR HER.

IT’S HER CHILDHOOD OF HORSES AND DOGS,

\hIT’S HER FAMILY, IT’S HER PARENTS,

AND ALSO IT’S THE PLACE, REALLY,

\h\h\hWHERE HER ROMANCE WITH PRINCE PHILIP REALLY BEGAN.

Narrator: AND IN 1972,

IT WAS TIME TO CELEBRATE \h\h\hTHAT RELATIONSHIP.

\h\hTHE 20th OF NOVEMBER WAS THE QUEEN AND PRINCE PHILIP’S

25th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.

THERE WAS A CARRIAGE PARADE \h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHROUGH LONDON

TO ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL

AND A STATE DINNER.

\h\h\h\hAND THE WHOLE ROYAL CLAN WAS ASKED TO ASSEMBLE AT WINDSOR

IN THE WHITE DRAWING ROOM

FOR A SPECIAL PHOTOGRAPH.

[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]

♪

THE IMAGE OF A RELAXED, HAPPY, \h\h\h\h\h\hAND UNITED FAMILY

\h\h\hWOULD MAKE THE FRONT PAGES OF NEWSPAPERS AROUND THE WORLD.

THESE FAMILY IMAGES WERE VITAL \h\h\hTO THE HOUSE OF WINDSOR.

Williams: THEY’RE MEANT TO SHOW THAT THIS IS A ROYAL FAMILY

WHO ARE HAPPY, CONTENTED, \h\h\h\h\hDEVOTED TO DUTY,

AND DEVOTED TO EACH OTHER.

Robert Jobson: IT’S SEEN \h\h\hAS AN IMPORTANT WAY

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF PROJECTING THE STABILITY OF MONARCHY.

IT’S A DANGEROUS GAME,

AND IT RELIES UPON THOSE PEOPLE INVOLVED TO STAY TOGETHER.

\hOTHERWISE YOU ARE BUILDING YOURSELF UP

ONLY TO BE KNOCKED DOWN.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: AND OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS,

THIS SMILING FAMILY DID COLLAPSE IN BITTER DIVISIONS

AS NO LESS THAN FOUR MARRIAGES \h\h\h\h\h\hENDED IN SCANDAL.

[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]

WINDSOR BECAME HOME

TO ONE OF THE UNHAPPIEST \h\hFAMILIES IN BRITAIN,

AS THEIR SECRETS SPILLED OUT FROM BEHIND THE CASTLE WALLS.

THE FIRST DEEP CRACK \h\h\hIN THE FACADE

CAME FOUR YEARS AFTER THE PHOTO,

ON THE 22nd OF FEBRUARY 1976.

AS THE QUEEN SETTLED DOWN \h\h\hTO SUNDAY BREAKFAST

WITH THE PAPERS,

SHE GOT A NASTY SHOCK.

\h\h\hChristopher Warwick: ON THE FRONT OF THE "NEWS OF THE WORLD"

HERE YOU HAD PRINCESS MARGARET \h\h\hIN HER SWIMMING COSTUME,

AND NEXT TO HER--SHOCK, HORROR--

WAS HER TOY BOY,

THIS YOUNG MAN RODDY LLEWELLYN, 17 YEARS YOUNGER, YOU KNOW.

\hNarrator: THE PROBLEM WAS THAT MARGARET WAS MARRIED.

SHE AND PHOTOGRAPHER TONY ARMSTRONG-JONES

HAD BEEN TOGETHER \h\hFOR 16 YEARS.

\h\h\h\hTHEY HAD TWO CHILDREN AND APPEARED TO BE A PERFECT COUPLE.

BUT NOW THE WORLD \hKNEW THE TRUTH.

\h\hTHE QUEEN’S SISTER WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR.

Sarah Bradford: YES, I SUPPOSE

\h\h\h\hTHAT WAS RATHER KIND OF JUICY SCANDAL,

\h\hALL THE PICTURES OF PRINCESS MARGARET

ON THE BEACH AT MUSTIQUE \h\h\h\h\h\h\hWITH RODDY.

\h\h\hUM, SO THIS WAS QUITE A NEW DEPARTURE

FOR A ROYAL PRINCESS, \h\h\h\h\h\hWASN’T IT?

Anne de Courcy: THAT PHOTOGRAPH REALLY PRECIPITATED EVERYTHING.

\hIT KIND OF WAS LIKE THE CORK BEING TAKEN OUT OF THE BOTTLE.

\hAFTER THAT, THERE WAS A FLOOD OF SPECULATION.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: AS SOON AS PRINCESS MARGARET

RETURNED FROM HER VACATION,

SHE HEADED STRAIGHT FOR WINDSOR, TO HIDE FROM THE PRESS.

BUT HER MARRIAGE CAME UNDER \h\h\h\h\hINTENSE SCRUTINY.

AND THERE WAS PLENTY TO UNCOVER,

BECAUSE BEHIND THE SCENES,

THE ROYAL FAMILY KNEW

THE RELATIONSHIP HAD BEEN \h\hIN TROUBLE FOR YEARS.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFROM THE START, MARGARET AND TONY HAD BATTLED.

WINDSOR CASTLE ITSELF HAD BEEN \h\h\h\hA SOURCE OF FRICTION.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMARGARET WANTED TO SPEND HER WEEKENDS THERE,

AS SHE HAD ROOMS AT ROYAL LODGE WITH THE QUEEN MUM.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTONY PREFERRED TO GET AWAY FROM THE IN-LAWS

BY GOING TO HIS OWN COTTAGE \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN SUSSEX.

De Courcy: PRINCESS MARGARET, \h\h\hWHO LOVED ROYAL LODGE,

\h\h\h\h\h\hWAS VERY KEEN ON HAVING A COUNTRY HOUSE

IN WINDSOR GREAT PARK,

AND THE QUEEN ACTUALLY OFFERED \hTHEM A SITE AT SUNNINGHILL.

THE PRINCESS DIDN’T REALLY \h\hWANT TO LEAVE WINDSOR.

\h\hIT WAS, AFTER ALL, WHERE SHE’D GROWN UP,

SHE’D SPENT HER CHILDHOOD,

SO THIS REALLY SOURED RELATIONS FOR QUITE A WHILE.

♪

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: THROUGHOUT THEIR MARRIAGE,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMARGARET SPENT LONELY WEEKENDS AT WINDSOR.

AND SHE WAS OFTEN SEEN OUT ON THE TOWN ALONE.

Warwick: BY THIS TIME,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMY OWN VIEW WAS THAT PRINCESS MARGARET

WAS AT HER UNHAPPIEST.

\hI THINK SHE WAS DRINKING TOO MUCH

\h\h\h\hAND JUST NOT A HAPPY LADY AT ALL.

\h\h\hNarrator: HER AFFAIR WITH THE 23-YEAR-OLD RODDY

WAS NOT THE FIRST \hIN HER MARRIAGE.

\h\h\h\h\h\hBUT PREVIOUSLY SHE’D ALWAYS BEEN DISCREET

AND GOT AWAY WITH IT.

NOT THIS TIME.

NOW HER FAMILY AT WINDSOR

\h\h\h\h\h\hHAD TO CONFRONT THE HUMILIATING SITUATION.

Warwick: ON ONE OCCASION,

WHEN THE QUEEN MOTHER

WAS WALKING IN THE GARDEN \h\h\h\h\hAT ROYAL LODGE,

ONE OF HER LADIES IN WAITING \h\h\hSAID THAT SHE THOUGHT

THAT DIVORCE WAS REALLY THE ONLY ANSWER FOR MARGARET AND TONY,

\hAND THE QUEEN MOTHER, ALMOST IN HORROR, SAID,

\h\h\h"DON’T TELL ME THAT YOU AGREE WITH DIVORCE."

