Tradition stops you from following your heart . In the medieval fortress, charles, the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth, is crowned prince of wales. I, charles, prince of wales, do become your liege man of life and limb. So much pomp, so much glamour, but under it all is a nervous 20yearold who feels very strongly that the whole weight of monarchy rests on him. He had no choice in his life at all. His future was mapped out for him. He knew from an early age that he was part of a machine. Prince charles is a central figure of this dynasty. He is the future. He is the great hope. The young prince will just celebrated his 3rd birthday carried out the handshaking duties most sedately. The prince as a child was quite withdrawn, very sensitive, very shy. But right from the beginning theres all this weight of expectation on this poor little boys back. When charles was 4, he watched his 27yearold mother crowned queen after the unexpected death of her father king george vi. She had to juggle the really onerous duties of being queen, being monarch, with being a young mother. She went off on long tours for months at a time around the commonwealth and charles was left. She came back and instead of hugging him, she was cool and aloof. This gives you an indication of the formal institutionalized nature of their relationship. His father Prince Philip was an alpha male, a leader. Charles was unconfident, not at all a sort of son that Prince Philip wanted to have. It was clear to the prince that his father was disappointed in him. And i think that was very painful. His fathers method of dealing with that was to try to toughen him up. Its the school of hard knocks. Prince charles arrives with his father, the schools most famous boy. Remember how you felt when you started . Gordonsteen, a remote boarding school in the north of scotland, is renowned for its tough regime. Philip chose it for his son because it was the school he was at in the 1930s. Philip had been a terrific success there and so he believed that this school would fit charles to wear the crown. You couldnt have a wimp sitting on the throne. His parents very much wanted Prince Charles to be treated just like anybody else. But he wasnt anybody else. And so, he was ostracized by the other pupils. He was so vulnerable and such an easy target. They set in dormitories and come across him, beat him up at night. He was unmercifully bullied. He emerged from his education with a lack of selfconfidence and constant worry about whether he was doing the right thing. Charles whole existence is totally defined by the family firm and by his position within it. Queen elizabeth inherited this idea from her own mother and father that shes supposed to belong to a model family, that theyre supposed to represent something to the nation. So the heir to the throne needs a suitable bride. A spouse had to be spotless beyond any doubt, no unpleasant details about their previous lives, and there werent that many people around that would fit the bill. When you marry, in my position, youre going to marry somebody who perhaps one day is going to become queen. And youve got to choose somebody very carefully i think who could fulfill this particular role. In his early 20s, charles begins to have a social life. Hes in london going to parties, meeting girls. He was slightly uncomfortable with members of the opposite sex. He hadnt got a lot of experience. One of the women who he meets is camilla. Camilla, the daughter of a military officer, is 24 years old. She isnt aristocratic but shes easy to be with, shes fun to be with. Her ability to talk to everybody, her ability to communicate and this sense of humor that shes got always made her a very attractive person. Charles was bowled over, head over heels. Finally, hes found someone he can actually be himself with. But charles knows the queen p royal values. There is this prevailing idea that charles must marry a virgin bride because he is a future king. Camilla had enjoyed life. She had a number of romances. And so the problem that Prince Charles has is that hes fallen for someone thoroughly unsuitable. But the more time charles spends with camilla, the more he sensed that she could be someone with whom he could spend the rest of his life. Charles, now an officer in the navy, embarks on a sixmonth tour of duty. He thinks that camilla will be there when he returns. But while he is away at sea, he gets word from england that camilla is going to get married. Camilla has gotten engaged, military officer by the name of Andrew Parker bowles. Camilla knew that she was never going to marry Prince Charles. He was Prince Charles and she was just camilla shand. So she said yes to andrew. Prince charles realized that hed lost what he suddenly felt might be the love of his life. 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Instead of celebrating his sisters marriage, Prince Charles is not full of joy about this. He feels that hes been left behind. Princess anns wedding falls on charles 25th birthday. At his age, his mother was already queen and married with two children. Here is Prince Charles, a young adult, but with no clearcut job and a very strong sense of duty. He ought to be marrying the right person and he isnt. Prince charles, if theres a problem, he broods about it. He talks about it. He needs a shoulder to cry on. He seems to be really very much left on his own without much guidance. He sees very little of his parents. He has to make a formal appointment to see them. One person in his life who gives him a lot of time is his grand uncle lord louis mountbatten. My grandfather and the prince of wales had a very unique relationship. Sometimes its easier to be close to someone whos not necessarily your parent. He calls him grand papa. But actually charles comes to see mountbatten, i think, much more as a father figure. Lord mountbatten is the uncle of Prince Charles, his fathers brother