Freshly surfaced footage of Prince Charles and Diana’s infamous engagement interview has surfaced, showing that the Princess of Wales looked ‘clearly displeased’ after her husband-to-be’s comments asking if the couple were ‘in love’.
On February 24, 1981, after months of speculation, a 32-year-old Charles who had long been looking for a bride married an excited 19-year-old then known as Lady Diana Spencer.
When asked – during the Buckingham Palace photo interview – if they loved each other, Charles ‘answer to Diana’s’ natural ‘was the unforgettable:’ Whatever in love means. ‘
The clip is usually cut off immediately after Charles’s comment, but new footage, airing on Channel 5 on Sunday, shows the face of the royal family and clearly shows dissatisfaction with Charles’s blunder.
Royal experts have said the images are ‘shocking’ and ‘incredible’ 40 years later.
The expression on her face is so eloquent.
‘I’ve never seen her show so clearly, dissatisfaction with him in front of the camera, it’s a very remarkable piece of footage,’ royal historian Piers Brendon tells the documentary.
“It’s incredible to look at that now, I’ve never seen it before,” adds writer Richard Kay.
“The silence between them pays terribly heavily,” he added.
Freshly surfaced footage of Prince Charles and Diana’s infamous engagement interview has emerged, showing that the Princess of Wales looked ‘clearly displeased’ after her husband-to-be’s comments asking if the couple were ‘in love’.
Royal biographer Angela Levin said the interview was one of the first signs of the difference and potential problems between the Spencers and Windsors.
“Diana really couldn’t be Spencer and show what she thought she should be a Windsor, to keep everything a secret,” she said.
Charles was baffled at how to answer a question about his emotions.
“Don’t forget he was raised by the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh to hide what they felt,” she added.
On February 24, 1981, after months of speculation, a 32-year-old Charles who had long been looking for a bride married an excited 19-year-old then known as Lady Diana Spencer. When asked – during the Buckingham Palace photo interview – if they loved each other, Charles ‘answer to Diana’s’ natural ‘was the unforgettable:’ Whatever in love means. ‘
“You can really see the light going out behind her eyes, she almost felt a world collapse,” added Diana’s biographer Andrew Morton.
It comes as a clip of Princess Diana’s infamous interview with Martin Bashir, in which she discusses feeling ‘unsupported’ by the royal ‘establishment’ and again sparked comparisons to Meghan Markle’s bombshell sit-down with Oprah Winfrey.
The Duchess of Sussex told the chat show host that she “ couldn’t be left alone ” and confessed that she “ didn’t want to be alive anymore ” before claiming that Buckingham Palace HR department ignored her request for help because they are not a ‘paid employee’.
The clip is usually cut off immediately after Charles’s comment, but new footage, airing on Channel 5 on Sunday, shows the face of the royal family and clearly shows dissatisfaction with Charles’ blunder (pictured)
She claimed she was’ silenced ‘by Buckingham Palace officials, who always told her to answer’ no comment ‘because they would’ protect ‘her, adding,’ It wasn’t until we got married and things really started to take off. deteriorating, I came to understand that not only was I not being protected, but that they were willing to lie to protect other members of the family, but that they were not willing to tell the truth to protect me and my husband. ‘
Meghan told Oprah that she later contacted one of Dian’a’s best friends because she didn’t feel supported by the palace, saying Harry had ‘saved’ [her] life ” by agreeing to move to Los Angeles.
After the two-hour Oprah interview broadcast on CBS in the US on Sunday, American filmmaker Ava DuVernay shared an excerpt from Diana’s 1995 interview with BBC Panorama Twitter
A re-surfaced clip of Princess Diana’s infamous interview with Martin Bashir discussing feeling ‘unsupported’ by the royal ‘establishment’ has led to comparisons to Meghan Markle’s bombshell sit-down with Oprah Winfrey
The Duchess of Sussex told the chat show host that she “ couldn’t be left alone ” and confessed that she “ didn’t want to be alive anymore ” before claiming that Buckingham Palace HR department ignored her request for help because she is not a ‘paid employee’
In it, the Princess of Wales explains why she felt that ‘the establishment’ she married ‘had decided that [she’s] a non-starter ‘- because she did things’ differently’.
Prince Harry’s mother told journalist Martin Bashir: ‘Because I do things differently, because I don’t stick to a rulebook, because I lead from the heart, not from the head, and although that gets me in trouble at work. I understand that. But someone has to go out and love people and show it. ‘
She adds that she suspects she ‘doesn’t have as many supporters in that area as I do’ because the Royal Family saw her as a ‘threat of some sort’ despite her being ‘here to do good’ and that is ‘not a destructive person’.
When the Spencers Met the Monarchy, Saturday 13th at 9pm on Channel 5