\h\h\hJobson: WELL, DIVORCE IN THE ’70s WAS A BIG THING,

\h\h\h\hAND, YOU KNOW, REMEMBER, AT THAT TIME

\hDIVORCEES WEREN’T EVEN ALLOWED IN THE ROYAL ENCLOSURE AT ASCOT.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN MANY WAYS, IT STARTS TO BURST THE BUBBLE

OF THE PERFECT FAMILY MYTH THAT THE MONARCHY LIKE TO PORTRAY.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBradford: DIVORCE IS A VERY BAD WORD, YES.

AND TO HAVE YOUR SISTER \h\h\h\hDIVORCING IS...

IT’S UNCOMFORTABLE.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: BUT MARGARET WAS DETERMINED,

AND THE QUEEN HAD NO REAL CHOICE BUT TO AGREE.

IN MARCH 1976,

THE SEPARATION WAS ANNOUNCED.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDavid Griffin: I WAS WITH PRINCESS MARGARET

WHEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME OUT ON THE NEWS.

IT SAID, "NOW WE’RE GOING \hTO ANNOUNCE THE DIVORCE

OF PRINCESS MARGARET \hAND LORD SNOWDON."

SO I TURNED IT OFF.

AND SHE SAYS, "NO, NO, GRIFFIN, TURN IT BACK ON.

I WANT TO SEE WHAT EVERYONE’S \h\h\h\h\h\hSAYING ABOUT ME."

SO I TURNED THE RADIO BACK ON.

TRYING TO BE DISCREET, \h\hBUT IT DIDN’T WORK.

\h\h\h\hLord Snowdon: I’M, UH, DESPERATELY SAD, IN EVERY WAY,

THAT THIS HAD TO HAPPEN.

Narrator: TWO YEARS LATER,

THE FIRST DIVORCE OF A SENIOR ROYAL

\h\h\hSINCE HENRY VIII’S ANNULMENT WAS FINALIZED.

IT COULDN’T HAVE COME \h\h\hAT A WORSE TIME.

[CHANTING]

THE COUNTRY WAS IN THE GRIP \h\h\hOF AN ECONOMIC CRISIS.

\h\hALL THROUGH THE ’70s, BRITAIN ENDURED STRIKES,

AND INFLATION SPIRALED \h\h\h\h\hTO OVER 20%.

AS PEOPLE STRUGGLED TO GET BY,

\hMARGARET’S EXPENSIVE LIFESTYLE WAS SPLASHED ALL OVER THE PRESS.

BUT IT WASN’T JUST HER.

THE WHOLE ROYAL FAMILY \h\hSEEMED TO SAIL ON,

UNTOUCHED BY THE REAL WORLD.

News announcer: WINDSOR’S \hOLD AND VENERABLE WALLS

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFORM A BACKDROP TO AN ANCIENT ENGLISH CEREMONY,

THE CONFERRING OF THE INSIGNIA

OF THE MOST NOBLE ORDER \h\h\h\hOF THE GARTER.

\h\hNarrator: EVENTS LIKE THE ANTIQUATED AND COSTLY

ANNUAL GARTER PARADE AT WINDSOR

NOW SEEMED TO REPRESENT NOT COLORFUL TRADITION,

BUT A FAMILY TOTALLY OUT OF STEP WITH THE COUNTRY.

Bradford: THERE WAS THIS SORT OF FEELING THAT THERE ARE THESE...

WE’RE PAYING FOR THEM. \h\h\h\h\h\h\hWHAT FOR?

\hTHERE WAS A MUCH MORE REPUBLICAN FEELING THEN

THAN THERE IS NOW.

\h\h\hNarrator: THE DAYS OF OLD-FASHIONED RESPECT

FOR YOUR ELDERS AND BETTERS

WERE VANISHING.

AND PROVIDING A LOUD AND ANGRY \h\h\h\hVOICE TO THIS NEW MOOD

\h\h\hWERE PUNK BANDS LIKE THE SEX PISTOLS.

\h\h\h\hAnnouncer: PUNK ROCK, THE LATEST TREND IN POP MUSIC.

AND IT’S MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE \hTO BE AS NASTY AS POSSIBLE

AND DENOUNCE THE ESTABLISHMENT.

[APPLAUSE AND CHEERING]

\h\h\hNarrator: BUT IF 1977 WAS A BIG YEAR FOR THE SEX PISTOLS,

IT WAS AN EVEN BIGGER YEAR \h\h\h\h\h\hFOR THE QUEEN.

IT WAS HER SILVER JUBILEE.

SHE WAS SCHEDULED TO LIGHT

\hA MASSIVE BEACON AT WINDSOR CASTLE

\hTO KICK OFF THE LAVISH NATIONWIDE CELEBRATIONS.

\h\h\hJobson: PRIOR TO THOSE BIG CELEBRATIONS,

\hTHERE WAS REAL PANIC IN THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD

AS TO WHETHER OR NOT

THESE THINGS WERE GOING TO BE \h\h\hCELEBRATED IN ANY WAY.

Bradford: I CAN REMEMBER \h\hPEOPLE RINGING ME UP

\h\h\h\h\hFROM VARIOUS BROADCASTING COMPANIES

AND SAYING, OH, THIS IS GOING \hTO BE A DISASTER, ISN’T IT?

\h\hNarrator: WITH THE THREAT OF DISASTER HANGING OVER HER,

\hTHE QUEEN HEADED A TORCHLIGHT PARADE

UP THE LONG WALK AT WINDSOR,

TOWARDS THE BEACON.

AS SHE LIT THE FIRE,

\h\h\h\h\hTHE ROYAL FAMILY COULD ONLY WAIT AND HOPE.

\h\hNews announcer: THIS IS A GALA DAY

FOR YOUNG AND OLD,

A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME SPECTACLE \h\h\h\h\h\hNOT TO BE MISSED.

[CROWD CHEERING]

Narrator: THE PUBLIC’S

ENTHUSIASTIC REACTION \h\h\h\hTO THE JUBILEE

WAS A HUGE RELIEF.

Bradford: AND THEY TURNED OUT \h\h\hTO BE COMPLETELY WRONG.

\h\h\h\hTHE QUEEN HAD WONDERFUL WALKABOUTS,

AND HER SECRETARY SAID

THE QUEEN HAD A LOVE AFFAIR \h\h\h\h\hWITH THE COUNTRY,

AND SHE DID.

News announcer: THE SIMPLE \hBUT HEARTFELT AFFECTION

FELT FOR THE QUEEN

\h\hIS NOWHERE MORE EVIDENT THAN ON OCCASIONS LIKE THIS.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBradford: THAT’S EXTRAORDINARY, ISN’T IT?

\h\hI SUPPOSE THEY THOUGHT THAT THE QUEEN WAS PERHAPS

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE ONLY THING THERE WAS ABOUT TO CELEBRATE,

AND LET’S ALL FEEL \h\hWE ARE BRITISH

AND HAPPY WITH IT.

AND NONE OF YOUR LEFTIES, \h\h\hTHANK YOU VERY MUCH.

\h\h\h\hNews announcer: AND FOR THE LUCKY ONES,

\hA MEMORY THAT WILL ALWAYS BE TREASURED.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBradford: IT WAS QUITE MOVING, IN A WAY.

Narrator: BRITAIN, IT SEEMED, WAS NOT READY FOR REVOLUTION.

\h\hTHE QUEEN AND THE WINDSORS WERE STILL FIRMLY IN BUSINESS.

THE FAMILY IMAGE WAS TARNISHED, BUT STILL INTACT.

\h\h\h\h\h\hIT WAS TIME TO LOOK TO THE FUTURE.

THE FAMILY NEEDED A NEW GENERATION.

IN 1978, THE HEIR TO THE THRONE, PRINCE CHARLES, TURNED 30.

BUT FAR FROM DUTIFULLY SETTLING DOWN TO PRODUCE THE NEXT HEIR,

HE WAS STILL SINGLE...

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND ENJOYING PLAYING THE FIELD AT WINDSOR.

\hCHARLES WAS A MEMBER OF WINDSOR’S EXCLUSIVE

GUARDS POLO CLUB AT SMITH’S LAWN,

\h\h\hKNOWN AS MUCH FOR ITS SOCIAL LIFE

AS FOR THE GAME ITSELF.

