Princess Diana’s Wedding And Divorce: A Look Back 20 Years Later

KEIR SIMMONS IS LIVE WITH MORE.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, GUYS.
PRINCE PHILIP'S ANNOUNCEMENT
WILL HAVE PEOPLE LOOKING BACK ON
THE GOOD TIMES AND THE BAD
TIMES, LIKE CHARLES AND DIANA'S
SPECTACULAR WEDDING.
THE ROYAL COUPLE STANDING ON THE
BALCONY OF BUCKINGHAM PALACE
THERE AND THE HEARTACHE THAT WAS
TO FOLLOW.
THE CRISIS THAT ROCKED THE ROYAL
FAMILY.
>> I WANT TO BE A GOOD WIFE.
>> YEAH.
IT'S THE STUFF OF WHICH FAIRY
TALES ARE MADE.
I, DIANA FRANCIS --
>> I, DIANA FRANCIS --
>> TAKE THEE, PHILLIP JOEL --
>> TO DEATH DO US PART.
>> Reporter: JULY 1981, IT WAS
CALLED THE WEDDING OF THE
CENTURY.
WORLDWIDE, 750 MILLION WATCHING.
A ROYAL WAVE FROM BUCKINGHAM
PALACE BALCONY.
BACK THEN, FEW KNEW THEIR
SECRET.
THIS WAS NO FAIRY TALE MARRIAGE.
THESE SELDOM SEEN PICTURES ARE
AMONG THE FIRST OF CHARLES AND
DIANA TOGETHER.
APPARENTLY IN LOVE.
>> I'M AMAZED THAT SHE'S BRAVE
ENOUGH TO TAKE ME ON.
>> AND ARE YOU IN LOVE?
>> OF COURSE.
>> A LITTLE BIT IN LOVE.
>> Reporter: AT FIRST THEY
APPEARED HAPPY, DANCING ON A
TOUR OF AUSTRALIA.
CHILDREN FOLLOWED, WILLIAM.
>> HOW IS BABY LIFE?
>> HE IS IN MARVELOUS FORM.
>> Reporter: AND THEN HARRY.
BUT WITHIN FIVE YEARS, THE
CRACKS APPEARED.
DIANA THIN, SUFFERING FROM
BULIMIA AND SELF-HARMING.
THE COUPLE VISIBLY UNHAPPY.
THE ALLEGATIONS OF AFFAIRS
EMERGED LATER, CHARLES WITH
CAMILLA PARKER BOLES.
THERE ARE THREE OF US IN THIS
MARRIAGE, DIANA SAID.
AND SHE WAS WITH JAMES HEWITT.
>> DID YOU LOVE HER VERY MUCH?
>> YES, I DID.
YEAH.
THAT'S WHY IT IS DIFFICULT TO
TALK ABOUT IT, REALLY.
>> Reporter: KEN WOLF WAS
DIANA'S SECURITY OFFICER.
HE'S RARELY SPOKEN OF THE TIME
DIANA TOLD HIM ABOUT HEWITT
DURING A ROYAL TOUR OF SPAIN.
>> DIANA CALLED ME AND SAID,
I'VE GOT SOMETHING TO TELL YOU.
AND DECIDED AT THAT POINT, IN
SOME DETAIL, TO TELL ME ABOUT
THE STATE OF HER MARRIAGE.
BUT ALSO TO TELL ME ABOUT THE
RELATIONSHIP WITH JAMES HEWITT.
>> Reporter: FOR SOME YEARS,
CHARLES AND DIANA WERE ABLE TO
KEEP THEIR MARITAL TROUBLES
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS HERE AT
KENSINGTON PALACE.
BUT BY 1992, THE RIFT WAS CLEAR
FOR THE WORLD TO SEE.
FINALLY, THE TRUTH EXPLODED INTO
PUBLIC VIEW WITH A BOOK DIANA
HER TRUE STORY, DIANA LOOKING
SAD AT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS AND
INCREASINGLY UNDER STRAIN.
>> I'M SUPPOSED TO BE DRAGGED
OFF IN A MINUTE WITH MEN IN
WHITE COATS.
SO IF IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH YOU, I
THOUGHT I MIGHT POSTPONE MY
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN TO A MORE
APPROPRIATE MOMENT.
>> Reporter: HIGHLY EMBARRASSING
PHONE CONVERSATIONS WERE LEAKS
BETWEEN DIANA AND HER CLOSE
FRIEND JAMES GILBY, HIM CALLING
AND WONDERING IF SHE WAS
PREGNANT.
AND TAPES EXPOSING INTIMATE AND
AT TIMES CRUDE CONVERSATIONS
BETWEEN CAMILLA AND PRINCE
CHARLES.
THE PUBLIC SPLIT FOLLOWED BY A
VERY PUBLIC BATTLE FOR
AFFECTION.
PRINCESS DIANA SAYING, SHE'D
LIKE TO BE A QUEEN OF PEOPLE'S
HEARTS.
WHILE THE PRINCE OF WALES
SPEAKING LATER CLAIMING HIS
AFFAIR WITH CAMILLA PARKER BOLES
CAME AFTER HIS MARRIAGE TO DIANA
HAD BROKEN DOWN.
THE DIVORCE WAS FINEIZED IN
1996.
DIANA LOST HER ROYAL HIGHNESS
TITLE AND BECAME DIANA PRINCESS
OF WALES.
A YEAR LATER SHE WAS OUT.
THERE WERE RUMORS OF OTHER
LOVERS, RUGBY PLAYER WILL CARNEY
WHO DENIED THE AFFAIR, BUT THE
PAKISTANI HEART SURGERY HAS BEEN
CALLED THE LOVE OF HER LIFE BY
FRIENDS.
THEIR RELATIONSHIP WAS CONDUCTED
IN SECRET AND ENDED IN 1997.
>> THE RELATIONSHIP FELL APART
IN THE END BECAUSE AS MUCH AS
DIANA WANTED A NORMAL LIFE OF
SOMEBODY WHO WASN'T A ROYAL, THE
FAME THAT SHE HAD ACHIEVED IN
HER POINT IN LIFE MADE THAT
POSSIBLE.
>> Reporter: AT THE END DIANA
WAS DEEING DODI AL FAYED.
WITH DODI, YOU MAY NEVER KNOW
THE TRUTH.
IN AUGUST 1997, THEY SPENT A
WEEK ON A YACHT.
IT WAS TO BE THE LAST WEEK OF
HER LIFE.
THE PEOPLE'S PRINCESS WOULD
NEVER SEE ENGLAND AGAIN.
AND TOMORROW WE'LL TALK ABOUT
THE LEGACY THAT DIANA LEFT
BEHIND.
MEANWHILE, THE TALK HERE IN
LONDON, GUYS, JUST WHISPER IT,
IS OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER
ROYAL WEDDING.
HARRY DOES SEEM PRETTY KEEN ON
ME
MEGAN MARSHALL.
SO SAVANNAH, HODA, MAY BE TIME

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