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[Angela] This is the story of the day
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that enchanted the world.
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We all want to believe in love,
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and we all want to
believe in the fairytale.
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And that was what the wedding was.
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The crowd were having a whale of a time
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and they were gonna
have an even better day.
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It was lovely.
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[Angela] With unheard stories.
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Then we got a phone call.
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Prince Charles wasn't happy.
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One of the choristers had told me
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that they would give him sick bags.
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There is this nagging feeling
in your mind all the time.
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What happens if somebody is taken ill?
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What happens if somebody
wants to go to the loo?
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Charles, he invited all his old flames.
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There was Camilla, there was Susan George,
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there was Diana's sister.
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[Angela] Told by those who were there
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and with beautifully restored
original film of the wedding.
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[Man] It's quite amazing, isn't it.
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[Angela] This is history as
you've never seen it before.
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This is the wedding of the century.
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[Announcer] The queen presents
her son to the people,
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the 21st Prince of Wales.
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[Angela] From the very beginning,
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the eyes of the world
were on the future king.
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At home, at school, at work
and in his private life.
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[Reporter] Now that he
was 31 years of age,
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great conjecture had already been shown
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over when and who he was likely to marry.
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Often it was headline news.
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It was almost impossible,
I think for Charles,
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because he couldn't date anyone
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without the press descending.
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Any girl who Charles seemed interested in,
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even if she was just a friend,
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she would suddenly get
chased by the media.
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Sabrina Guinness said
suddenly she turned up once
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to meet him and there
were press everywhere.
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She had no idea how that had happened.
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[Reporter] The prince had
been romantically linked
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to a score of eligible women.
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For example, Lady Jane Wellesley,
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who Charles was very fond
of and was interested
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in getting married to
really, she was someone
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who was completely chased by the press.
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She couldn't really walk down the street
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without them following
her and photographing her.
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The reality of being chased by the press,
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of being doorstopped, of
their family being watched,
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of their friends being watched,
this was too much for them.
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And really, I think many of
them felt that this isn't,
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this wasn't a price they wanted to pay.
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[Reporter] As the family pose
on the steps of St. Paul's,
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the burning question in every loyal heart
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is when will the prince marry?
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Rumours were rife, but the
prince kept the nation guessing.
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[Angela] Fleet Street newspapers
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were privy to these rumours
and photographer Kent Gavin
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was one of the first to hear
about Charles' latest romance.
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I covered major news events and showbiz
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for the "Daily Mirror."
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When the rumours started going around
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that there might be a
young lady down in Chelsea,
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Knightsbridge called Diana Spencer,
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that could be the future queen of England.
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Diana, she starts to date Charles
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and the royal family really leap on it
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because they're desperate
for Charles to get married.
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He's left it quite a long time
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and all the women his age
are really either married
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or they have what is seen
as too much of a past
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to marry him.
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[Kevin] She was 18 years of age.
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Beautiful.
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You wondered whether it
was gonna happen or not
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because of the age difference.
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She was aristocratic.
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Her family had a long
history of royal service
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so they felt she'd fit in very quickly.
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She was beautiful, she
was young, she was fresh,
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she was innocent.
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Really, they thought she is just perfect.
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And I think also she was
seen as perfect by the press.
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The minute that they realised
that Charles had a new female
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friend, I mean, that was it.
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The editor and the picture editor
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said we'd like you to
go down and have a look.
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And I thought with that
then that it was a bit below
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my pay grade because you had the doorstep
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and for photographers that
means you stand on a doorstep
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and just take pictures.
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Well I went down there, I
went down on a couple of times
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and little did I know
then that Diana Spencer
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was gonna change my
life and career forever.
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The paps had come along as well.
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They hadn't existed beforehand,
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but they suddenly for
a good royal picture,
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you can make a lot of money.
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They were freelances and they
have none of the scruples
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that other photographers
that had jobs on newspapers
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had to subscribe to.
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So it's a bit unfair putting paparazzi
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and regular Fleet Street
photographers together
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because they're not, they're different.
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But she became the golden
girl of the paparazzi
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and they were after
photographing her all the time.
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I had many, many conversations with Diana.
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She knew the difference
between staff photographers
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and the paparazzis.
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But she had no idea of what the swan
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of coverage was gonna be like.
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[Reporter] Then on the
24th of February, 1981
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from Buckingham Palace came the news,
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that the whole world had been waiting for.
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The heir to the throne presented
his beautiful bride to be,
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Lady Diana Francis
Spencer, the third daughter
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of the eighth Earl Spencer.
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It was a fairy tale romance.
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And that's how we projected it
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and that's how we got the story.
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The newspapers were
there to just pick them
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in generally in a good light.
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[Reporter] The happy couple posed
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for the press photographers
in the palace gardens.
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The engagement ring is
a magnificent sapphire
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surrounded by diamonds.
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Prince Charles will be 32 years old
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and Lady Diana 20 on their wedding day.
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Diana was swept up into a storm
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that was bigger than she
ever could have imagined.
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Everyone wants Charles
and Diana to get married
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and there's this massive force behind it.
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And in the midst of it are two people
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who don't know each other that well.
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They'd only met each
other a handful of times
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when they actually got engaged.
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Many of these times where they've met
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Diana had been escorted by her grandmother
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and Diana still called him sir
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so she didn't really know him that well.
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I think she may have
given the royal family
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the impression that she
was a homebody girl,
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but she really liked the west end
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and she liked going out dancing.
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And she was young.
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Charles was another generation really.
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I don't think anyone
really said to themselves,
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isn't she a bit young to be
getting into the royal family?
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Isn't this a bit of an age gap
between her and her husband?
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Or hasn't this been rather rushed,
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the whole courtship and engagement?
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People didn't stop to think.
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When Diana Spencer came on the scene,
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all newspapers credited the
tabloids on the broadsheets,
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assigned a photographer
to be full-time covering
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Lady Diana Spencer, and
then Charles, et cetera.
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And the royal correspondent
and a royal photographer.
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It worked in many ways.
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She got to know us, we got to know here,
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Charles got to know us.
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[Reporter] Prince Charles
takes the saluted Windsor
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amid the kind of pageantry
for which Britain's famous.
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There'll be a whole lot more, of course,
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in the prince's wedding.
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The engagement of the heir to the throne
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to Lady Diana Spencer
ended years of speculation.
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In the end the future queen has come
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from within the English aristocracy.
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Lady Di has handled the glare of publicity
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with a natural ease.
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Diana's first public
engagement, Goldsmiths Hall.
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And Charles got out and
walked into the stairs
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to us, he turned to me and he said,
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"Mr. Gavin, I hope you've
got your fashion editor
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here today."
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I said, "I don't think sir,
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but would certainly be interested."
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And of course that
picture was unbelievable.
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We had no idea what she
was gonna be wearing.
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It was sensational that
dress for so low cut.
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Grace Kelly was one of the guests there,
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and I think even Grace
Kelly was a bit stunned
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when she saw her and she was so shy
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and she had those beautiful,
big blue eyes shining out.
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[Angela] The photos of Diana went global
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and the princess to be was fast becoming
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the most photographed woman in the world.
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[Kevin] The interest was immense
in terms of the tabloids.
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Every time Diana went anywhere
we would be there full time.
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She really was something quite new.
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They'd never been anything
like Diana before.
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She had this extraordinary
ability, a love affair
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with the camera and he
couldn't understand it as well.
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In fact, he grew slightly
jealous of her ability
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to seduce the lens.
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[Angela] Before Diana, the royal family
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had been seen as respectable and dutiful,
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but not really very high in
the stakes of international
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glamour, of international celebrity.
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Diana, she had movie star quality.
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Once the camera had an eye on
her, it was transformative.
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Shy Di, Lady Di, everyone
was fascinated by her.
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Diana just captured the
imagination of not just myself,
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but the whole public.
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Prior to the wedding, there
were rehearsals at St Paul's
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to pick out the slots
and places where stands
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were gonna go down.
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Everything was well planned
for for photographers
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and television.
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We're in the church top rooftop
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and I'm the first choice.
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I wanted to be in there
to witness the wedding.
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And I went down there on two occasions.
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You need to check what
lens are you gonna need,
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the lighting, but I was in there
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and that's what mattered to me.
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[Angela] As photographers
jostled for position
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at St. Paul's, the glare of publicity
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was a little different
from royal engagements
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and weddings of the past.
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[triumphant music]
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[Reporter] In these, the
first special studies
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of the pair since the
news of their engagement.
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It's easy to see the radiant happiness
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of the princess as she
and her very good looking
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husband to be pose for
the cameras in the palace.
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Pictures marking such an
event as this royal engagement
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would not be complete without focusing
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for a moment on the diamond
and platinum engagement ring.
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The marriage of the heiress presumptive
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is naturally a matter of great importance
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for the future of the Commonwealth.
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We are conscious of that, and
we may feel certain she has
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made a choice with her
head as well as her heart.
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Royal weddings are used
to create patriotism,
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they're used to create
affection for the royal family.
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[Reporter] The day of the
wedding and immense crowds.
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Thousands had assemble overnight,
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others had arrived at dawn.
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All eagerly waiting to see and to cheer
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the royal processions on this day
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of their own princess' marriage.
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The crowds waited with tense excitement,
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or the appearance of the Irish State Coach
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for he's majesty the
king and for the bride.