\h\h\h\h\hLady Colin Campbell: IT WAS A PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY

WOULD GO TO HAVE FUN.

\h\h\h\hYOU’D MEET UP AND YOU’D HAVE LUNCH,

THEN YOU’D WATCH THE POLO, \h\h\hTHEN YOU’D HAVE TEA,

AND, UH, IT WAS FUN.

\hAND SOMETIMES GO ON TO DRINKS AFTERWARDS,

SO IT WAS REALLY, I’D GO REALLY FOR THE PARTYING.

\hI MEAN, PEOPLE EITHER MET AT WINDSOR OR IN ANNABEL’S,

\h\hI MEAN, THOSE WERE REALLY THE PLACES THAT EVERYBODY MET.

\hI MEAN, IT WAS VIRTUALLY UNHEARD OF TO MEET ANYBODY

EXCEPT AT WINDSOR \hOR IN ANNABEL’S.

I’M SORRY, IT’S TRUE.

[LAUGHS]

[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]

Narrator: CHARLES WAS LINKED

\hWITH A CONSTANT STREAM OF GIRLFRIENDS AT SMITH’S LAWN.

HIS RACY LOVE LIFE

MADE GREAT HEADLINES,

BUT DID NOTHING

TO HELP SECURE THE FUTURE.

BY THE SUMMER OF 1980,

\h\h\h\h\hTHE PRESSURE WAS BEGINNING TO SHOW.

SO, IN JUNE,

CHARLES, NOW 32,

INVITED A NEW GIRLFRIEND \h\h\h\h\hTO THE CASTLE.

\hSHE WAS JUST 18, LIVELY, AND NAIVE.

HER NAME?

DIANA SPENCER.

SHE WAS TO BECOME THE MOST FAMOUS WOMAN IN THE WORLD,

AT THE HEART OF THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY ROYAL STORY

OF MODERN TIMES.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hRichard Kay: HE INVITED HER TO WINDSOR,

SHE’S BOUNDING AROUND, \h\hFULL OF ENTHUSIASM,

EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW PLACE,

\h\h\h\h\h\hAND SHE BUMPS INTO A COUPLE OF THE QUEEN’S STAFF,

BELOW-STAIR STAFF,

AND SHE THRUSTS OUT HER HAND, \h\hSAYS, "HELLO, I’M DIANA."

\h\h\hIT WAS AN ILLUSTRATION THAT THIS WAS A YOUNG WOMAN

\hWHO WASN’T QUITE LIKE THE NORMAL FROSTY TYPES

WHOM CHARLES HAD BEEN \h\h\hASSOCIATING WITH

UP TO THIS POINT.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: BUT THE 18-YEAR-OLD DIANA

\h\h\hDID HAVE A GREAT ARISTOCRATIC PEDIGREE

\h\h\h\h\hAND NO "HISTORY" ON OR OFF THE POLO PITCH.

THE ROYAL FAMILY LIKED HER,

AND THE NATION WAS ENTRANCED.

SHE SEEMED A PERFECT MATCH.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hReporter: IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY

OF ANY ANNOUNCEMENT OF YOUR MARRIAGE IN THE NEAR FUTURE?

CAN YOU TELL ME?

Narrator: FOR SIX MONTHS, \h\h\h\hTHE COUPLE DATED,

AND THE PRESS SPECULATED.

BUT THERE WAS NO ANNOUNCEMENT.

CHARLES WAS HESITATING.

\h\h\h\h\h\hPRINCE PHILIP COULD BEAR IT NO LONGER.

\h\h\h\hHE WROTE TO HIS SON A FATHERLY BUT BLUNT LETTER,

URGING HIM TO ACT.

Kay: CHARLES’ REACTION

\h\h\hWAS THAT HIS FATHER WAS FORCING HIM TO MARRY.

\h\hFRIENDS OF PHILIP, IN MORE RECENT TIMES,

HAVE SUGGESTED NOTHING WAS \h\hFURTHER FROM HIS MIND.

HE WASN’T FORCING HIM TO MARRY;

HE WAS FORCING HIM TO MAKE UP \hHIS MIND WHETHER TO MARRY.

Narrator: WHATEVER THE ADVICE, \h\h\h\h\h\hTHE LETTER WORKED.

ON THE 6th OF FEBRUARY 1981,

CHARLES INVITED DIANA \h\hTO WINDSOR AGAIN.

HE ARRANGED TO MEET HER

\h\h\h\hIN AN UNUSUAL, VERY PRIVATE LOCATION,

THE PLACE HE’D KNOWN BEST \h\h\h\h\hIN HIS CHILDHOOD

AND PERHAPS STILL FELT \h\hMOST COMFORTABLE--

THE CASTLE NURSERY.

\h\h\h\h\h\hAndrew Morton: HE WENT DOWN ON ONE KNEE,

ASKED HER TO MARRY HIM,

\h\h\h\h\h\hAND SHE KIND OF WAS ALL FLUSTERED AND SAID,

"OH, YES, PLEASE, OK."

AND HE WENT OFF UPSTAIRS AND TOLD HIS MUM, TOLD THE QUEEN.

\h\h\h\h\h\hAND IN A WAY, IT WAS ALL VERY STRANGE.

IT WAS QUITE BLOODLESS IN A WAY.

THERE WAS NO GREAT EMOTION.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: AS SHE STOOD IN THE NURSERY,

\hDIANA MOST LIKELY UNDERSTOOD WHAT WOULD BE EXPECTED OF HER.

Campbell: ANYBODY WHO’S GOING \h\hTO BE A QUEEN OF ENGLAND

SHOULD ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND

THAT THE NURSERY IS GOING TO BE

A VERY IMPORTANT PART \h\h\h\hIN THEIR LIFE.

YOU KNOW? IT’S...

\h\hYOU’RE NOT BEING MARRIED FOR YOUR PRETTY SMILE ALONE.

\hYOU’RE BEING MARRIED TO POP OUT THE BABIES.

THAT’S THE REALITY.

[CROWD CHEERS]

Narrator: SIX MONTHS LATER, \h\h\h\hON THE 29th OF JULY,

CHARLES AND DIANA GOT MARRIED

IN A SPECTACULAR CEREMONY AT ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL.

\h\h\h\hIT WAS WATCHED BY 750 MILLION PEOPLE

AROUND THE WORLD.

\h\h\h\hTHE HOUSE OF WINDSOR HAD NEVER BEEN MORE POPULAR.

\h\h\hAND AFTER THE WEDDING, THE MOOD OF OPTIMISM SPREAD.

♪

THE FOLLOWING YEAR,

THE COUNTRY EMERGED VICTORIOUS \h\h\hFROM THE FALKLANDS WAR.

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CONFLICT,

THE AMERICANS HAD REFUSED \h\h\hTO HELP THE BRITISH

WAGE WAR ON ARGENTINA

AND ONLY RELUCTANTLY \hPITCHED IN LATER.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSO, PRIME MINISTER MARGARET THATCHER WANTED TO GET

THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP \hWITH THE UNITED STATES

BACK ON TRACK.

ONLY ONE PLACE WOULD DO

TO IMPRESS THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE WORLD.

WINDSOR CASTLE.

IT HAD TO BE THERE

\h\h\hTHAT THE QUEEN WOULD HOST THE FIRST FULL STATE VISIT EVER

OF AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT.

HER GUEST WOULD BE \h\hRONALD REAGAN.

\h\h\h\hPaul Burrell: THE QUEEN SAID TO ME,

HE’S COMING TO STAY \h\hFOR FOUR DAYS.

\hLOOK AT THEM, LOOK AT ALL THOSE CARS OUTSIDE,

\h\h\hAS WE PEEKED OUT OF THE OAK ROOM WINDOW.

SHE SAYS, LOOK AT THEM.

