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>> so saving peoples lives won out over diana? >> i guess so. it didn't last, because frankly, it wouldn't last. this guy is devoted to his career. the idea that he could become mr. princess of wales, if you like was just ridiculous. >> the couple broke it off in july 1997. a few weeks later came an invitation from an egyptian billionaire muhammad al fayed, he owned the famous harrod's department store. he was vacationing on his yacht and asked diana to join him. his son dodi al fayed was there to join them. >> dodi al fayed came along at a crystal moment in diana's life. she was looking for something different. very quickly, they were involved in a holiday romance. >> her love affair with doctor khan had been a closely held secret. her affair with dodi al fayed was anything but. >> --

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cool, i like it. >> and the town loved him right back. >> people recognized him, and say, hi mr. versace, how are you? >> -- good, good, thank you. >> -- carried himself a certain way, gianni's face was always big and open, his eyes were always wide, he was staring at everybody, so he was making eye contact. how are you not gonna say hello? >> of course. >> did you worry about him? he was a big star. >> i never worried about him. but his brother worried, santo talked to johnny about hiring some protection. so that conversation happened? >> yeah. >> his brother wanted security guards? >> but he didn't want it. >> so there they were, in july 1997, fresh from a worldwide trip in manhattan -- and then home to south beach, a rare chance to relax with dinner and a movie. >> we went to see a movie on coconut grove, and then we

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relationship. >> so much for normalcy. >> she had this idea that they were going to have a normal life. but her idea of normal is not actually that normal. and i think that he kind of recognize that. and found it very difficult. >> diana told her close friends that -- as she called, him was the love of her life. she was even reeling to leave london for him. >> she looked to live in south africa, australia, and wondered whether it would work. but but on her career path, he was doing important work. >> so saving peoples lives one out over diana? >> i guess so. it didn't last, because frankly, it wouldn't last. this guy is devoted to his career. the idea that he could become mr. princess of wales, if you, like was just ridiculous. >> the couple broke it off in july 1997. a few weeks later came an

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The Murdochs Empire of Influence

nothing else counts but what he wants. that happened in the marriage. it lasted 31 years, but it broke up because rupert wanted something different. rupert wanted to keep on charging on. >> in july, 1997, there was a cocktail party with the staff and rupert was in town, of course. i was sort of doing some introductions. simply, rupert, wendy, wendy, rupert. i turned around to move to the next person, i could see that he was engaged with wendy ding for some minutes before i could actually move him on. he was still happily married to anna, as far as we knew. there was no indication anything else was happening. >> wendy is this sort of

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The Murdochs Empire of Influence

rupert wanted to keep on charging on. >> in july 1997 there was a cocktail party with the staff, and rupert was in town of course. and i was sort of doing some introductions. it was simply rupert, wendi. wendi, rupert. as i turned round to move on to the next person, i could see that he was, you know, engaged in deep conversation with wendi deng for some minutes before i could actually move him on. as far as we knew he was still happily married to anna. there was no indication that anything else was happening. >> wendi is this sort of mysterious, beautiful woman who had come over to america when she was 18. she goes to business school and she gets an internship at one of rupert's companies. >> she came to work with me in china.

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on. >> july, 1997, there was a cocktail party with a staff. and rupert was in town, of course. and we were doing some introductions. simply, rupert, wendy. wendy, rupert. so, i turned around to move onto the next person. i could see that he was engaged in deep conversation with wendy for some minutes before i could actually move him on. as far as we all knew he was happily married to anna. there was no indication that anything else was happening. >> wendi is this mysterious beautiful woman who had come to america at 18. she gets an internship at one of rupert's company. >> she came to work with me in china. wendi was very bright, energy, full of life and desperate to

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>> he had a very distinctive look, carried himself a certain way, gianni's face was always big and open, his eyes were always wide, he was staring at everybody, so he was making eye contact. how are you not gonna say hello? >> of course. >> did you worry about him? he was a big star. >> i never worried about him. but his brother worried, santo talked to johnny about hiring some protection. so that conversation happened? >> yeah. >> his brother wanted security guards? >> but he didn't want it. >> so there they were, in july 1997, fresh from a worldwide trip to europe, manhattan and then home to south beach, a rare chance to relax with dinner and a movie. >> we went to see a movie on coconut grove, and then we started to watch -- he was falling asleep on the couch. because after 9:00 it was always like -- >> but then he'd been pushing himself for weeks, a good night sleep was certainly in order. you never know what tomorrow

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BBC News at Six-20220208-18:17:00

words, how you are meeting - words, how you are meeting the future queen, because they are important person. and for you meeting the future queen? it was amazin: meeting the future queen? it was amazing to _ meeting the future queen? it was amazing to be _ meeting the future queen? it was amazing to be able _ meeting the future queen? it was amazing to be able to _ meeting the future queen? it was amazing to be able to see - meeting the future queen? it was i amazing to be able to see someone in the royal— amazing to be able to see someone in the royal family. amazing to be able to see someone in the royalfamily. it's amazing to be able to see someone in the royal family. it's a once—in—a—lifetime thing. a the royalfamily. it's a once-in-a-lifetime thing. a school visit and a — once-in-a-lifetime thing. a school visit and a tree _ once-in-a-lifetime thing. a school visit and a tree planting. _ once-in-a-lifetime thing. a school visit and a tree planting. this - visit and a tree planting. this is the classic stuff of royal engagements but there was a time when it would have been unthinkable for camilla to be out and about like this representing the royalfamily. after the break down of charles and diana's marriage, the headlines were brutal, personal, embarrassing, critical. 0ne poll from july 1997 found less than a quarter of those questioned felt camilla should be queen, but gradually the mood began to shift. ., , ., to shift. some of the things that were written _ to shift. some of the things that were written about _ to shift. some of the things that were written about her - to shift. some of the things that were written about her were - were written about her were unforgivable, but what she has done and what prince charles has done is walk right back into that burning house, and what i mean by that is

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BBC News at Ten-20220208-22:21:00

queen, because they�re a really important person. and for you meeting the future queen? l it was amazing to be able to see someone in the royal family. it's a once—in—a—lifetime thing. a school visit and a tree planting. this is the classic stuff of royal engagements but there was a time when it would have been unthinkable for camilla to be out and about like this representing the royal family. after the break down of charles and diana�s marriage, the headlines were brutal, personal, embarrassing, critical. one poll from july 1997 found less than a quarter of those questioned felt camilla should be queen, but gradually the mood began to shift. some of the things that were written about her were unforgivable, but what she has done and what prince charles has done is walk right back into that burning house, and what i mean by that is

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someone in the royal family. it's a once—in—a—lifetime thing. a school visit and a tree planting. this is the classic stuff of royal engagements, but there was a time when it would have been unthinkable for camilla to be out and about like this representing the royal family. after the break down of charles and diana's marriage, the headlines were brutal, personal, embarrassing, critical. one poll from july 1997 found less than a quarter of those questioned felt camilla should be queen, but gradually the mood began to shift. some of the things that were written about her were unforgivable, but what she has done and what prince charles has done is walk right back into that burning house, and what i mean by that is that the very editors, columnists, the very people who wrote some of that negativity, they have spent time with and that takes a great deal of commitment, guts and courage.

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