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The idea of the big
public white royal wedding
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goes back to Victoria.
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Before Queen Victoria,
royal weddings were quiet
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affairs late at night, a
few aristocratic friends.
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But Victoria and her government
wanted to really proclaim
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her as the middle-class queen.
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And so what happened was she'd
have a much bigger wedding
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for which the crowds could
line up and watch her drive
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to the wedding venue publicly
and he could see her.
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[Reporter] The greyness
of this November day
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matching in some respects
the weary aftermath of war.
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These were neither seen nor felt
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for this was a day of national rejoicing.
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The wedding of Elizabeth and Phillip,
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she was the future queen, but it was 1947,
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it was the post-war.
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It was a recession, there was
great depression in Britain.
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And there was a lot of
debate about whether
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or not they should have
a royal wedding at all.
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Winston Churchill actually said that
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if Elizabeth and Phillip had a big wedding
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it would be a splash of
colour on the hard road
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we have to travel.
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That idea that the royal
wedding was a big moment,
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a joyous moment would
give people happiness
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and would bring people together.
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[uplifting bride entrance music]
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Women from all over the country sent in
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their clothing coupons so that the queen
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could buy a wedding dress.
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But actually this was against the law.
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You can't transfer your
Cove clothing coupons.
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So they couldn't accept
them, sent them all back
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but made the wedding dress from some silk
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that they did have.
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Elizabeth and Phillip's wedding
was a celebration of them,
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but it also was a celebration
that the war was over,
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that life went on, that
weddings were continuing,
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and this was a new queen for the future.
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[Reporter] This day will
long been remembered
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as a vivid and important episode
in the story of the nation.
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[upbeat music]
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The crowds outside the
palace quite as fast
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and as thrilled as those of
jubilee and coronation days.
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And how they cheered the happy pair
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when they came out onto the balcony.
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The link between the British people
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and the royal family is
something quite unique.
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[people cheer]
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[Angela] One of the key ingredients
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of any wedding day is the wedding cake.
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And in 1981, Royal Navy
head baker Dave Avery
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was about to get a Royal
appointment that he'd never forget.
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[Reporter] Within the site of Portsmouth's
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most famous landmark, Nelson's Victory
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and waiting to begin a new role
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as anti-submarine helicopter carrier,
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the majesty's ship Bulwark.
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Attending the recommissioning
His Royal Highness
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Commander the Prince of Wales.
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I met Prince Charles
when he was on Bulwark
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and they wanted a
commissioning cake making.
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And Prince Charles cut the cake.
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He pointed to me and he
said, have you made this?
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All right, beautiful cake, all right.
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So I was quite pleased with that.
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Well, our Phillips married Princess Anne,
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the army did the cake.
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So my admiral got in touch
with the palace and said,
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it'd be nice if the Navy got the chance
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to do the wedding cake.
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I was at the cookery school then
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as a senior baker instructor,
teaching baking to the boys.
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I got told that I was
doing the wedding cake
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but I couldn't say anything to anybody
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until the press release.
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You're quite pleased
about it at the beginning,
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you want to be picked
to make the future king
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and queen's wedding cake.
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You couldn't get a
higher honour could you?
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But as things went on, I
always thought that one day
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I might get in the Tower
if anything went wrong,
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I'd be stuck at the Tower.
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[Angela] Luckily, Dave
avoided a trip to the Tower,
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but he did have a very special
appointment at the palace.
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And I met Diana in Buckingham Palace
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to show her the design.
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She was so nice because
I was well not petrified,
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but I was apprehensive of meeting her.
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But that's what she said to me.
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I was apprehensive in meeting
you and it's been a pleasure.
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She said to me, all she
wanted was a wedding cake.
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She didn't want a monument.
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But when Diana had seen the
plan, everything was fine.
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She was happy about that.
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Great, no problem.
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And then we got a phone call,
Prince Charles wasn't happy.
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And we thought oh time.
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But anyhow what it was
is they used to name him
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the Red Dragon.
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[Reporter] Naval leftenant Prince Charles
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is taking to the area.
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This time in a helicopter.
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As Prince of Wales, he wears
the Red Dragon of Wales.
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And the 12 members of the training unit
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will wear scarlet and gold arm
flashes depicting the dragon.
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So I had to put the
crest of the red dragon
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on the front of the cake
and that was the only change
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from everything that I planned.
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[Reporter] The cake was made
at the Royal Navy Cookery
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School in Chatham.
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Everything had got to be
secretly, it had to be.
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I had the only key to that kitchen.
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If you're a big job, a big
cake, you always do two,
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because you never know and
especially if it's travelling.
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You're doing twice the amount of work
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of what you could have done.
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But it had to be right.
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We made the cake, a rich fruit cake
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'cause my mom had a rich fruitcake cake
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and it was a cracking recipe.
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And I used that, but I
added bits and pieces.
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Everything that went in that cake
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was donated by different companies.
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And then we was told by the palace
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that they wanted rum,
Navy rum in the cake.
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Princess Diana had never tasted Navy rum
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so we put Navy rum it.
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And that went over weeks.
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I'd put a little drop
in, wrap it up, save it,
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wrap it up, save it.
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That's me in the cookery
school in the passage way.
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Just the left-hand side is a kitchen
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where I made the wedding cake.
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You could see how big the
bottom tier was, massive cake.
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The bottom tier two at 12 hours to bake.
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You see me here with a set square.
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And it's very level.
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Because everything, if you
get something like on a cake,
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that's just a millimetre out, by the time
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you go five foot up it's that much out.
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So the cake can be falling over.
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So everything had got to
be absolutely spot on.
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[Reporter] The Navy mounted
A guard on their masterpiece
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and a masterpiece it most certainly is.
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We finished it the week before.
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The one that wasn't going to the palace,
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we stood it up in the cookery school
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for the press release, which
was gonna be the next day
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where all the newspapers
and press and things
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came down to take pictures of the cake.
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They give us lines of what to do.
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You know, they didn't
want nothing like castles
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and things like that.
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They wanted a wedding cake.
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[Interviewer] And yet on the panels
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there's some very intricate
designs, the crests, et cetera,
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[David] Going from the top, the C and D
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and the doves and the grapes.
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On the second set, you've got the crown,
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the Naval ends and the account badge.
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The third tier is Prince Charles' Naval,
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and which is his ships and
also his squadrons he was on.
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And then on this second
tier is the actual crest.
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We've got seen, Charles' crest,
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and then we've got Lady Diana's.
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But these is where the work's gone in.
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You know, one of those
took eight hours to paint
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and it's icing that's been
painted on to the cake.
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[Reporter] This morning the
cake was carefully packed
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in boxes and delivered
to Buckingham Palace.
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Everything is very foreign
and delicate on that cake,
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so if it goes over a
bump, icing can splay,
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something can fall off, whatever.
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And it wasn't until we got to the palace
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to stand it up, that we
knew everything was fine.
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It was two and a half
hundred weight of cake,
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marzipan and icing being stood up.
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And it stood in the palace for three days
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before the wedding.
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This again is me with
the royal wedding cake,
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in black and white, in colour.
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Quite proud of it really.
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[Angela] And so he should be.
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This was a royal wedding like no other
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and everybody wanted
a slice of the action.
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[Reporter] Once the
wedding date was announced
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it was down to the serious business
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of the royal wedding industry.
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Over 2,000 wedding souvenirs
have been submitted
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to the design council for approval.
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Only 60 made the grade.
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These are the traditional trinkets
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without which no royal event
is considered complete.
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So far, the royal wedding industry
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is said to be worth over £500 million.
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The run up to the royal
wedding was unprecedented
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in terms of the amount
of merchandise produced.
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Really, I think it's not an overestimation
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to suggest that nearly every
household in the United Kingdom
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had some kind of memorabilia
of the royal wedding.
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Everyone wanted a piece
of this royal wedding,
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of the royal romance and
they wanted a piece of Diana.
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I think we all want to believe in love,
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and we all want to
believe in the fairytale
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and we all want to believe
in the fairytale princess
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and that was what the wedding was.
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[Angela] Most weddings of the past
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had been held at Westminster Abbey,
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including Princess Margaret's wedding
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to Antony Armstrong-Jones.
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[Reporter] And from Clarence House,
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the glass coach leaves on
its journey to the Abbey.
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Riding in the coach was
the bride accompanied
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by Prince Phillip who was to give her way.
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All along the route the people waved
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and cheered Princess Margaret.
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It was her day.
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One can be certain that as she drove
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through the crowded streets,
she must've been touched
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by the affection that surrounded her.
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The royal bride arrives.
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[crowd cheers]
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Her own sparkling guilty
is superbly set off
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by the simplicity of her
wedding gown of white organza.
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The queen and members of the royal family
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have taken their places.
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The bride groom and what a moment for him
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as his bride enters.
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[uplifting classical music]
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The service is begun by
the Dean of Westminster.
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[Dean Of Westminster] Dearly beloved,
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we are gathered here in the sight of God
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and in the face of this congregation
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to join together this man and
this woman in holy matrimony.
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[Angela] Choir master Barry Rose
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was as surprised as anyone when he heard
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of Charles and Diana's
chosen wedding venue.
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I was sitting at home
with my wife having lunch
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and listening to the one
o'clock news on BBC radio.