\h\h\h\h\hTHEY’VE COME TO CHECK OUT MY CASTLE,

TO MAKE SURE IT’S SAFE \h\hFOR THE PRESIDENT.

CAN YOU BELIEVE THE CHEEK?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSHE SAID, "IT’S SAFE ENOUGH FOR ME.

\h\h\h\hWHY ISN’T IT SAFE ENOUGH FOR HIM?"

♪

\hNarrator: IT HAD BEEN HARD FOR THE GOVERNMENT

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO PERSUADE PRESIDENT REAGAN TO VISIT.

\h\h\h\hAND WINDSOR CASTLE HAD BEEN A CRUCIAL FACTOR

IN SEALING THE DEAL.

Jobson: WINDSOR CASTLE \hSENDS A REAL MESSAGE

TO OTHER HEADS OF STATE \h\h\h\h\hCOMING HERE,

\h\h\h\h\hTHAT THIS PLACE HAS STOOD SOLID AS A ROCK

\h\h\hFOR MANY, MANY TIMES THEIR COUNTRY’S EXISTENCE.

\h\h\h\h\hBurrell: I THINK PRESIDENT AND MRS. REAGAN

MUST HAVE THOUGHT THEY’D \hWALKED ONTO A FILM SET,

BECAUSE WINDSOR CASTLE IS A FANTASTIC LOCATION

\hON WHICH TO PERFORM AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.

Narrator: TAKING EVERY ADVANTAGE OF THIS FAIRY-TALE SETTING,

THE AMERICANS HAD ARRANGED \h\h\h\hPHOTO OPPORTUNITIES

FOR THE PRESIDENT.

Burrell: ONE SHOT THE AMERICAN \h\h\h\hADMINISTRATION WANTED

\h\hWAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,

THE COWBOY,

WITH THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND,

\h\h\hRIDING SIDE BY SIDE INTO THE MIST OF WINDSOR GREAT PARK.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: BUT REAGAN WANTED MORE--

AN OFF-THE-CUFF PRESS CONFERENCE WITH REPORTERS.

IT WAS A TOTAL BREACH \h\hOF ROYAL PROTOCOL

\h\h\h\h\h\hBECAUSE THE QUEEN NEVER ANSWERS DIRECT QUESTIONS

FROM JOURNALISTS.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hJournalist: HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR HORSE?

Ronald Reagan: BEAUTIFUL.

Dickie Arbiter: RONALD REAGAN \h\hEDGED HIS HORSE FORWARD,

AND THE QUEEN SORT OF SCOWLED A LITTLE BIT,

TURNED HER HORSE TO RIDE OFF,

\h\hAND RONALD REAGAN SAID, "WELL, NO QUESTIONS TODAY,"

AND HE RODE OFF AS WELL.

Narrator: THAT EVENING,

\hIN THE LAVISH SURROUNDINGS OF THE CASTLE’S ST. GEORGE’S HALL,

\h\h\hTHE QUEEN WAS TO HOST A SPECTACULAR STATE BANQUET

FOR THE PRESIDENT AND 160 TOP VIPs.

♪

EVERY ONE OF THE CASTLE’S \h\h\h\h\h\h500 SERVANTS

HAD BEEN WORKING DAY AND NIGHT \h\h\hTO GET EVERYTHING READY.

\h\h\h\hBrian Hoey: THERE’S THE YEOMEN OF THE CELLARS,

THERE’S THE YEOMEN \h\hOF THE PARLOR.

Burrell: THE FOOTMEN, \h\hTHE UNDER-BUTLERS,

THE WINE BUTLERS.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHoey: THE YEOMAN OF THE CROCKERY,

THERE’S THE YEOMAN \h\hOF THE CUTLERY.

Burrell: THE YEOMAN OF THE GLASS PANTRY,

\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE YEOMAN OF THE SILVER PANTRY...

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hALL OF THEM COMING TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE.

Hoey: THEY START PREPARING IT \hFIRST THING IN THE MORNING

WHEN THEY BRING OUT \h\hTHE LONG TABLE.

\h\h\h\hTHEY DON’T HAVE TABLECLOTHS, OF COURSE.

THAT’S ONLY MIDDLE CLASS.

THEN THE PALACE STEWARD

\h\h\h\h\hDOES ACTUALLY MEASURE EACH PLACE SETTING WITH A RULER

BECAUSE HE DOESN’T WANT \h\h\hTO GET TO THE END

AND FIND SOMEONE HAS FALLEN OFF.

Burrell: THIS PERFORMANCE \h\h\h\hHAS TO BE PERFECT.

IT’S MIND-BOGGLING.

THERE’S AN ARMY OF CUTLERY \h\h\h\h\h\hSTARING AT YOU.

\h\h\h\hHoey: 1,150 SILVER KNIVES, FORKS, AND SPOONS.

Burrell: THERE’S A REGIMENT \hOF GLASSES LOOKING AT YOU.

Hoey: 630 CRYSTAL GLASSES.

YOU CAN DO THE MATH YOURSELF.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBurrell: WHAT DO YOU USE FOR WHAT?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHoey: IT’S FIVE FOR EACH SETTING.

Burrell: EATING FROM \hSOLID GOLD PLATES,

DRINKING OUT OF GEORGE III \h\h\h\h\hCRYSTAL GOBLETS.

IT’S UNBELIEVABLE.

IT’S DOWNTON ON SPEED.

♪

\h\h\hNarrator: THE QUEEN PUT ON THE PERFECT SHOW.

PRIME MINISTER MARGARET THATCHER AND THE WHOLE ROYAL FAMILY

WERE AMONG THE GUESTS \h\h\h\h\hTHAT NIGHT.

Reagan: THIS PLACE SYMBOLIZES \hBOTH TRADITION AND RENEWAL

AS GENERATION AFTER GENERATION \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF YOUR FAMILY

MAKES IT THEIR HOME.

\h\h\h\hWE IN AMERICA SHARE YOUR EXCITEMENT

ABOUT THE IMPENDING \hBIRTH OF A CHILD

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO THE PRINCE AND THE PRINCESS OF WALES.

WE PRAY THAT GOD WILL CONTINUE \h\h\h\h\hTO BLESS YOUR FAMILY

\h\h\h\h\hWITH HEALTH, HAPPINESS, AND WISDOM.

Narrator: WINDSOR CASTLE,

\h\h\h\h\h\hITS STAFF, AND ITS SHEER GRANDEUR,

HAD ONCE AGAIN DONE THEIR JOB.

♪

\h\h\h\hWINDSOR IS FULL OF PERSONAL FAMILY TRADITIONS

AS WELL AS FORMAL ONES.

BACK IN THE 1840s,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hVICTORIA AND ALBERT CELEBRATED CHRISTMAS AT WINDSOR,

CREATING SCENES WE NOW THINK OF AS TRADITIONALLY BRITISH.

♪

\h\h\h\h\h\hAND IN 1982, WITH AN EXPANDING FAMILY,

THE QUEEN DECIDED TO REVIVE \hTHE VICTORIAN TRADITION.

CHRISTMAS WOULD BE SPENT \h\h\h\h\h\h\hAT WINDSOR

RATHER THAN SANDRINGHAM.

♪

AND IT WAS JUST AS WELL.

THE CASTLE HAS PLENTY OF ROOM.

Burrell: WE’RE NOT TALKING ABOUT

JUST SOMEONE COMING \hWITH A SUITCASE.

\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE QUEEN MOTHER USED TO TRAVEL WITH PICTURES,

WITH OIL PAINTINGS,

\h\h\h\hAND WOULD COMPLETELY REFURNISH ONE OF HER ROOMS.

AND SHE HAS DOGS, TOO,

SO THERE ARE DOGS EVERYWHERE \h\h\h\h\h\h\hRUNNING AMOK.

THE QUEEN MOTHER HAS TWO CORGIS,

THE QUEEN HAS NINE \h\hAND A LABRADOR.

PRINCESS MARGARET WOULD BRING \h\h\hHER DACHSHUND, PIPKIN.

THE PLACE WAS A KENNEL.

