The Princess

Tilt it. No, you've gotta hold it

with your hand in there.

Just to...

Oh, the cap's on, silly!

No, we're going through the Louvre.

-You must go through the Louvre. Where do we go?

No, go straight, yeah. Go straight.

Woo-hoo!

Oh, mad, man!

-Where do I go, guys? Are you lost?

Go straight ahead.

Go straight ahead and don't have an accident.

-Don't-- And then go left.

Jamie, where are you?

Um. I'm in Paris... Oh!

Here we go!

On the right, everyone is star-studded

because something's happening.

It's the Ritz.

Wow, wow, wow! Guys, look at this!

Someone's out... they're very important.

Hey, hey!

James, say something to Adelaide.

-(CROWD CHEERING) -(CLAMORING CONTINUES)

Chasing Princess Diana.

Lady Diana, morning dear.

Morning.

Is there any possibility of any announcement

of your marriage in the near future,

can you tell me?

Can you tell me, uh, if there's any possibility?

I'm not gonna say anything, I'm afraid. Oh, sorry!

But Prince Charles did give us a hint himself.

He said we wouldn't have to wait too long.

Careful. (CHUCKLES)

He said we wouldn't have to wait too long.

Was he completely off beam?

-Was he? -Sorry, I...

Was he completely off beam when he said,

we wouldn't have to wait too long?

-I wouldn't know. -(REPORTER 1 CHUCKLES)

Prince Charles says we all might know

what's likely to happen between the two of you.

Can you say if you're likely to make an announcement soon?

Lady Diana!

-Um... Lady Diana?

We thought there was gonna be

an announcement on his 32nd birthday,

but, uh, there wasn't.

And he's told the reporters yesterday that

-it may be coming soon. -(AMBULANCE SIREN WAILING)

Have you any comment to make about that?

-No. Lady Di?

-(CHUCKLES) -(REPORTER 2 CHUCKLES)

-No comment all round. -Mm...

Did you have a good weekend though?

-I'm going to work now, okay? -(REPORTER 2 CHUCKLES)

Your Royal highness,

do you have any thoughts about the lady

that the Prince of Wales should marry?

You've got to remember that

when you marry in my position,

you're going to marry somebody who perhaps one day

is going to become queen.

And you've got to choose somebody very carefully,

I think, who could fulfill this particular role,

and it's got to be somebody pretty special.

-(INDISTINCT CHATTER) -(CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING)

Could I ask you first,

your Royal Highness and you, Lady Diana,

what do you think you've got in common?

Gracious, what a difficult question!

What do you think we've got in common?

A sense of humor.

Um. Every outdoor activity, except I don't ride. (CHUCKLES)

-Um... -Soon remedy that.

Lots of things, really.

What about you, sir?

Um. No, I think, certainly, I mean all sorts of things.

And certainly the... a sort of a love of the outdoors

and she's a very energetic character as well, which is...

which is very encouraging.

And music and... and, uh, interests like that.

Can you take us back to when you first met?

If you can remember? Can you remember

-when you first met? -Yes, yes. I certainly can.

It was 1977.

Prince Charles came to stay

at a friend of my sister Sarah's

for a shoot.

And we sort of met in a ploughed field.

-I spoke to you previous to that... -(CHUCKLES)

And what did you-- What did you think then?

What was your instant impression, both of you?

What did you think about Lady Diana?

Well, I remember thinking

what a very jolly and amusing and--

and attractive 16-year-old she was.

And I mean great fun

and bouncy and full of life and everything.

And, um...

I don't know what you thought of me but...

-Pretty amazing. -(BOTH CHUCKLE)

Do you find it a very daunting experience

that yesterday, you were, uh, a nanny,

and now you're about to, uh,

marry the Prince of Wales and one day you would be queen?

It's a tremendous change for someone of 19

to make all of a sudden.

It is, but I've had a small run up to it all

in the last six months.

And, next to Prince Charles I know I can't go wrong.

He's there with me.

-(CROWD CHEERING) -(FIREWORKS WHISTLE, BANG)

In the depths of a recession,

the British now have some happy news

and a great national event to look forward to.

The Royal Family maybe an anachronism

in the dismal 1980s

but it's an anachronism the British dearly love.

She is said to be besotted by him.

"Sweet, kind, nice" and "shy"

are all the terms used to describe her.

And her father, her uncle, Lord Fermoy, and others

have even vouched for her virginity.

Lady Di, could you wave?

-(CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING) -(REPORTERS CLAMORING)

Good luck, sir.

-(CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING) -(CROWD CHATTERING, CHEERING)

It's good, it's great, innit?

He's getting on a bit, innit About time he got married.

(BOOKMAKER SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)

The ladies did their thing for Ladies' Day

as well as ever.

The predominant color this year was red.

And as if to prove the point,

Lady Diana was wearing a red hat and that certainly was a winner.

National Front is the White man's front!

Join the National Front!

Bastards!

You're next in the queue for a Charles and a Di.

Where are you going to have your tattoo put?

Uh, on the other side of my leg.

Well, this is the biggest thing since Farrah Fawcett Major.

Yes, at times like this,

Britain is at its very best.

No matter what concerns us, like, having no money, no jobs

-and riots in the streets... -(CROWD CHEERING AND APPLAUDING)

...we're doing our bit as a celebration

to the regal pair.

-(INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO) -(CROWD CLAMORING)

Our children are suffering!

They are crying for help, nobody will listen.

News of Lady Diana's visit

spread quickly.

The crowd saw that, like most brides,

Lady Diana has lost weight as the day approaches.

-(INDISTINCT CHATTER) -(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)

How many people in this audience

think that the press ought to lay off the poor girl?

That was about a 90 to one, I thought.

Robert Lacey, do you think that Lady Diana

yet fully realizes how tough life

will be in the full public gaze?

Well, I'm sure she does.

I don't think there could have been a future consort

who's been through anything like it.

So, she's been through,

in a way, the worst that can be thrown at her.

Do you think it's going to be easier from now on?

Oh, I think it's going to be much easier.

I think we're going to see a change in the attitude of the press.

Um. I think that now she's palpably

one of the Royal Family, um,

all this telephoto lens business will stop.

-(COMMENTATOR YELLING INDISTINCTLY) -(CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING)

-(HORSES' HOOVES POUNDING) -(CROWD CLAMORING, CHEERING)

-(INDISTINCT CHATTER) -(CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING)

-(COMMENTATOR CONTINUES YELLING INDISTINCTLY) -(CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING)

-(HORSES' HOOVES POUNDING) -(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Clear back. Stay back, lads.

That'll do, thank you very much.

I'm more used to it, I think,

probably now... knowing for years that the...

cameras are poking at you from every quarter