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And the headline said,
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that the Prince of Wales
and Lady Diana Spencer
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will be married in St Paul's Cathedral.
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I thought this can't be right.
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You know, it's Westminster Abbey,
494
00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:02,000
they always got to Westminster Abbey.
495
00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,480
Nobody had told me, of
course the clergy knew,
496
00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:06,200
but they never told
the master of the choir
497
00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:07,320
or anything like that.
498
00:22:08,360 --> 00:22:09,680
St Paul's is so famous.
499
00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:11,440
When I go around the world, they say,
500
00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:13,680
oh, you were at St Paul's Cathedral.
501
00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:14,920
They don't say London.
502
00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:16,600
They just say St Paul's Cathedral
503
00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:19,240
as it's known the worldwide.
504
00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:20,840
I think Charles chose St Paul's
505
00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:23,160
because it's open from end to end.
506
00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:25,160
In Westminster Abbey you have the screen
507
00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:28,040
on which the organ sets halfway up.
508
00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:30,840
So you're seated out in
what they call the nave,
509
00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:33,280
which is the wester side of that,
510
00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:35,360
you don't see anything when the couple
511
00:22:35,360 --> 00:22:38,320
are right at the front and out of sight.
512
00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:40,560
Whereas you could see the
whole thing from the back
513
00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:42,080
of the nave at St Paul's.
514
00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:43,760
One reason why St Paul's was chosen
515
00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:46,840
were because it was going to
be such a televisual wedding
516
00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:48,480
was because actually St. Paul's,
517
00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:51,280
I think you get slightly
better long-term view.
518
00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:54,480
You can get a better kind
of TV shot of it overall
519
00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:57,280
and I think that's one reason
why St. Paul's was chosen.
520
00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:00,640
I got to the cathedral that afternoon
521
00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:03,240
and the press were everywhere.
522
00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:04,440
I mean, everywhere.
523
00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:07,400
They came to choir practise,
they followed us into the loo,
524
00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:09,680
you know, they wanted to
film this and film that.
525
00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:13,360
Every day from then on it
wasn't just the British press.
526
00:23:13,360 --> 00:23:15,880
It was the national, international press
527
00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:17,840
from around the world.
528
00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:20,120
[Reporter] As the happy
pair begin their procession
529
00:23:20,120 --> 00:23:24,480
Princess Margaret curtsy
gracefully to her sister.
530
00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:25,640
And at the bride's special request,
531
00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:30,520
the processional music is
Purcell's "Trumpet Tune and Airs."
532
00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:35,960
["Trumpet Tune and Air" by Purcell]
533
00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:43,040
Every Royal wedding has music,
but it has special music.
534
00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,480
And Charles turned to a friend of his,
535
00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:47,800
Sir David Wilcox to ask his advice.
536
00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:51,160
He'd met Sir David when he
was at Cambridge University.
537
00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,440
[soft music]
538
00:23:56,120 --> 00:23:58,480
First of all he's the Prince of Wales
539
00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:01,680
and the central piece in
the service was a new anthem
540
00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:04,080
written by the professor of music
541
00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:07,440
at University College Wales,
which was William Mathias.
542
00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:10,320
There were hymns that everybody could sing
543
00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:13,160
and then there were responses
written by my colleague
544
00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:14,800
at St. Paul's.
545
00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:18,080
Charles had the say in it, I
think he was the musical one
546
00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:21,480
and he actually had played the
cello hadn't they, I believe
547
00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:22,880
and all sorts of things like that.
548
00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:25,680
So he certainly had some input into it.
549
00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:28,640
The music to be played
and sung was published
550
00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:31,840
well in advance, but nobody
had heard the new piece.
551
00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:35,440
We had the new anthem I
should think about two months
552
00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:36,280
in advance.
553
00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:37,760
We had handwritten copies.
554
00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:39,920
It wasn't published until the day itself
555
00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:42,040
so the choir sang from handwritten copies
556
00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:44,680
that the composer written out himself.
557
00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,920
We learned that about a month before.
558
00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:53,040
We were used to royal occasions,
it was quite a big choir.
559
00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:56,960
There was about 40 boys and about 24 men.
560
00:24:56,960 --> 00:25:00,200
We were all ready for
it by the day before.
561
00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:02,160
I mean, we'd had a couple of rehearsals
562
00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:04,280
and we'd done the balance
test for the television
563
00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:06,520
and the radio and all that sort of thing.
564
00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:08,600
You are hyped up on these occasions.
565
00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:11,120
There was all sorts of
excellent levels of excitement
566
00:25:11,120 --> 00:25:13,840
because of the press people
from all around the world.
567
00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:17,680
And the kids had hardly any sleep anyway,
568
00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:20,960
but they were on a, you know,
they, adrenaline kicks in
569
00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:21,800
with them.
570
00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:23,800
You know, they come in
and they throw a switch
571
00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:24,920
and they sing.
572
00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:27,640
[Angela] And it wasn't just inside
573
00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:30,640
St Paul's that preparations
were being made.
574
00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:32,360
[Reporter] The village of Leighton is set
575
00:25:32,360 --> 00:25:34,280
in the beautiful part of England.
576
00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:37,440
On the wedding day, the villagers
will hold a street party.
577
00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:40,440
It'll be one of thousands
which will take place
578
00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:42,040
all over England.
579
00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:44,000
They've been working on it for months,
580
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,240
raising money and house
to house collections.
581
00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:48,360
and in many other activities including
582
00:25:48,360 --> 00:25:50,560
the traditional village jumble sale.
583
00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:55,240
Street parties are such
a part of royal weddings,
584
00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:57,800
such a part of royal events
that streets get together,
585
00:25:57,800 --> 00:25:59,960
neighbours get together who
don't actually know each other,
586
00:25:59,960 --> 00:26:02,160
who'd never spoken before
will clubs together,
587
00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:04,760
put out some trestle tables
and have some cake together.
588
00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:06,960
It's a moment of real community cohesion
589
00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:08,320
and community spirit.
590
00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:11,600
And, these go right back
to the 19th century.
591
00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:14,080
You do have celebrations
of coronations and weddings
592
00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:17,200
happening before the 19th
century, but street parties
593
00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,640
and the idea of ordinary
people clubbing together
594
00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:21,600
to celebrate the monarchy is particularly
595
00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:23,000
a Victorian invention.
596
00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,400
[Angela] But for many,
there was little cause
597
00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:29,240
for celebration in the summer of 1981.
598
00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:32,240
[Reporter] Despite the gloom of recession,
599
00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:36,000
unemployment riots and an
indifferent English summer,
600
00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,680
the flags go up for the July celebration.
601
00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:41,720
Britain's problems seem a long way away
602
00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:43,240
from this quiet Hamlet.
603
00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:48,480
The country was riven,
absolutely true between
604
00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:52,000
the left who didn't like the
way the country was being run
605
00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:56,080
and you had Thatcher's
people who were determined
606
00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:57,680
to change it.
607
00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:03,040
[Reporter] July, 1981 and
English cities burned.
608
00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:07,480
The current wave of
rioting hasn't been equaled
609
00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:09,280
in modern times.
610
00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:11,800
The public is shocked,
so are the politicians
611
00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:13,400
and the police.
612
00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:15,680
In the summer of 1981, there were riots
613
00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:18,760
in the United Kingdom in
Toxteth, particularly in Brixton
614
00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:22,280
and really this was a time
when people were very angry,
615
00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:24,840
angry at the new regime, deprivation,
616
00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:26,560
the fact there was a gap
between rich and poor.
617
00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:29,680
And so really, I think
you have this big desire,
618
00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:31,720
investment from the establishment
619
00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:34,240
that they want the wedding
to be as big as possible
620
00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:37,120
to really overwrite the
fact that that's the image
621
00:27:37,120 --> 00:27:39,160
that many people would
have of the summer of 1981
622
00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:41,680
is riots, burnt out cars, people angry;
623
00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:43,960
but instead you get the fairytale wedding.
624
00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:47,040
[Reporter] But Britain's chronic social
625
00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:49,360
and economic ills will
have to be cured at source
626
00:27:49,360 --> 00:27:53,840
before real peace returns to the streets.
627
00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:57,240
[people chatter]
628
00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:58,840
[loud thud]
629
00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:01,600
So there was huge division in the country,
630
00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:05,760
but in an odd sort of
way, it was withdrawn
631
00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:08,520
for the royal family.
632
00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:10,160
[Reporter] The wedding
between Prince Charles
633
00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:12,680
and Lady Diana will be
celebrated in many ways.
634
00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:16,720
Some will just buy a
memento of the occasion.
635
00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:20,160
Others will take part in the
thousands of street parties.
636
00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:22,240
A select few will attend the ceremony
637
00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:24,400
at St. Paul's Cathedral.
638
00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:27,040
For all it's hoped it
will be a time of unity
639
00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:28,320
for a troubled nation.
640
00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:33,040
[Angela] Love is the flower you've got
641
00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:35,800
to let grow, or so the saying goes
642
00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:38,160
and florist David Longman was tasked
643
00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:41,520
with creating a bouquet
fit for a princess.
644
00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:45,240
They say that flowers
in the wedding bouquet
645
00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:50,240
show fertility, fidelity and loyalty.