♪

\h\hNarrator: AS THE TREES WERE DECORATED AT WINDSOR THAT YEAR,

IT WAS LIKE A MOMENT \h\h\hFROM HISTORY.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE QUEEN’S GREAT-GREAT GRANDPARENTS

HAD LOVED MAKING WINDSOR INTO A WINTER WONDERLAND

FOR THEIR CHRISTMASES.

♪

Andrew Wilson: PRINCE ALBERT, \h\h\h\h\hWHO WAS AN AESTHETE

AND LIKED EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL ABOUT HIM,

CREATED THESE PERFECT \h\h\hWINTER INTERIORS

FOR THE WINDSOR CHRISTMAS.

THERE WERE CHRISTMAS TREES \h\h\h\hALL OVER THE ROOM.

HE EVEN, IN SOME YEARS,

SUSPENDED CHRISTMAS TREES \h\h\hABLAZE WITH CANDLES

FROM THE CEILING.

Narrator: VICTORIA AND ALBERT \h\h\h\h\h\hRELEASED PICTURES

OF THEIR FESTIVE CELEBRATIONS.

THEY WERE HUGELY POPULAR

AND LED TO A NATIONWIDE \h\h\hAND LASTING CRAZE

FOR DECORATED TREES.

BUT THE PICTURES WERE ABOUT MORE THAN JUST CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS.

\h\h\h\h\hTHE ROYAL COUPLE EXPLOITED ANOTHER CRAZE--

\hTO PROJECT A POWERFUL IMAGE TO THE COUNTRY AND THE EMPIRE.

Williams: VICTORIA AND ALBERT,

\hTHEY WERE REALLY VERY EARLY ADOPTERS

OF ALL KINDS OF TECHNOLOGY,

INCLUDING PHOTOGRAPHY.

SO, VICTORIA USES PHOTOGRAPHY \h\h\h\hTO PROMOTE THE NOTION

\h\h\h\h\h\hOF THE MONARCHY THAT SHE WANTS TO PURPORT,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWHICH IS MODEST, WHICH IS THRIFTY, DRESSED DOWN.

♪

Narrator: VICTORIA RELEASED \hTHESE IMAGES TO THE PRESS

TO SHOW THERE WAS A SOLID, \hRESPECTABLE ROYAL FAMILY

LIVING AT WINDSOR CASTLE.

Williams: SHE AND ALBERT CREATE THIS INCREDIBLY POWERFUL IMAGE

OF A SIMPLE, HAPPY, MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILY

AND ARE FIRM WITH ALL THEIR \h\h\hCHILDREN AROUND THEM.

AND THAT WAS INCREDIBLY POWERFUL

AND INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL \hOVER VICTORIAN SOCIETY,

AND SO POWERFUL, THAT EVEN NOW

THAT’S EXACTLY HOW THE ROYALS \h\h\h\h\h\hSHOW THEMSELVES.

Wilson: THEY WERE REALLY INSTRUMENTS OF PROPAGANDA

\h\h\hTO DEFEND THE MONARCHY IN AN ERA OF REPUBLICANISM,

WHICH WAS VERY POPULAR, TOO.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: NEARLY 150 YEARS LATER,

IT WAS QUEEN ELIZABETH \h\hWHO WAS COMFORTABLE

AT THE HEAD OF HER FAMILY.

MARGARET’S DIVORCE \h\hWAS FORGOTTEN,

\h\h\h\h\hAND CHARLES, NO LONGER THE PLAYBOY,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHAD MARRIED AND PRODUCED A SON AND HEIR.

\hTHE QUEEN’S TRADITIONAL WEEKEND ESCAPE TO WINDSOR

COULD NOW BE EVEN MORE RELAXING.

♪

Burrell: FRIDAY AFTERNOON \h\h\h\h\h\hAFTER LUNCH,

I WOULD PACK THE QUEEN \h\hAND HER NINE CORGIS

\h\h\hINTO THE BACK OF HER LITTLE ROVER.

\h\h\hTHERE WERE TWO CORGIS IN THE WINDOW AT THE BACK,

TWO ON THE QUEEN’S KNEE,

TWO SAT BESIDE HER,

AND SEVERAL IN THE WELL,

\h\hSO THE CAR WAS FULL OF CANINES AND A QUEEN.

\h\h\hHALF AN HOUR LATER, SHE’S IN THE COUNTRYSIDE

WITH HER DOGS AND HER HORSES.

\hNarrator: THE 5,000-ACRE GREAT PARK ON HER DOORSTEP

HAS ENABLED THE QUEEN

\hTO LET HORSES DOMINATE HER WEEKENDS AT WINDSOR.

\h\h\h\h\h\hIT WAS THERE THAT SHE LEARNED TO RIDE.

\h\h\h\h\hSHE WAS GIVEN HER FIRST PONY, PEGGY,

WHEN SHE WAS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD.

Bradford: SHE’S ALWAYS LOVED HORSES AND DOGS.

\h\h\h\hSHE SAID SHE WANTED TO BE A FARMER’S WIFE WHEN SHE GREW UP

SO SHE COULD HAVE HORSES, \h\hKEEP HORSES AND DOGS.

Narrator: IT’S THE FREEDOM TO BE WITH HORSES AS MUCH AS ANYTHING

THAT’S MADE WINDSOR HER FAVORITE HOME.

\h\h\h\h\hMark Hedges: ALMOST HER ENTIRE LIFE,

FROM WHEN SHE WAS A VERY SMALL GIRL,

\hSHE’S FOUND HORSES TO BE A GREAT SOLACE

FOR THE PRESSURES OF STATE \h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT SHE HAS,

AND IT HAS BECOME AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT PART OF HER LIFE.

Burrell: WE HAD A SAYING \h\h\hAT WINDSOR CASTLE:

HORSES, DOGS, HUSBAND, KIDS.

THAT’S THE WAY IT GOES \hIN THE QUEEN’S WORLD.

\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: THE QUEEN WILL RIDE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE

WHEN SHE’S AT THE CASTLE.

LOCALS ARE USED TO SEEING HER, \h\h\h\h\hEVEN IN HER OLD AGE,

AS SHE TAKES A GENTLE LAP AROUND WINDSOR GREAT PARK

IN HER TRADEMARK HEADSCARF.

Burrell: ALL SHE HAS TO DO \h\h\hON A SATURDAY MORNING

\h\h\h\h\h\hIS WALK DOWN A LITTLE FLIGHT OF STAIRS

THROUGH WHAT WE CALL \h\h\hTHE DOG DOOR,

THROUGH HER GARDEN,

AND SHE’S AT HER STABLES.

Narrator: WINDSOR’S STABLES \hARE HUGE AND VERY PRIVATE.

THERE’S AN INDOOR RIDING SCHOOL

AND ROOM FOR OVER 100 HORSES.

BUT THAT IS ONLY HALF THE STORY.

FOR MANY YEARS,

\h\hTHE QUEEN OWNED A LARGE RACING STABLE NEAR WINDSOR.

SHE’S STILL ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S LEADING RACEHORSE OWNERS,

WITH HORSES WORTH AN ESTIMATED \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h$4.5 MILLION.

♪

SHE EVEN HAS HER OWN RACECOURSE ON THE DOORSTEP OF THE CASTLE,

INSIDE THE WINDSOR ESTATE.

Reporter: OUT IN THE SUN

OR IN THE SHADE OF THE GREAT \h\h\hTREES OF THE PADDOCK,

THIS WAS THE PERFECT \hASCOT OPENING DAY;

ALMOST UP TO THE STANDARD \h\h\h\hOF "MY FAIR LADY."

AND LIKE "MY FAIR LADY,"

THERE WAS, OF COURSE, \h\h\hA LOT OF POSING.

\hNarrator: THE COURSE AT ASCOT WAS BUILT BY QUEEN ANNE IN 1711.

AND EVERY JUNE,

ROYAL ASCOT WEEK IS A FIXTURE \h\h\h\hIN THE QUEEN’S DIARY.

