Charles and Di: The Truth Behind Their Wedding

Jul 27, 2019

1h 30m

★ 5.0

Overview

20 year-old Lady Diana Spencer laughed out loud when Prince Charles proposed to her having met her only 12 times. Five months later, she walked up the aisle - watched by three quarters of a billion people around the world - to marry what people believed was her Prince Charming. This is the true story of the seven days that led to the wedding of the decade - was it doomed before it even began?

Genres

Documentary

TV Movie

Production Companies

Blakeway Productions

Channel 5

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Cast

Self - Narrator (voice)

Tracy-Ann Oberman

Self - Journalist & Author

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Self - Former Chef, Royal Navy

Dane Avery

Self - Viscountess Bangor, Author & Biographer

Sarah Bradford

Self - Former Warrant Officer Royal Navy

Jeff Dykes

Self - Features Writer, Daily Mirror

John Edwards

Self - Fashion Designer

Elizabeth Emanuel

Self - Photographer, Daily Mirror

Kent Gavin

Self - Former Press Secretary, Thatcher Government

Bernard Ingham

Self - Broadcaster

Angela Rippon

Self - Diana's Former Employer

Mary Robertson

Self - Journalist & Author

Ingrid Seward

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