646
00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:55,680
The fashion of carrying flowers,
647
00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:57,960
you can put it to Queen Victoria.
648
00:28:57,960 --> 00:28:59,800
She carried a posy of flowers.
649
00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:05,280
My father joined the Worshipful
Company of Gardeners.
650
00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:09,200
They had the ancient tradition
of presenting flowers
651
00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:12,840
to the royal family on state occasions.
652
00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:19,640
And the first time he was involved within
653
00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:23,920
the wedding of the queen,
then Princess Elizabeth.
654
00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:27,600
That's where we started.
655
00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:31,960
We made the bouquets
for Princess Margaret,
656
00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:33,440
and several others.
657
00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:36,920
My conversations with the Lady Diana
658
00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:41,120
was very similar to so many discussions
659
00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:43,200
I'd had with brides and what they wanted.
660
00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:44,640
I showed her the designs.
661
00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:46,440
All right, we have many more designs
662
00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:49,280
and more intricate
designs than we probably
663
00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:51,440
showed to some normal bride.
664
00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:53,600
We'd talked to the dressmaker beforehand,
665
00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:55,200
I'd been to see the dressmaker.
666
00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:58,360
But only Emmanuels were very discreet
667
00:29:58,360 --> 00:29:59,440
and wouldn't tell me very much,
668
00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:00,880
which I quite understood.
669
00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:03,440
They did give me a patch of material
670
00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:07,560
so I could sort of feel what
it was going to be like.
671
00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:11,320
But then, and they showed me
an outline sketch that is,
672
00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:16,320
and I knew it was going to
be a very voluminous dress.
673
00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:20,240
The outline sketch was a great help.
674
00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:24,680
It's a combination of what
you know about the dress,
675
00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:29,760
the disposition of the
bride, her hair, her height,
676
00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:33,800
and what she thinks about it.
677
00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:37,440
The end of the day, she
is the important one.
678
00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:40,600
She's the one you've got to please
679
00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:44,000
to help make her day, the
happiest day of her life.
680
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:52,120
She was like any other
bride, excited, intrigued,
681
00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:56,720
wanting guidance and what she was to have.
682
00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:02,800
Very normal, very, very normal
person, the young bride.
683
00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:09,720
I took this book with the
designs, various designs,
684
00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:14,720
which we had put together
showing her what she could have.
685
00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:19,000
There's crescents and
half crescents and rounds
686
00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:24,000
and she chose this one,
which is a long drop bouquet.
687
00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:29,720
Lilly of valley, stephanotis, orchid.
688
00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:35,400
The prince made one request and that was
689
00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:40,400
a Mountbatten rose in memory of his uncle
690
00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:42,840
who he was very attached to.
691
00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:46,520
He particularly wanted it
and there was anyone gra,
692
00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:49,920
it's not really a florist
rose, it's a garden rose.
693
00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:52,720
And it was the only colour
'cause it's a golden rose
694
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:54,920
there in the centre of the bouquet.
695
00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:58,880
We made a mock, a silk
mock or what she had chosen
696
00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:00,200
that she saw that.
697
00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:02,040
The decision obviously was hers,
698
00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:05,240
but she listened to our guidance.
699
00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:08,480
She was so easy to deal with.
700
00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:12,000
She wasn't particularly demanding.
701
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:13,880
She was always charming.
702
00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:16,600
[Angela] However, Diana did have one
703
00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:18,800
particular request for David.
704
00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:23,120
If we look at the photographs
of Princess Elizabeth's
705
00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:27,160
wedding, you'll see
that the big photograph
706
00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:30,600
with all the bridesmaids,
everyone is carrying a bouquet
707
00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:33,280
except bride.
708
00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:36,320
And the story was that the princess
709
00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:40,320
asked that her bouquet
to be put on the tomb
710
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:41,520
of the unknown warriors.
711
00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:47,200
Lady Diana, she'd heard this
story so she said, please,
712
00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:49,560
can we have two bouquets.
713
00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:53,800
So they had one which went
straight onto the tomb
714
00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:55,480
and the other one, which I delivered
715
00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:58,120
to Buckingham Palace was
ready for the photographs.
716
00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:01,960
There was a great deal of secrecy.
717
00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:04,120
The press got hold of it
and as soon as they know,
718
00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:06,040
they want to interview and talk about it
719
00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:08,800
and what they gonna do, what
the design's going to be.
720
00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:13,120
And of course those things
are secret until the bride
721
00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:15,040
walks into the church.
722
00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:18,680
Flowers in the cathedral.
723
00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:21,320
I suppose we had something like 28 people
724
00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:22,520
working on the flowers.
725
00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:26,880
I had about three or four
of my very senior florists
726
00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:28,440
who were well qualified.
727
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:31,400
With the flower ladies of St Paul's
728
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:34,320
we'd put a lot of work
and thought into it.
729
00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:37,920
For example, just inside
the door floor pillars
730
00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:41,400
one, two, three and four,
each one had 25 alstroemeria,
731
00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:46,400
30 stocks, 20 gladiolus,
20 lilies, 45 gold roses,
732
00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:51,720
35 white carnations and white hydrangea
733
00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:56,720
and some white spray chrysanthemums.
734
00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:00,400
-That's a lot of flowers.
-That's a lot of flowers
735
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:01,520
in each arrangement.
736
00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:04,640
[Reporter] There was an
unexpected last glimpse down
737
00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:05,880
that famous aisle.
738
00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:07,880
Soon, the doors were to be firmly shut,
739
00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:10,400
but inside work would continue all night.
740
00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:13,920
Outside, that red carpet to
lay under the watchful eye
741
00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:16,160
of a police guard, a
hundred foot of actually
742
00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:18,320
a rather modest quality nylon,
743
00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:20,360
which is proving rather difficult to lay.
744
00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:25,000
We did a final inspection of the cathedral
745
00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:28,800
flowers at about half past 10, 11 o'clock.
746
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:32,240
And I walked to the west store
747
00:34:32,240 --> 00:34:36,560
and you saw all the crowds
down the laggard hill.
748
00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:39,160
You could see the crowd were
having a whale of a time
749
00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:41,400
and they were gonna
have an even better day.
750
00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:43,840
It was lovely, absolutely wonderful.
751
00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:46,880
[Reporter] It just had to
be the biggest street party
752
00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:49,760
since the coronation, and the
nearer you got to St Paul's
753
00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:51,560
the noisier and happier it became.
754
00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:54,400
After all these days,
you do need an excuse
755
00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:55,720
for dancing in the streets.
756
00:34:56,720 --> 00:34:59,200
[people sing]
757
00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:09,360
And of course there has
to be the dust guard,
758
00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:12,400
often greeted with cheers
itself, as it made its run,
759
00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:14,800
as it was to do so many times that night.
760
00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:20,480
And asleep, many people did despite
761
00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:23,480
the cheery nighttime chatter of a radio DJ
762
00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:26,280
coming from loud speakers
right along the route.
763
00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:29,040
You couldn't actually see
an inch of pavement anywhere
764
00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:30,680
and money wouldn't buy you a space
765
00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:32,000
from most of these people.
766
00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:38,080
[Angela] As dawn broke over London
767
00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:39,600
preparations have been
taking place throughout
768
00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:42,920
the night to ensure that the
big day went off perfectly.
769
00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:45,640
Now on the morning of the wedding,
770
00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:50,400
we was up at three o'clock,
went to the palace,
771
00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:53,480
moved the cake, put it all
down, put it back in the box,
772
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:55,120
he screwed it all up.
773
00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:57,320
Got a buggy, took it right across
774
00:35:57,320 --> 00:35:59,560
the other side of Buckingham Palace,
775
00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:02,120
put it up in the gold room
for the wedding breakfast.
776
00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:05,240
And many came to put the
top piece on the flowers.
777
00:36:05,240 --> 00:36:09,040
I didn't do that because
I couldn't do that.
778
00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:10,680
I thought I'd done enough.
779
00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:13,720
I was really, you know, just so relieved
780
00:36:13,720 --> 00:36:14,880
that the cake had been stood there
781
00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:18,440
and we'd moved it and it
was already for the thing.
782
00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:21,760
And my boss, he put the
top on the cake for me.
783
00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:24,480
And I've never felt such a relief.
784
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:26,080
You can't explain it, the relief
785
00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:28,400
that you've finished it and it's done.
786
00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:29,920
All they had to do was eat it.
787
00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:35,280
My head florist started at four o'clock
788
00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:36,440
in the morning to meet the bouquets.
789
00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:39,440
We converted my office,
the back of our shops
790
00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:42,880
we were into a the work
room for her to work away
791
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:45,920
from the other staff.
792
00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:49,120
[church bell rings]
793
00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:50,240
[Reporter] At six o'clock this morning
794
00:36:50,240 --> 00:36:53,000
the party was still going on,
but a trifle more wearily.
795
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:55,200
The crowd had of course built up steadily,
796
00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:57,200
all the best places
had gone and the losers
797
00:36:57,200 --> 00:36:59,160
waited to be moved off the road,
798
00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:00,640
hoping someone would let them onto
799
00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:02,320
that highly prized pavement.
800
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:07,360
So as the crowd settles
down and the tension begins
801
00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:08,840
to mount here as much as anywhere,
802
00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:12,520
St Paul's is ready and
waiting for its big day.