\h\h\h\h\hIT’S ONE OF THE TOP RACE GATHERINGS IN THE WORLD.

\h\hBurrell: THE QUEEN LOVES ROYAL ASCOT WEEK

BECAUSE IT’S FILLED WITH HORSES.

AND IT’S THE TIME OF THE YEAR

\h\h\hWHEN SHE CAN ACTUALLY SHOW OFF JUST A LITTLE BIT

BY PRESENTING TO THE WORLD \hAND THE RACING FRATERNITY

THE BEST THAT SHE HAS.

SHE LOVES IT.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hKate Green: IT’S A VERY JOYOUS OCCASION.

IT’S ABOUT DRESSING UP,

IT’S ABOUT THE COLOR OF IT,

\h\hTHE COLORS ARE JUST COMPLETELY SPECTACULAR.

YOU HAVE SUNLIGHT DAPPLING \h\h\h\h\hTHROUGH THE TREES

ONTO THIS PADDOCK

AND LOOKING DOWN ONTO SHINY, BEAUTIFULLY POLISHED TOP HATS

AND SHINY, BEAUTIFULLY \hPOLISHED HORSE FLESH,

AND MILLIONS OF POUNDS’ WORTH.

Narrator: THE QUEEN NEVER MISSES A RACE.

\h\h\h\h\hHER OWN HORSES HAVE WON THERE 71 TIMES.

Hedges: PERHAPS THE MOST FAMOUS

WAS WHEN A HORSE CALLED ESTIMATE WON THE GOLD CUP.

[CROWD APPLAUDS]

IT WAS THE FIRST TIME, I THINK,

\h\hANYONE HAD SEEN THE QUEEN CHEERING

AND GETTING DELIRIOUSLY HAPPY \h\h\h\h\h\h\hABOUT AN EVENT.

IT WAS A RATHER WONDERFUL THING.

SUDDENLY, THIS ENORMOUSLY SENSIBLE, RESERVED PERSON

JUST LET HER EMOTIONS GO.

Narrator: BUT IT’S NOT JUST \h\h\h\hTHE QUEEN’S PASSIONS

THAT HAVE BEEN AROUSED AT ASCOT.

IN 1985, PRINCESS DIANA INVITED HER FRIEND SARAH FERGUSON

TO THE DAILY ASCOT LUNCH HOSTED AT WINDSOR CASTLE.

SHE FOUND HERSELF SEATED \hNEXT TO PRINCE ANDREW.

Morton: DURING THE FIRST LUNCH,

ANDREW AND FERGIE WERE SAT \h\h\h\hNEXT TO EACH OTHER,

AND LOTS OF HORSEPLAY,

\h\h\hFEEDING EACH OTHER FROM EACH OTHER’S FORKS AND SPOONS

AND MESSING ABOUT WITH BREAD ROLLS,

AND SHE WAS KIND OF LIKE \h\h\h\hA BOUNCY LABRADOR

WHO’D ENTERED THE ROYAL FAMILY,

\h\h\hAND PRINCE ANDREW WAS VERY MUCH ENAMORED.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: SARAH WAS VERY DIFFERENT

FROM PRINCE ANDREW’S \h\h\hPREVIOUS DATES.

Morton: HE’D ALWAYS \hGONE FOR BLONDES,

USUALLY ACTRESSES,

UH, UH, USUALLY QUITE GLAMOROUS.

NOW, FERGIE WAS NONE OF THOSE.

\h\h\hSHE WAS GINGER-HAIRED AND FRECKLY AND...BUT FUN.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: ANDREW’S COLORFUL LOVE LIFE

\h\h\h\h\hHAD BEEN SOMETHING OF AN EMBARRASSMENT TO THE ROYALS.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hKay: "RANDY ANDY" HE WAS KNOWN AS.

\hI MEAN, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU GET SADDLED

WITH A NICKNAME LIKE THAT,

THEN IT’S VERY HARD.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: AS A BACHELOR IN THE ’80s,

\h\h\h\h\h\hANDREW LOVED SPENDING TIME AT WINDSOR.

JUST LIKE CHARLES BEFORE HIM,

HE BROUGHT BACK A SUCCESSION \h\hOF GIRLS TO THE CASTLE.

IN 1984, THE 24-YEAR-OLD ANDREW ASKED ONE OF HIS MODEL FRIENDS

TO SPEND SOME QUALITY TIME \h\h\hIN THE PARK WITH HIM

AND HIS CAMERA.

SHE TASTEFULLY POSED HER WAY \h\h\h\h\h\h\hAROUND WINDSOR,

AND HE PROUDLY PRODUCED \h\h\hHIS OWN CALENDAR.

BUT EVEN MORE CONTROVERSIAL \hWAS ANDREW’S RELATIONSHIP

WITH THE AMERICAN ACTRESS \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hKOO STARK,

WHO WAS REVEALED TO BE THE STAR OF A SOFT PORN FILM.

THE PRESS POUNCED ON THE STORY.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hReporter: PRINCE ANDREW HAD SPENT

MOST OF HIS EIGHT DAYS’ HOLIDAY DODGING FLEET STREET REPORTERS,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBUT OVERNIGHT ON THE PLANE FROM BARBADOS,

THEY’D CAUGHT UP WITH HIM.

Narrator: ANDREW QUICKLY PARTED COMPANY WITH KOO.

\h\hBUT MORE GIRLS AND LURID HEADLINES

SOON FOLLOWED.

\h\h\h\h\h\hSiobhan McFadyen: OTHER PEOPLE CAME TO THE FORE.

THERE WAS VICKY HODGE,

WHO HE HAD A VERY SHORT-LIVED, \h\h\h\hSIZZLING AFFAIR WITH,

\hWHO CAME FORWARD TO THE NEWSPAPERS

AND DID A KISS-AND-TELL,

WHICH WAS OUTRAGEOUS \h\h\h\hAT THE TIME.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND THE QUEEN WAS UNDOUBTEDLY HORRIFIED.

SHE WANTED TO STEP IN

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO STOP ANDREW FROM EMBARRASSING THE FAMILY.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: SO, WHEN SARAH FERGUSON

CAME ON THE SCENE IN 1985,

\h\h\h\h\hTHE ROYAL FAMILY LET OUT A SIGH OF RELIEF.

\hSARAH WAS ALREADY KNOWN TO THE QUEEN.

HER FATHER WAS THE ROYAL POLO MANAGER AT WINDSOR.

Morton: THEY HAD ALL KINDS OF FRIENDS AND CONNECTIONS

IN COMMON,

SO FERGIE WAS VERY MUCH PART OF THE FURNITURE,

SHE WAS VERY ACCEPTABLE.

AND TO THAT EXTENT,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hPEOPLE THOUGHT, THEY’RE MADE FOR EACH OTHER.

Narrator: FERGIE AND ANDREW \h\h\hWERE MARRIED IN 1986.

THE QUEEN WANTED TO KEEP HER FAVORITE SON NEARBY.

SHE GAVE THE COUPLE \h\hA PIECE OF LAND

TO BUILD A HOUSE AT SUNNINGHILL,

ON THE WINDSOR CROWN ESTATE.

BUT THE LAVISH WEDDING PRESENT

LED TO A WHOLE NEW SET OF CRITICAL HEADLINES.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMcFadyen: IT WAS 5 MILLION POUNDS,

16 ROOMS, 12 BEDROOMS.

\hIT HAD A SWIMMING POOL, A TENNIS COURT, STABLES.

\hIT HAD EVERYTHING THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY WANT AND MORE.

\h\h\h\h\h\hBUT ACTUALLY, IN TERMS OF ARCHITECTURE,

\h\h\h\h\hPEOPLE WERE ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIED.

IT WAS A BIT TRUMPESQUE, \h\h\h\h\h\hIF YOU LIKE.

IT WAS VERY EXTRAVAGANT, \hAND IT SHOCKED PEOPLE.

