TO 25 years since the death of Lady Dwhich took place in Paris on 31 August 1997, Real Time begins the celebrations for the people’s princess with Royal Time: Specials on Diana. Tonight at 21.20 the first appointment with From Lady D. to Meghan: the secrets of royal weddingsfollowed at 22 by Elizabeth: wife, mother, queen. The specials will also be available in streaming on Discovery +.
From Lady D. to Meghan Markle, the secrets of royal weddings
As already happened for Will and Kate: a dream wedding And Harry and Meghan, scenes from a royal wedding, the spotlight is first of all on royal weddings. For the British royal family – and beyond – marriage is much more than just a day of celebration. The Royal Wedding seals the love between one of the heirs and her or his wife, but it also represents the start of a new page for Buckingham Palace.
For weeks, sometimes even months, the eyes of the world are on London. Media and fans hazard a guess on bride’s dress, hairstyle, guests, reception. After the feast day, in which the newlyweds swore eternal love in front of the people and the cameras all over the world, we go hunting for the unspoken and unseen.
What happens behind the scenes of a royal wedding? With the spotlights turned off and the doors of the mansion closed, what is the real everyday life of the spouses? And what lies beneath the patina of perfection, represented by dazzling smiles and royal greetings? Try to answer this question From Lady D. to Meghan, the secrets of royal weddings.
The marriage of Charles and Diana
During the special, experts and journalists will speak to tell the background of one of the most important royal unions of recent decades. His marriage with Carlo, celebrated in 1981, was followed by 750,000,000 viewers. A huge number, so much so that it has been defined “The wedding of the century”.
The wedding, however, was just the beginning of a difficult coexistence, culminating in a media divorce in 1996. The perfection shown to the world on July 29, 1981 was not followed by marital bliss. In addition to the day of the fateful yes between Diana and Carlo, the Real Time special will trace the childhood of the Princess of Wales and the bond with the heir to the throneup to died on August 31, 1997 in Paris. Precisely with regard to the accident, which tore her from life at the age of 36, the work carried out by French and English investigators will be investigated.
Lady D. protagonist of the Real Time special “From Lady D. to Meghan, the secrets of royal weddings”. (Courtesy Discovery)
Elizabeth: wife, mother and queen
The second documentary airing tonight is about Queen Elizabeth II. With his 70 years at the helm of the Commonwealth, in the ranking of the longest-lived kingdom it is behind only Louis XIV, whose stay on the throne lasted 72 years. In these 7 decades, Elisabetta was the image and the point of reference of a nation which has had to face economic, political and… once again, family scandals. All this, under the eyes of the world.
Crowned at the age of 26, she embodied the identikit of the perfect Queen. Alongside the public image, which the office of Head of State requires, he has always approached the private one. A private person much closer to ordinary people than you can imagine. Here, then, the bond with his children Carlo, Anna, Andrea and Edoardo. A relationship far from rigid labels. And it is Prince Charles himself who offers the world an insight into the private sector.
In 2018, on the occasion of the concert for the queen’s birthday, he addresses her like this: «Your Majesty, His Majesty, mummy, mammina…». A very confidential term, which is hardly expected from a member of the Royal family. Instead, Elizabeth and the Windsors take everyone off guard.
The Queen in The Crown
In 1947 he married the Prince Philip Mountbatten and over the years it has been one wife present, faithful and … patient. Even when it came to turning a blind eye to frequentations of the spouse, much talked about by the international media, Elisabetta has always thought first of all of the royal family. A choice that testifies to the temper of an indestructible woman.
For seventy years, many have tried to steal the deepest secrets of the English Royal Family. The more or less authorized biographies are innumerable. Cinema and television they did not stand by and often brought to the small and big screen the most loved and talked about Windsors.
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