803
00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:15,800
I can remember the morning
of the wedding well,
804
00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:17,120
'cause I, you have to, first of all,
805
00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:19,120
you've got to get into the cathedral
806
00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:22,480
which is nearly impossible
unless you have your duty pass.
807
00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:24,680
The choristers arrive
by their own entrance
808
00:37:24,680 --> 00:37:27,440
from the choir school
and we have a rehearsal
809
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:30,160
which lasts about 40 minutes or so,
810
00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:31,760
just to warm everyone's voices up.
811
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:34,960
And then final sort of team
talk as I call it, you know,
812
00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:36,360
before we go up there.
813
00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:38,640
And we weren't allowed to
practise upstairs, of course
814
00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:40,360
that morning 'cause people were assembling
815
00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:44,640
in the cathedral from
about 9:30 onwards I think.
816
00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:47,800
[Angela] And it wasn't just the bride
817
00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:50,040
and groom who had wedding day nerves.
818
00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:51,560
One of the boys told me quite recently
819
00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:53,480
that they were given sick bags.
820
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:56,280
I mean, there is this nagging feeling
821
00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:57,280
in your mind all the time.
822
00:37:57,280 --> 00:37:59,320
What happens if somebody is taken ill?
823
00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:02,320
What happens if somebody
wants to go to the loo?
824
00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:03,360
[Reporter] In case you've ever wondered
825
00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:05,760
how the guard of honour
know exactly where to stand
826
00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:07,240
well, here's the man with the chalk
827
00:38:07,240 --> 00:38:09,920
who carefully marks
each place with a circle
828
00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:10,760
and their number.
829
00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:13,680
By the time of the royal wedding Britain
830
00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:17,720
and much of the world was
in the grip of Di mania.
831
00:38:17,720 --> 00:38:19,440
They were obsessed.
832
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:21,320
All everyone cared about
was what will Diana wear?
833
00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:22,840
What would she say?
834
00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:23,840
What would she do?
835
00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:26,280
Would she kiss Charles on the balcony?
836
00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:28,000
[Reporter] By now the slightly weary crowd
837
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:30,280
was saving their very
loudest cheers for later on.
838
00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:32,400
[Interviewer] What are you
looking forward to most of all?
839
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:34,120
Seeing Lady DI, I reckon.
840
00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:35,600
-You reckon so?
-Yes.
841
00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:36,520
[Interviewer] is that what
everybody wants to see,
842
00:38:36,520 --> 00:38:38,120
-I think.
-Give her a kiss.
843
00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:40,840
[crowd chuckles]
844
00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:42,080
The public, they couldn't get enough,
845
00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:44,560
there were thousands of
people on the streets was it
846
00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:46,480
and I'm tell you the reason why was one
847
00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:49,760
of the biggest viewing audiences ever.
848
00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:52,240
it's just Cinderella is
a very [murmur] princess,
849
00:38:52,240 --> 00:38:54,920
that's the feeling everybody
wanted in the media.
850
00:38:56,720 --> 00:39:00,560
We end up being two hours
before their arrival.
851
00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:02,480
[Angela] As he waited, Kent noticed
852
00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:06,280
some rather familiar
faces inside St Paul's.
853
00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:09,960
Charles, all of his
relationships were in there.
854
00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:10,800
There was Camilla.
855
00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:12,880
There was Susan George,
there was Diana's sister.
856
00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:14,880
I think there were one
or two others as well.
857
00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:19,640
I can't remember names, but
he'd invited all his own flames.
858
00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:22,560
Prince Charles was a supporting actor.
859
00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:24,440
There wasn't much conversation about him
860
00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:26,480
or any of a member to the royal family.
861
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:28,240
It was all about Diana.
862
00:39:28,240 --> 00:39:30,640
People really fell in love with the idea
863
00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:32,640
of this wonderful young woman marrying
864
00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:34,440
into the royal family.
865
00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:37,240
To them it seemed that the
beginning of a wonderful romance,
866
00:39:37,240 --> 00:39:38,400
the fairytale.
867
00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:42,480
She was wearing this extraordinary dress.
868
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:46,640
Piling it into the
carriage, they were sitting
869
00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:49,000
in there as if it was filled
up with soap such in fact,
870
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:52,040
the carriage was filled up with her dress.
871
00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:57,600
When the gold coach
drew up to the cathedral
872
00:39:57,600 --> 00:39:59,960
and Diana stepped out
and you saw the dress
873
00:39:59,960 --> 00:40:02,240
for the first time, that was so exciting.
874
00:40:05,120 --> 00:40:07,040
When they had to get
her out of the carriage,
875
00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:10,760
they had to arrange it all so
it was all kind of impromptu.
876
00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:13,320
You've seen they have
all sorts of rehearsals
877
00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:14,920
for this kind of thing,
but they couldn't rehearse
878
00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:16,160
the dress.
879
00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:17,760
I don't think it was actually ready
880
00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:20,160
until the morning of the ceremony.
881
00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:21,840
And it caused a bit of a problem.
882
00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:24,840
Everyone kind of ignored
the fact that it was
883
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:28,960
full of creases because everyone
wanted it to go off well.
884
00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:29,920
I love the dress.
885
00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:32,280
I think it's, I think it's so romantic.
886
00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:34,520
I think it's pure 80s and I
think you had to be young,
887
00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:37,320
tall, and beautiful to
pull it off like Diana
888
00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:39,200
and no one else could.
889
00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:40,880
That gigantic train, the longest train
890
00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:42,960
of any wedding dress in history.
891
00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:48,320
And an awful shock because
when she saw get out
892
00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:50,880
of the carriage, no bouquet.
893
00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:55,920
I thought my goodness,
what's happened this time?
894
00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:58,440
What happened they got her
out, they put her dress right
895
00:40:58,440 --> 00:41:00,880
and then the foot man went
back into the carriage
896
00:41:00,880 --> 00:41:02,240
and brought the bouquet.
897
00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:07,280
I must've been for 30 seconds. [chuckles]
898
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:09,520
I had a very nasty moment.
899
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:15,760
[Angela] Bouquet in hand, Diana entered
900
00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:18,480
St. Paul's Cathedral with
her father by her side.
901
00:41:20,040 --> 00:41:22,800
the eyes of the world looked
on as the princess to be
902
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:25,920
in her dress with a 25 foot train
903
00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:29,280
embarked on a three and
a half minute walk down
904
00:41:29,280 --> 00:41:31,800
the aisle to meet her prince.
905
00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:39,040
Life for Diana would
never be the same again.
906
00:41:40,120 --> 00:41:42,400
When she walked in and the
music and everything else,
907
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:45,680
it was just something to say beautiful.
908
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:50,400
I was witnessing history.
909
00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:53,760
I can say to my kids right,
I was in there to do it.
910
00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:55,200
[Angela] Even the Archbishop of Canterbury
911
00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:56,400
talked about the fairytale.
912
00:41:56,400 --> 00:41:59,320
Everything really was the princess vision,
913
00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:01,160
the happy ever after vision.
914
00:42:01,160 --> 00:42:03,800
It just was such a huge responsibility
915
00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:05,440
to lay on the shoulders of Charles
916
00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:08,040
and particularly Diana that
for the rest of her life
917
00:42:08,040 --> 00:42:11,600
she'd have to live out
our fairytale fantasies.
918
00:42:11,600 --> 00:42:14,200
-I, Diana Francis.
-Diana chose not
919
00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:17,360
to say that she would
have obey her husband
920
00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:20,040
in her wedding vows and
that was a real break
921
00:42:20,040 --> 00:42:22,680
-from tradition.
-To love and to cherish...
922
00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:24,080
[Diana] To love and to cherish...
923
00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:26,560
-Till death us do part.
-Till death us do part.
924
00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:30,720
Diana was showing that even
though she was only just 20,
925
00:42:30,720 --> 00:42:33,000
she was a young girl who
everyone had underestimated.
926
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:36,400
She wasn't going to be
the malleable puppet
927
00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:37,840
that everyone thought.
928
00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:40,040
She wasn't going to obey
her husband and vow to.
929
00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:43,200
She was going to be her
own woman, a modern,
930
00:42:43,200 --> 00:42:44,840
independent bride.
931
00:42:46,520 --> 00:42:49,120
Charles and Diana's wedding
was the biggest televised event
932
00:42:49,120 --> 00:42:50,400
in history.
933
00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:52,240
I don't think anything will ever beat it.
934
00:42:52,240 --> 00:42:55,440
750 million people sat
down to watch the wedding
935
00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:57,400
all over the world and that meant watching
936
00:42:57,400 --> 00:43:00,200
at very unsociable times
in the middle of the night
937
00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:01,480
in some parts of the Commonwealth
938
00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:02,840
and some parts of the world.
939
00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:05,360
And yet everyone wanted to watch it
940
00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:08,160
even people who weren't very
interested in the royal family.
941
00:43:09,760 --> 00:43:10,680
The new piece written by William Mathias,
942
00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:14,040
I think it might've been
the musical premiere
943
00:43:14,040 --> 00:43:16,680
with the biggest audience
in the world ever.
944
00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:19,680
I mean, I got very excited at one moment,
945
00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:21,520
I threw my hands in the air like you do
946
00:43:21,520 --> 00:43:23,920
when you're conducting and the
lampshade right next to me,
947
00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:26,640
flipped off and did a quick twirl
948
00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:29,480
and the clergyman sitting
next week just caught it.