\h\hNarrator: AND FERGIE, NOW THE DUCHESS OF YORK,

\hQUICKLY FORGOT THAT ROYALS ARE EXPECTED TO BE DISCREET.

McFadyen: SHE BASICALLY \h\h\h\hLOVED TO SPEND.

SHE WOULD HAVE THE MOST \hEXTRAVAGANT HOLIDAYS,

SHE WOULD PARTY.

\h\h\hSHE WAS KNOWN AS BEING EXCESSIVE.

\h\hSUNNINGHILL WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS--

THE UPKEEP OF IT,

\h\h\h\h\hTHE STAFF INVOLVED IN LOOKING AFTER THE FAMILY.

THE PUBLIC WAS PAYING FOR THAT, AND IT DID NOT GO DOWN WELL.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: FAR FROM BEING A SAFE BET

TO KEEP ANDREW OUT OF TROUBLE,

FERGIE HERSELF WAS TURNING INTO A HEADACHE FOR THE QUEEN.

BUT AS THE ’80s DREW TO A CLOSE,

THAT WAS NOT HER BIGGEST WORRY.

\h\h\hCREEPING OUT FROM BEHIND THE CASTLE WALLS

WERE RUMORS OF A RIFT BETWEEN \h\h\hTHE HEIR TO THE THRONE

AND HIS WIFE, PRINCESS DIANA.

\h\h\hIN THE 15 YEARS SINCE THE QUEEN’S SILVER JUBILEE,

\h\h\h\h\hTHE ROYAL FAMILY WAS RIDDLED WITH SCANDAL.

YET DESPITE MARGARET’S DIVORCE

AND THE COLORFUL LOVE LIFE \hOF THE BACHELOR PRINCESS,

THE QUEEN HAD SOMEHOW CLUNG \h\hTO THE IMAGE OF HERSELF

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAS THE HEAD OF A RESPECTABLE FIRST FAMILY.

♪

BUT IN THE SUMMER OF 1992 \h\h\h\hAT WINDSOR CASTLE,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHIS PICTURE WOULD FINALLY LOSE ITS GLOSS

AND BE CONSIGNED TO HISTORY.

\h\hReporter: THE JET-SET HAD DESCENDED ON WINDSOR

TO WATCH THE MATCH.

\hTHE PRINCE PREFERRED TO BE CHAUFFEUR-DRIVEN

TO THE GUARDS POLO GROUND \h\h\hIN HIS ASTON MARTIN.

\h\h\hNarrator: THE PROBLEM WAS A SECRET ROYAL LIAISON

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT STARTED ON THE WINDSOR POLO FIELDS.

CHARLES HAD BEEN HAVING \hAN ADULTEROUS AFFAIR

WITH CAMILLA PARKER BOWLES \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR YEARS.

CAMILLA WAS MARRIED

TO ONE OF PRINCE CHARLES’ \hREGIMENTAL COLLEAGUES.

BY THE EARLY ’90s,

EVERYONE INSIDE THE ROYAL CIRCLE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON,

EVEN THE QUEEN.

\hBradford: OF COURSE, THERE’S THAT TRADITION

IN THE GUARDS REGIMENT

THAT YOU DON’T SLEEP OR HAVE AFFAIRS WITH

\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE PARTNERS OF YOUR FELLOW OFFICERS.

AND THIS WAS GETTING TO A STAGE

WHERE ONE OF THE QUEEN’S \h\hFRIENDS AND COURTIERS

FELT THAT SHE SHOULD BE AWARE \h\h\h\hOF WHAT WAS GOING ON

AND WHAT THE REACTION WAS.

THIS COURTIER SAID TO HER, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hMORE OR LESS,

\h\hI THINK, MA’AM, YOU SHOULD BE AWARE

THAT THE PRINCE OF WALES \h\h\hIS HAVING AN AFFAIR

\h\h\h\h\h\hWITH THE WIFE OF ANDREW PARKER BOWLES,

AND THE REGIMENT DON’T LIKE IT.

\hAND THE QUEEN LOOKED DOWN AND COULDN’T SAY ANYTHING.

Narrator: THE QUEEN DOES NOT \h\h\h\hLIKE CONFRONTATION.

SHE KEPT QUIET,

\h\h\h\h\h\hEVEN THOUGH SHE KNEW THAT IF THE STORY BECAME PUBLIC,

THE SCANDAL COULD DESTROY

EVERYTHING SHE’D BEEN \h\hTAUGHT TO PROTECT.

BUT IN 1992,

\h\h\h\hIT WAS DIANA WHO DECIDED THE WORLD SHOULD KNOW THE TRUTH.

ON THE 15th OF JUNE 1992,

THE "SUNDAY TIMES" RELEASED THE FIRST SHOCKING EXTRACTS

FROM THE BIOGRAPHY \h\hPRINCESS DIANA

HAD COLLABORATED COVERTLY ON.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hReporter: IT’S NOT THE PHOTOGRAPHS

THAT HAVE STIRRED \hTHE CONTROVERSY,

\h\h\hBUT THE CLAIMS BY HER CLOSE FRIENDS

ABOUT THE STATE OF HER MARRIAGE.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: CHARLES’ AFFAIR WITH CAMILLA

WAS REVEALED TO THE WORLD.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE QUEEN WAS AT WINDSOR THAT DAY,

DUE TO WATCH THE POLO \h\h\hAT SMITH’S LAWN.

SHE HAD A SPECIAL GUEST,

\hAND EXTRAORDINARILY, SHE STUCK TO HER PLANS.

\h\hKay: AND THE QUEEN ATTENDS A POLO MATCH,

AND WHO DOES SHE WELCOME THERE,

BUT MRS. CAMILLA PARKER BOWLES--

\h\h\h\h\hNOW, OF COURSE, THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL--

BUT AT THAT TIME SEEN \hAS THE OTHER WOMAN,

THE THIRD WOMAN IN THE MARRIAGE OF CHARLES AND DIANA.

BUT THERE WAS THE QUEEN

\h\h\h\hEXTENDING THE HAND OF FRIENDSHIP TOWARDS HER.

♪

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMorton: AS FAR AS THE ROYAL FAMILY WAS CONCERNED,

ON THE DAY OF SERIALIZATION \hIT WAS BUSINESS AT USUAL,

\hEVEN THOUGH THE CAMERA CREWS WERE IN VERY CLOSE ATTENDANCE,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBUT THE QUEEN WAS JUST GOING TO IGNORE IT,

TO RIDE ABOVE IT,

NEVER COMPLAIN, NEVER EXPLAIN.

Kay: THE ROYAL FAMILY’S \h\h\hDEFAULT POSITION

WHEN THESE SORT OF STORIES \h\h\hAND SCANDALS EMERGED

WAS THEY’RE NOT TRUE.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT WAS ALWAYS THEIR START, THEIR START LINE.

AND IF THEY WEREN’T TRUE,

\h\hTHEN THEREFORE WE CAN IGNORE THEM.

\h\h\h\h\h\hTHEREFORE, WE CARRY ON AS NORMAL.

Narrator: BUT THIS TIME

THE QUEEN WOULD NOT BE ABLE \h\h\hTO RISE ABOVE IT ALL.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE FACADE OF A RESPECTABLE HAPPY FAMILY

WAS BEING RIPPED APART

AS LONG-SUPPRESSED PROBLEMS \hFLOODED OUT INTO THE OPEN.

PRINCESS ANNE’S 19-YEAR MARRIAGE HAD ALREADY ENDED IN DIVORCE.

AT WINDSOR, THE QUEEN WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS

TO SAVE PRINCE ANDREW’S \h\hMARRIAGE TO FERGIE,

WHICH HAD ALSO HIT THE ROCKS.

McFadyen: SHE REQUESTED

THAT THEY HAVE A SUMMIT \hAT SUNNINGHILL PARK,

\h\h\h\h\h\hSO THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH

WENT TO SUNNINGHILL.

SHE DIDN’T UNDERSTAND

\h\h\hWHY THEY WERE JUST SIMPLY THROWING THE RELATIONSHIP AWAY.