philip. Louis mountbatten is very free with advice on love and marriage. His attitude was play the field. Sow your wild oats. Enjoy yourself. And then eventually youll meet some nice pure girl that you can marry and make the queen. Prince charles takes his advice on board with a vengeance. And the public sees a new side to charles. Most eligible bachelor in the world. Everybody wanted to go out with him. Nobody was going to say no. Nobody was going to turn down the prince of wales, were they . He went on tour around the world. Those girls would pursue him. He was undermined. He is known as action man. He is a heartthrob. The girlfriends that he picks up get a lot of publicity in the press. Theyre known as charlies angels. The princes private life is now front page news. Increasingly in the 1970s theres a new era of competition especially in the british tabloid press and now incentive and price for paparazzi pictures of the royal family. He couldnt take any young woman out for anything without being photographed. The latest girl would come in and if she fluttered her eyelashes at him or charles smiled back, the story would break. I think it was a very tough for the prince of wales under the pressure and surveillance which went on. I rather feel that being here today is rather like asking a pheasant to award the prizes to the best shot. I have only got a few pellets in hi backside and you havent yet brought me down. But soon charles is concealing something from the press. Charles is having a relationship with a married woman. Camilla parker bowles. Camilla, charles first love, is still married to andrew, a cavalry officer. Charles never stopped really adoring camilla. He hasnt ever really gotten her out of his mind. 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A local boatman also died and a child of nicholas barben is said to be missing. The queens family were targeted by the Irish Republican Army who want an end to british rule in northern ireland. None of the royal family has left the castle since yesterday. And Security Operations have been stepped up. A platoon of extra soldiers was brought to the castle to join an undisclosed number of policemen flown here from scotland yard. Mountbatten had had a very distinguished naval career, so as far as the i. R. A. Were concerned, he was a very legitimate target. Lord mountbattens 14yearold grandson nicholas and dawager Lady Barbourne are also killed in the blast. Along with paul maxwell, the 15yearold irish boat hand. It was brutal. And deeply upsetting and disturbing. You know . We had our childhoods ripped away from us. They that go down to the sea in ships and occupy their business in great waters. These men see the works of the lord. This is the greatest personal tragedy in the life of Prince Charles. His honorary grandfather is dead. The one man who made him feel good about himself, who had his back, who he could talk to freely and who was guiding him had gone. When mountbattens body came back to england, his father, the duke of edinburgh, didnt want him to weep, didnt want him to cry, and he started to say, come on, pull yourself together. Got to be strong about this. That gives you a picture of the complete incompatibility of father and son on a matter of profound importance to both of them. Charles is not only devastated but hes also kind of unmoored. He is now 30 years old. Everybody is pressuring him to marry. Certainly his father felt he must have a wife. She would straighten him out and give him the respectability that a future king should have. Charles unwillingness to marry was really about his deep emotional relationship with camilla. 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Because of her childhood i think diana did have an absolute craving for love and for security. Diana was only 7 years old when her parents divorced acrimoniously. One of her most vivid memories was listening to her mother driving away and diana is thinking that shell never see her mother again. What she saw in charles was life happily ever after with her prince. But diana is not the only person searching for a fairytale romance. The royal hacks from the tabloids are across the river with their long lenses. Diana, the press decided, was perfect. It seemed to the media at the time that the stars had aligned. And the next day in huge headlines diana is the one. When the press get wind of the fact that charles and diana are dating, it is absolute chaos. It is a nightmare for diana. She lives in a flat in london. They besiege this flat. Theyre following her. I followed her through the town. I followed her car. This was it. We had phoned everyone. Is there any possibility of any announcement of your marriage in the near future . Can you tell us . It was utterly overwhelming for her. Im not going to say anything. She was 19. She was a 19yearold with a glare of publicity. This girl was on the front pages of the newspapers. She was being offered up as the perfect bride for charles. Headline after headline. Charlie, why arent you proposing to this woman . Charles had all sorts of reservations about diana. He didnt really know her. She didnt share many of his interests. She wasnt widely read. He was still in love with camilla. And he was in a real quandary. He kept agonizing and analyzing but his father philips concern was that so much had been said and written about her that if he didnt do something she was going to be a very damaged young woman. Prince charles gets a letter from his father basically telling him its time to make up your mind. Want to marry her . Marry her. If you dont, well then, let her off the hook. Charles misconstrued it, thought that his father was instructing him to marry diana, way earlier than he would have comfortably chosen to do it. The tragedy is that these two men, father and son, could not simply see one another face to face and have a conversation. He meets her at Windsor Castle and he goes down on one kne