949
00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:31,760
So if you look carefully
at the photos of that day,
950
00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:35,760
you can see there's one lamp
with no lampshade left on it.
951
00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:38,160
He couldn't have sung any better.
952
00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:40,440
I mean, that was the
best we could have done.
953
00:43:40,440 --> 00:43:42,840
We gave our all, you know, heart and soul.
954
00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:45,640
And it was not about us, it was about
955
00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:47,400
the two people getting married.
956
00:43:47,400 --> 00:43:49,120
That's what weddings are about.
957
00:43:51,640 --> 00:43:54,440
[uplifting music]
958
00:43:57,200 --> 00:43:58,280
[Angela] For those who'd spent months
959
00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:01,200
working behind the scenes, it was now time
960
00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:03,400
to enjoy the moment.
961
00:44:04,240 --> 00:44:08,360
She carried a large bouquet,
something like 36 inches long
962
00:44:08,360 --> 00:44:11,040
and she was reasonably tall.
963
00:44:11,040 --> 00:44:13,440
It was well-balanced and we discussed
964
00:44:13,440 --> 00:44:14,600
how she should hold it.
965
00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:16,920
To get the right perspective
you want to hold it
966
00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:19,400
halfway down which looks much better.
967
00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:22,640
There's a most wonderful moving sight
968
00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:26,240
that's left a wonderful impression on me
969
00:44:26,240 --> 00:44:28,400
of that lovely occasion.
970
00:44:30,520 --> 00:44:33,440
Diana's beauty, her
freshness, her innocent,
971
00:44:33,440 --> 00:44:36,360
her kind heart and her emotional warmth,
972
00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:39,200
all of this came across in the wedding.
973
00:44:40,360 --> 00:44:41,960
And the woman who became
the most famous woman
974
00:44:41,960 --> 00:44:43,800
of the 20th century, the
most photographed woman
975
00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:46,680
of the 20th century, this all begins
976
00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:48,080
in the royal wedding itself.
977
00:44:49,320 --> 00:44:52,640
On the day of the wedding,
I was in my office,
978
00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:55,280
in the editor's office,
waiting for all the pictures
979
00:44:55,280 --> 00:44:59,000
to be brought into us because
it was a picture led issue.
980
00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:01,920
So we ran down Fletcher Lane.
981
00:45:01,920 --> 00:45:04,080
They had military bands.
982
00:45:04,080 --> 00:45:07,440
So the air was full of music
and there was no traffic
983
00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:08,680
because it all had been blocked away
984
00:45:08,680 --> 00:45:10,240
for the royal procession.
985
00:45:10,240 --> 00:45:13,040
They were all people
hanging out all the windows.
986
00:45:13,040 --> 00:45:15,600
It was fabulous, it was a fabulous day.
987
00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:18,960
And they came clattering up
and tearing up the streets
988
00:45:18,960 --> 00:45:20,360
and everyone cheered.
989
00:45:22,080 --> 00:45:24,640
[crowd cheers]
990
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:28,280
And then we ran back up
to the office and waited.
991
00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:30,520
And then the picture started coming in
992
00:45:30,520 --> 00:45:33,280
and gradually people started
to come into the office
993
00:45:33,280 --> 00:45:36,320
who had been covering the
story from various places.
994
00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:40,400
[crowds cheer]
995
00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:47,160
We saw on them balcony, they came out,
996
00:45:47,160 --> 00:45:50,960
the jet fighters flew
over, the crowds cheered,
997
00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:53,840
the sun shown, but...
998
00:45:55,520 --> 00:45:56,680
he wouldn't kiss her.
999
00:45:57,600 --> 00:45:59,760
She was, they were talking, they were,
1000
00:45:59,760 --> 00:46:02,840
the children were scampering around.
1001
00:46:02,840 --> 00:46:05,320
The old folks were smiling.
1002
00:46:05,320 --> 00:46:07,040
And we were chanting, "Kiss her,
1003
00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:09,040
for Christ's sake kiss
her," because we wanted
1004
00:46:09,040 --> 00:46:11,760
the kiss picture and we thought
it was never gonna happen.
1005
00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:15,160
[crowds cheer and chant]
1006
00:46:20,640 --> 00:46:24,040
I think there were 40
photographers on [murmurs].
1007
00:46:24,040 --> 00:46:26,840
And I think, probably
four, maybe five got it
1008
00:46:26,840 --> 00:46:29,200
because it was [clicks] it was all over.
1009
00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:31,760
[crowd cheers]
1010
00:46:32,680 --> 00:46:35,280
And I looked at it and I
thought, well, you know, that's,
1011
00:46:35,280 --> 00:46:38,080
there's history is changing.
1012
00:46:38,080 --> 00:46:40,680
Royals always came out on
the balcony after weddings
1013
00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:41,760
but they didn't kiss.
1014
00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:43,320
Charles and Diana kissed and really
1015
00:46:43,320 --> 00:46:47,600
that was the beginning of all
of our investment in Charles
1016
00:46:47,600 --> 00:46:51,600
and Diana as the perfect couple,
as the new type of monarchy
1017
00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:54,800
and Diana really as a romantic princess
1018
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:56,800
of everyone's hearts.
1019
00:46:56,800 --> 00:47:00,040
[Angela] July the 29th, 1981,
1020
00:47:00,040 --> 00:47:02,880
a day that enchanted the world.
1021
00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:06,280
And now thanks to new
technology a day that looks like
1022
00:47:06,280 --> 00:47:08,440
it was filmed yesterday.
1023
00:47:10,800 --> 00:47:12,160
It's like a time machine.
1024
00:47:12,160 --> 00:47:14,960
We can watch the footage
as if we were there,
1025
00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:16,720
as if we were watching
it for the first time,
1026
00:47:16,720 --> 00:47:19,600
gathered around the TV being
part of this huge moment.
1027
00:47:19,600 --> 00:47:22,320
[Angela] So let's sit back and enjoy
1028
00:47:22,320 --> 00:47:26,680
as never before, the
wedding of the century.
1029
00:47:26,680 --> 00:47:29,600
[triumphant music]
1030
00:48:08,320 --> 00:48:10,240
[Narrator] As if by royal appointment,
1031
00:48:10,240 --> 00:48:12,840
the weather on the great is perfect,
1032
00:48:12,840 --> 00:48:14,960
giving London a touch of summer magic.
1033
00:48:14,960 --> 00:48:17,600
From Buckingham Palace a semi-state Landau
1034
00:48:17,600 --> 00:48:19,600
carries the queen and
the Duke of Edinburgh
1035
00:48:19,600 --> 00:48:21,280
to St Paul's Cathedral to the wedding
1036
00:48:21,280 --> 00:48:23,720
of their much loved son,
the Prince of Wales.
1037
00:48:28,120 --> 00:48:30,680
[crowd cheers]
1038
00:48:40,080 --> 00:48:42,720
And as the queen mother
said for all of us,
1039
00:48:42,720 --> 00:48:45,040
"I wouldn't have missed
this day for anything."
1040
00:48:48,320 --> 00:48:50,880
[crowds cheer]
1041
00:48:54,200 --> 00:48:56,480
On the steps of St. Paul's, it's a scene
1042
00:48:56,480 --> 00:48:58,440
straight from a Victorian picture book.
1043
00:48:59,800 --> 00:49:02,400
[crowd cheers]
1044
00:49:07,600 --> 00:49:10,120
Then enchanting bridesmaids
with wreaths of flowers
1045
00:49:10,120 --> 00:49:12,000
in their hair and the page boys,
1046
00:49:12,000 --> 00:49:15,960
straight and slim in 19th
century sailor suits,
1047
00:49:15,960 --> 00:49:17,600
all under the firm but pretty eye
1048
00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:20,440
of Lady Sarah Armstrong
Jones, the chief bridesmaid.
1049
00:49:22,360 --> 00:49:24,960
[crowd cheers]
1050
00:49:26,480 --> 00:49:28,160
The wedding guests to assemble,
1051
00:49:28,160 --> 00:49:30,520
not just the famous like Prime
Minister Margaret Thatcher
1052
00:49:30,520 --> 00:49:34,320
and Mrs. Nancy Reagan, wife
of the American president,
1053
00:49:34,320 --> 00:49:36,320
but personal and family friends as well.
1054
00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:42,240
Also many of the crowned heads of Europe,
1055
00:49:42,240 --> 00:49:44,800
quite happy for once
to play second fiddle.
1056
00:49:48,480 --> 00:49:51,080
[crowd cheers]
1057
00:49:56,760 --> 00:49:59,640
The huge, cheerful crowd
that has waited so long
1058
00:49:59,640 --> 00:50:02,240
and patiently roars
and waves it's welcome.
1059
00:50:03,760 --> 00:50:07,160
[crowd cheers and claps]
1060
00:50:13,480 --> 00:50:16,760
And now the hero of the hour,
beneath the pomp and titles,
1061
00:50:16,760 --> 00:50:18,960
a nice, rather nervous young man
1062
00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:22,400
on the most tender and
important journey of his life.
1063
00:50:22,400 --> 00:50:25,760
Beside him, his brother and
chief supporter Prince Andrew,
1064
00:50:25,760 --> 00:50:28,000
wondering perhaps if
he's forgotten the ring.