THE QUEEN DID EVERYTHING SHE COULD THAT AFTERNOON

TO PERSUADE THEM THAT, YOU KNOW,

\h\h\hMAYBE IF THEY JUST STUCK IN THERE,

THAT THE CHILDREN WERE YOUNG.

BUT NOTHING SEEMED TO WORK.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: ANY HOPE OF RECONCILIATION

WAS FINALLY DASHED \hLATER THAT YEAR,

\hWITH THE SHOCKING REVELATION OF FERGIE’S TOE-SUCKING AFFAIR

IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE.

♪

THE WINDSORS HAD DISINTEGRATED \h\h\h\h\hINTO A FAMILY SPLIT

BY BITTER DIVISIONS \h\h\hAND ADULTERY.

IT SEEMED THINGS COULDN’T GET \h\h\h\h\hANY WORSE FOR THEM,

BUT THEY DID.

\h\h\h\h\h\hReporter: IT’S CLEAR THAT WHAT WE’RE WITNESSING HERE

IS A NATIONAL TRAGEDY.

THE FLAMES STILL RISING \h\h\hFROM THE TURRETS,

SMOKE AS THICK AS EVER.

THE BATTLE FOR CONTROL \hSTILL FAR FROM OVER.

\h\h\h\h\hA WHOLE ROYAL TREASURE HOUSE AT RISK.

♪

Narrator: IN NOVEMBER 1992,

\h\h\h\h\h\hWINDSOR CASTLE, THE QUEEN’S CHILDHOOD HOME,

WENT UP IN FLAMES.

♪

\h\h\h\h\hTHE QUEEN ARRIVED AT THE CASTLE THAT AFTERNOON

\h\h\h\hTO FIND HUGE PARTS OF HER BELOVED FAMILY HOME

UP IN SMOKE.

Kay: THE QUEEN WAS ALL ALONE,

THE MONARCH SURROUNDED \h\hBY ALL THE DETRITUS

OF A WELL-FOUGHT FIRE.

SHE HAD THE HEADSCARF ON \h\h\h\hAND A MACKINTOSH.

\h\h\h\h\h\hSHE LOOKED ON THE VERGE OF TEARS.

SHE PROBABLY WAS IN TEARS.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBradford: THE FIRE AT WINDSOR CASTLE

SEEMED TO BE SIGNIFICANT.

IT SEEMED TO SYMBOLIZE

\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE COLLAPSE OF THE HOUSE OF WINDSOR.

Narrator: AS THE QUEEN’S HOME \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLAY IN ASHES,

SO DID THE IMAGE OF A HAPPY \hAND DUTIFUL ROYAL FAMILY.

\h\h\h\h\hTHE CONFIDENT SILVER WEDDING PICTURE

FROM JUST 20 YEARS EARLIER

SEEMED LIKE IT BELONGED TO A DIFFERENT WORLD--

A WORLD THAT WOULD NOT RETURN.

\h\h\h\hTHE WINDSORS WERE AT ROCK BOTTOM.

THE FAMILY WAS DISCREDITED.

\hTHE CASTLE NEEDED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS’ WORTH OF REPAIRS,

AND THE PUBLIC HAD LOST FAITH.

Woman: I USED TO LIKE ’EM \h\h\h\hA LOT AT ONE TIME,

\h\h\h\hBUT NOW EACH TIME YOU READ WHAT’S GOING ON,

YOU THINK, WELL, YOU’VE GONE \h\h\h\h\hRIGHT OFF OF ’EM.

Woman: THERE’S SO MUCH GOING ON WITH THE ROYAL FAMILY

THAT THEY’RE LOSING FACE, \h\h\hI THINK SO, ANYWAY.

Anna Whitelock: THIS IMAGE \h\h\h\hOF THE ROYAL FAMILY

AS THE FAMILY MONARCHY,

\h\h\h\hTHE SORT OF, THE NATION’S FAMILY,

\h\h\h\hSUDDENLY WAS MASSIVELY TARNISHED.

\hIN A SENSE, THE MONARCHY’S HAD TO PIECE ITSELF TOGETHER

EVER SINCE

\hAND FIND A DIFFERENT WAY OF DEFINING ITSELF, REALLY.

\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: THE 1990s CONTINUED TO BE MISERABLE YEARS

FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY.

\h\h\h\h\hBUT THE QUEEN HELPED RAISE THE MONEY

FOR THE CASTLE RESTORATION.

AND DURING THE FIVE YEARS THAT IT TOOK TO COMPLETE THE WORK,

THE FAMILY BEGAN TO LOOK AHEAD.

♪

THE RE-OPENING OF THE CASTLE \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN LATE 1997

\h\h\h\h\h\hWAS THE BEGINNING OF AN EXTRAORDINARY 10-YEAR REVIVAL

IN THE WINDSORS’ FORTUNES.

\hSPIN DOCTORS WERE HIRED TO WORK ON THE NEW IMAGE.

THE YOUNG ROYALS PRESENTED

A MORE RELAXED PICTURE \h\h\h\hOF THE FAMILY.

THE PUBLIC RELATIONS EFFORT \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hPAID OFF.

[CROWD CHEERING]

SO THAT IN 2005,

WINDSOR COULD BE THE STAGE \h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR AN EVENT

\h\h\h\h\hTHAT FINALLY LAID THE PAST TO REST.

\h\h\hCHARLES MARRIED HIS FORMER MISTRESS,

CAMILLA PARKER BOWLES,

AND THE CROWDS CHEERED THEM ON.

BY 2016,

\h\hWHEN THE QUEEN CELEBRATED HER 90th BIRTHDAY AT WINDSOR,

SHE WAS AS POPULAR \h\hAS AT ANY TIME

IN HER REMARKABLY LONG REIGN.

BUT FOR THIS ANNIVERSARY,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHERE WAS NO HUGE FAMILY PORTRAIT

IN A GRAND DRAWING ROOM.

THE WINDSORS SEEMED TO HAVE \hENTERED THE MODERN WORLD,

PRESENTING A MORE DOWN-TO-EARTH AND REALISTIC IMAGE

OF ROYAL FAMILY VALUES.

AND IT’S LIKELY THE CASTLE \h\h\hTHAT BEARS THEIR NAME

WILL REMAIN THEIR TRUE HOME...

BECAUSE THE FUTURE CHARLES III

\h\hCOULD BE EVEN MORE DEVOTED TO THE CASTLE THAN HIS MOTHER.

Kay: IT’S PART OF WHO THEY ARE, IT’S PART OF THEIR FABRIC.

\h\h\h\hCHARLES IS AN ENTHUSIAST ABOUT WINDSOR, AS HIS MOTHER IS.

PERHAPS EVEN MORE SO.

I SUSPECT WE’LL SEE HIM \hDOWN THERE FULL-TIME.

I CAN SEE A POSSIBILITY \hWHERE CHARLES HIMSELF

WILL RUN AFFAIRS FROM WINDSOR.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: THE WINDSORS HAVE THE SECURITY

OF TWO MORE KINGS IN WAITING--

WILLIAM V AND GEORGE VII,

\h\hWHO MAY WELL BE KING OF THE CASTLE

AS WE ENTER THE NEXT CENTURY.

Brendon: WINDSOR CASTLE \h\h\h\hIS A HUGE ASSET

AS FAR AS THE MONARCHY \h\h\h\h\hIS CONCERNED

BECAUSE IT IS SOLID, \h\h\hIT IS DYNASTIC,

IT LOOKS INCREDIBLY PERMANENT,

IT BRINGS DIGNITY AND POWER AND PRESTIGE TO THE MONARCHY

\h\h\h\h\hIN A WAY THAT NO OTHER BUILDING DOES.

Narrator: THE WINDSORS’ \hNEW IMAGE IS SIMPLE.

IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD,

\h\h\h\hTHEY ARE OFFERING STABILITY AND CONTINUITY,

JUST LIKE THE CASTLE.