1065
00:50:30,800 --> 00:50:34,200
[crowd cheers and claps]
1066
00:50:54,560 --> 00:50:56,760
As Prince Charles sets
off for the cathedral,
1067
00:50:56,760 --> 00:50:59,440
his mother arrives to
be greeted as tradition
1068
00:50:59,440 --> 00:51:02,160
in the city demands by
the Lord Mayor of London.
1069
00:51:08,440 --> 00:51:11,000
The queen mother escorted
by Prince Edward.
1070
00:51:11,880 --> 00:51:14,480
[crowds cheer]
1071
00:51:26,640 --> 00:51:29,560
[carriage rumbles]
1072
00:51:36,400 --> 00:51:39,800
Around the 1902 state landau
rides a Prince of Wales
1073
00:51:39,800 --> 00:51:42,680
escort the household
cavalry, gleaming and bright.
1074
00:51:44,920 --> 00:51:47,280
An escort of mounted
police wait for Lady Diana
1075
00:51:47,280 --> 00:51:48,960
at Clarence House.
1076
00:51:48,960 --> 00:51:51,200
Though still a commoner,
the pretty English girl
1077
00:51:51,200 --> 00:51:54,080
will be transformed into
the third lady of the realm,
1078
00:51:54,080 --> 00:51:55,360
Princess of Wales.
1079
00:52:04,760 --> 00:52:07,240
In St Paul's the queen
and the other members
1080
00:52:07,240 --> 00:52:09,120
of the royal family make their way past
1081
00:52:09,120 --> 00:52:12,160
the other 3,000 wedding
guests to take their places.
1082
00:52:12,160 --> 00:52:15,240
[mellow organ music]
1083
00:52:28,320 --> 00:52:30,040
The Duke and Duchess of Kent, the Duke
1084
00:52:30,040 --> 00:52:33,040
and Duchess of Gloucester,
Princess Margaret
1085
00:52:33,040 --> 00:52:35,400
and Vicount Linley and Princess Anne
1086
00:52:35,400 --> 00:52:36,880
with Captain Mark Phillips.
1087
00:52:41,920 --> 00:52:44,920
[happy organ music]
1088
00:52:57,480 --> 00:52:59,480
the queen in proceeded by the Lord Mayor,
1089
00:52:59,480 --> 00:53:02,080
bearing the pearl sword
presented to the city
1090
00:53:02,080 --> 00:53:04,320
by Queen Elizabeth I to commemorate
1091
00:53:04,320 --> 00:53:06,320
the victory over the Armada in 1588.
1092
00:53:08,920 --> 00:53:11,920
[happy organ music]
1093
00:53:15,880 --> 00:53:19,120
[dramatic organ music]
1094
00:53:24,640 --> 00:53:26,160
And so the stage is set.
1095
00:53:29,560 --> 00:53:32,720
And here is the groom exactly on time,
1096
00:53:32,720 --> 00:53:35,760
punctuality being the
privilege of princes.
1097
00:53:35,760 --> 00:53:38,160
Prince Charles wears a uniform
of Royal Navy commander,
1098
00:53:38,160 --> 00:53:40,280
his brother that of midshipman.
1099
00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:46,600
[crowds cheer]
1100
00:54:13,360 --> 00:54:16,680
Passing through Admiralty Arch,
the bride is not far behind.
1101
00:54:18,520 --> 00:54:21,120
[crowds cheer]
1102
00:54:24,800 --> 00:54:27,320
At her side, the father, the Earl Spencer.
1103
00:54:31,800 --> 00:54:34,200
Prince Charles makes
his way down the aisle.
1104
00:54:38,040 --> 00:54:40,640
His supporters, Prince
Edward with Prince Andrew,
1105
00:54:40,640 --> 00:54:42,520
still hoping he hasn't lost the ring.
1106
00:54:47,240 --> 00:54:50,240
[happy organ music]
1107
00:54:52,200 --> 00:54:54,560
of course wearing the
usual privilege of brides,
1108
00:54:54,560 --> 00:54:57,280
Lady Diana arrives on time as well.
1109
00:54:57,280 --> 00:55:00,160
The whole days to be a
super example of precision
1110
00:55:00,160 --> 00:55:02,920
and timing so typical
of British ceremonial.
1111
00:55:06,160 --> 00:55:09,560
[crowds cheer and claps]
1112
00:55:10,880 --> 00:55:12,720
The world gets its first full glimpse
1113
00:55:12,720 --> 00:55:15,560
of the fairytale Princess,
demure behind her veil
1114
00:55:15,560 --> 00:55:18,160
and the wedding dress
that has been a carefully
1115
00:55:18,160 --> 00:55:21,880
guarded secret; resplendent
ivory silk taffeta
1116
00:55:21,880 --> 00:55:25,200
trimmed with auntie place
and a long, long train,
1117
00:55:25,200 --> 00:55:27,360
all 25 feet hand embroidered.
1118
00:55:28,320 --> 00:55:30,200
As been witching and romantic a bride
1119
00:55:30,200 --> 00:55:32,480
as ever touched the heart of the world.
1120
00:55:34,360 --> 00:55:37,080
[crowd cheers]
1121
00:55:37,080 --> 00:55:39,600
But that long train is a
bridesmaid's nightmare.
1122
00:55:42,760 --> 00:55:46,200
[crowd cheers and claps]
1123
00:55:50,440 --> 00:55:53,240
On her father's arm Lady Diana Spencer
1124
00:55:53,240 --> 00:55:55,400
sets off to join the prince of her heart.
1125
00:55:56,680 --> 00:56:00,160
[uplifting hopeful music]
1126
00:56:49,040 --> 00:56:52,080
Her bouquet, orchids and pale gardenias,
1127
00:56:52,080 --> 00:56:54,960
dark myrtle and golden Mountbatten roses.
1128
00:57:00,560 --> 00:57:04,040
[uplifting hopeful music]
1129
00:57:09,800 --> 00:57:12,040
So Charles and Diana have
come together before God
1130
00:57:12,040 --> 00:57:15,200
and the world to make their
vows, each to the other.
1131
00:57:16,200 --> 00:57:19,160
The service is to be taken by
the Archbishop of Canterbury.
1132
00:57:26,320 --> 00:57:29,440
[Archbishop Of Canterbury]
Charles Philip Arthur George,
1133
00:57:29,440 --> 00:57:32,960
will thou have this
woman to thy wedded wife,
1134
00:57:32,960 --> 00:57:35,640
to live together after God's ordinance
1135
00:57:35,640 --> 00:57:37,240
in the holy estate of matrimony.
1136
00:57:38,360 --> 00:57:42,240
Will thou love her, comfort
her, honour and keep her
1137
00:57:42,240 --> 00:57:47,240
in sickness and in health
and forsaking all other
1138
00:57:47,240 --> 00:57:50,480
keep thee own lay unto her, so long
1139
00:57:50,480 --> 00:57:53,240
-as you both shall live?
-I will.
1140
00:57:53,240 --> 00:57:58,240
Diana Francis, will thou have this man
1141
00:57:58,680 --> 00:58:02,480
to thy wedded husband, to
live together according
1142
00:58:02,480 --> 00:58:06,800
to God's law in the holy
estate of matrimony.
1143
00:58:06,800 --> 00:58:09,720
Will thou love him, comfort him, honour,
1144
00:58:09,720 --> 00:58:12,600
and keep him in sickness and in health
1145
00:58:13,520 --> 00:58:17,960
and forsaking all other,
keep thee only unto him
1146
00:58:17,960 --> 00:58:20,720
so long as you both shall live?
1147
00:58:20,720 --> 00:58:21,600
[Diana] I will.
1148
00:58:22,480 --> 00:58:23,680
[Archbishop Of Canterbury]
Who giveth this woman
1149
00:58:23,680 --> 00:58:25,320
to be married to this man?
1150
00:58:27,160 --> 00:58:30,400
[Earl Spencer murmurs]
1151
00:58:32,960 --> 00:58:35,960
I, Charles Philip Arthur George...
1152
00:58:35,960 --> 00:58:38,400
I, Charles Philip Arthur George...
1153
00:58:38,400 --> 00:58:40,800
-Take thee Diana Francis,
-Take thee Diana Francis,
1154
00:58:40,800 --> 00:58:45,080
-To my wedded wife,
-To my wedded wife,
1155
00:58:45,080 --> 00:58:45,920
[Archbishop Of Canterbury] To have
1156
00:58:45,920 --> 00:58:48,040
and to hold from this day forward,
1157
00:58:48,040 --> 00:58:50,440
To have to hold from this day forward.
1158
00:58:50,440 --> 00:58:53,240
-For better, for worse.
-For better and for worse.
1159
00:58:53,240 --> 00:58:56,280
-For richer, for poorer.
-For richer and for poorer.
1160
00:58:56,280 --> 00:58:59,440
-In sickness and in health.
-In sickness and in health.
1161
00:58:59,440 --> 00:59:02,680
-To love and to cherish.
-To love and to cherish.
1162
00:59:02,680 --> 00:59:05,800
-Till death us do part.
-Till death us do part.
1163
00:59:05,800 --> 00:59:08,160
[Archbishop Of Canterbury]
According to God's holy law.
1164
00:59:08,160 --> 00:59:09,360
According to God's holy law.
1165
00:59:09,360 --> 00:59:10,880
[Archbishop Of Canterbury] And there too
1166
00:59:10,880 --> 00:59:13,200
-I give thee my troth.
-And there too,
1167
00:59:13,200 --> 00:59:14,880
I give you my troth.
1168
00:59:16,280 --> 00:59:18,160
[Archbishop Of Canterbury]
I, Diana Francis.
1169
00:59:18,160 --> 00:59:20,240
-I, Diana Francis.
-Take thee
1170
00:59:20,240 --> 00:59:22,640
Charles Phillip Arthur George.
1171
00:59:22,640 --> 00:59:25,040
[Diana] Take thee Phillip
Charles Arthur George.
1172
00:59:25,040 --> 00:59:28,040
-To my wedded husband.
-To my wedded husband.
1173
00:59:28,040 --> 00:59:30,360
-To have and to hold.
-To have and to hold.
1174
00:59:30,360 --> 00:59:32,160
[Archbishop Of Canterbury]
From this day forward.
1175
00:59:32,160 --> 00:59:33,400
[Diana] From this day forward.
1176
00:59:33,400 --> 00:59:35,160
-For better, for worse.
-For better and for worse.
1177
00:59:35,160 --> 00:59:38,760
-For richer, for poorer.
-For richer, for poorer.
1178
00:59:38,760 --> 00:59:40,640
[Archbishop Of Canterbury]
In sickness and in health.
1179
00:59:40,640 --> 00:59:41,920
[Diana] In sickness and in health.
1180
00:59:41,920 --> 00:59:42,960
[Archbishop Of Canterbury]
To love and to cherish.
1181
00:59:42,960 --> 00:59:44,920
[Diana] To love and to cherish.
1182
00:59:44,920 --> 00:59:46,720
-Till death us do part.
-Till death us do part.
1183
00:59:46,720 --> 00:59:49,600
[Archbishop Of Canterbury]
According to God's holy law.
1184
00:59:49,600 --> 00:59:50,960
[Dian] According to God's holy law.
1185
00:59:50,960 --> 00:59:52,480
[Archbishop Of Canterbury] And there too
1186
00:59:52,480 --> 00:59:54,880
-I give thee my troth.
-And there too I give
1187
00:59:54,880 --> 00:59:55,840
thee my troth.
1188
01:00:00,640 --> 01:00:03,360
[Narrator] There, he hadn't
lost the ring after all.
1189
01:00:05,760 --> 01:00:08,960
-With this ring.
-With this ring,
1190
01:00:08,960 --> 01:00:11,480
-I thee wed.
-I thee wed.
1191
01:00:11,480 --> 01:00:13,960
-With my body.
-With my body,
1192
01:00:13,960 --> 01:00:15,520
-I thee honour.
-I thee honour.
1193
01:00:15,520 --> 01:00:18,720
[Archbishop Of Canterbury]
And all my worldly goods
1194
01:00:18,720 --> 01:00:19,960
with thee I share.
1195
01:00:19,960 --> 01:00:22,160
All thy goods with thee I share.
1196
01:00:24,120 --> 01:00:24,960
Let us pray.
1197
01:00:26,240 --> 01:00:28,080
[Narrator] And so the knot is tied.
1198
01:00:29,240 --> 01:00:31,000
[Archbishop Of Canterbury] Those whom God
1199
01:00:31,000 --> 01:00:35,680
has joined together, let
no man and put asunder.
1200
01:00:41,320 --> 01:00:44,840
For as much as Charles
Philip Arthur George
1201
01:00:44,840 --> 01:00:48,280
and Diana Francis have consented together
1202
01:00:48,280 --> 01:00:51,480
in holy wedlock, and
have witnessed the same
1203
01:00:51,480 --> 01:00:55,400
before God and this company
and thereto have given
1204
01:00:55,400 --> 01:00:58,120
and pledged their troth either to other
1205
01:00:58,120 --> 01:01:00,560
and have declared the same by giving
1206
01:01:00,560 --> 01:01:04,840
and receiving of a ring
and by joining of hands,
1207
01:01:04,840 --> 01:01:09,600
I pronounce that they'd
been man and wife together
1208
01:01:09,600 --> 01:01:12,360
in the name of the father and of the son
1209
01:01:12,360 --> 01:01:14,520
and of the holy ghost, amen.
1210
01:01:19,080 --> 01:01:21,240
[Narrator] Charles and
Diana now man and wife
1211
01:01:21,240 --> 01:01:23,680
move up to the high
altar for the blessing.
1212
01:01:27,720 --> 01:01:31,040
[uplifting happy music]
1213
01:01:43,160 --> 01:01:48,160
God the Holy Trinity make
you strong in faith and love,
1214
01:01:51,920 --> 01:01:56,920
defend you on every side and
guide you in truth and peace.
1215
01:02:01,320 --> 01:02:06,320
And the blessing of God
almighty, the father, the son
1216
01:02:07,760 --> 01:02:11,880
and the holy spirit be amongst you
1217
01:02:11,880 --> 01:02:14,680
and remain with you always.
1218
01:02:29,080 --> 01:02:31,760
[trumpets blow]
1219
01:03:16,360 --> 01:03:18,960
[upbeat music]
1220
01:03:20,840 --> 01:03:22,320
[Narrator] Their royal highnesses,
1221
01:03:22,320 --> 01:03:24,600
the Prince and Princess of
Wales make their way back
1222
01:03:24,600 --> 01:03:27,120
down the aisle to the tumultuous welcome
1223
01:03:27,120 --> 01:03:29,240
awaiting them at the steps of St Paul's.
1224
01:03:33,200 --> 01:03:35,760
[crowds cheer]
1225
01:03:37,280 --> 01:03:41,120
And so out into sunshine
and bells in wild delight
1226
01:03:41,120 --> 01:03:43,480
as a palpable wave of affection and pride
1227
01:03:43,480 --> 01:03:44,720
wells out from the crowd.
1228
01:03:47,120 --> 01:03:52,120
-[church bells ring]
-[crowd cheers]
1229
01:04:24,040 --> 01:04:26,840
Suddenly that long train
makes the state landau
1230
01:04:26,840 --> 01:04:28,240
look remarkably full.
1231
01:04:34,880 --> 01:04:37,720
As their families look
on with what emotions
1232
01:04:37,720 --> 01:04:40,560
in their hearts, the Prince
and Princess of Wales
1233
01:04:40,560 --> 01:04:42,040
begin their first public journey,
1234
01:04:42,040 --> 01:04:44,560
returning through the
packed streets of London
1235
01:04:44,560 --> 01:04:45,600
to Buckingham Palace.
1236
01:04:47,600 --> 01:04:51,000
[crowd cheers and claps]
1237
01:05:25,760 --> 01:05:27,080
There are those who say that the monarchy
1238
01:05:27,080 --> 01:05:29,840
has no relevance to modern British life.
1239
01:05:29,840 --> 01:05:32,880
Obviously, a lot of people don't agree.
1240
01:05:34,000 --> 01:05:37,400
[crowd cheers and claps]
1241
01:05:59,120 --> 01:06:00,640
Behind the newlyweds comes the queen,
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accompanied by the Earl Spencer.
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[crowd cheers and claps]
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The Duke of Edinburgh
with the bride's mother,
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Mrs. Shand Kydd.
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The Queen Mother with Prince Andrew.
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[crowd claps and cheers]
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Who can doubt the love and
happiness that this couple
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so obviously feel and shared.
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So strong that for one inspiring day
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a whole nation can forget its troubles
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to unite in wishing them well.
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[crowd claps and cheers]
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The bridal carriage draws
up at the grand entrance
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to Buckingham Palace on
as grand and happier day
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as summer sun looked down on.
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[uplifting music]
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[crowd cheers]
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Lady Sarah straightens
out a few last problems
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with that train.
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[uplifting music]
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Close behind the bridal couple,
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the queen's carriage procession arrives.
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[uplifting music]
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The procession over, the crowd rushes
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for the traditional vantage
point of the palace railings.
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Whilst behind a slender police cordon
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The Mall fills with
people like a thermometer
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fills with mercury.
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[people chatter]
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And this is what they're waiting for.
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An appearance on the balcony
of Buckingham Palace,
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which has seen so many
royal and national occasions
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in the past.
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[crowd claps and cheers]
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A kiss, which receives a roar
of approval from the crowd
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who called the couple back and
back again onto the balcony.
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It's hard to argue with
half a million people
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who know what they want.
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[crowd claps and cheers]
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And every single one was
rewarded by this tender kiss.
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[crowd claps and cheers]
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[uplifting music]
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At last, photographs taken,
wedding breakfast eaten,
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toasts drunk, and after fond farewells
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the young couple managed to
get away on their honeymoon.
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A thoroughly unofficial addition
to the 1902 state landau,
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balloons decorated with the
Prince of Wales feathers
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and a notice proclaiming just married,
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in case anyone didn't know.
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It seems that princes of the blood or not
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younger brothers are
much the same everywhere.
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Queen Victoria may not have been amused,
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but everyone else was.
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It's obvious, even trite
to describe this tale
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of the beautiful maid who
marries a handsome prince
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as a fairy story.
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It's certainly sentimental to do so.
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But what's wrong with that?
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