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...know that an announcement is being made this morning." What followed produced a gasp, applause and even more jubilant beaming from the Queen. Champagne corks began to pop around the palace. At long last, Prince Charles, 32, heir to the British throne, was to be married. His betrothed: Lady Diana Spencer, 19, a blushing beauty with an impressive pedigree and an impeccable reputation...
...national television, Charles and Diana engagingly discussed the most widely publicized "secret" courtship in the history of the court. It was conducted, said the Prince, "like a military operation." He had proposed, he said, over dinner for two in his third-floor quarters at Buckingham Palace, shortly before Diana's Feb. 6 departure for a vacation in Australia. "I wanted to give Diana a chance to think about it-to think if it was going to be too awful. If she didn't like the idea, she could say she didn't. If she did, she could...
Still, Charles waited for her return before taking the next proper step: asking Diana's father for her hand. "They rang me up," related Earl Spencer, 57, "and Charles said, 'Can I marry your daughter? I have asked her, and very surprisingly she said yes.' " Spencer's reply: "I'm delighted for you both." Though later he joked: "I wonder what he would have said if I'd turned him down." The father of the bride could not contain his pride: "She is a giver, not a taker, and that is very rare these...
...winner of the royal sweepstakes has several distinct advantages over some of the also-rans. Unlike several of Charles' flames, she held up extremely well under the daunting barrage of publicity accorded a royal romance. While one former contender, Princess Marie Astrid of Luxembourg, is Catholic, Lady Diana is an Anglican and thus presents no legal obstacle to marriage with the man who, as King, will head the Church of England. Unlike another of the Prince's dates, the lovely Davina Sheffield, she is also what Fleet Street calls "a girl without a past." This is a matter...
...Lady Diana's family, while not royal, is not exactly working class either. The Spencers, who are related to the Churchills, have served the Crown as courtiers for generations and, in turn, been befriended by the royals. Diana's brother, Charles, 16, is Queen Elizabeth's godson. Her father, the very wealthy eighth Earl Spencer, is the late Queen Mary's godson, as well as former personal aide to both King George VI and the present Queen. Her maternal grandmother, Lady Fermoy, is a lady in waiting to the Queen Mother. Said a consultant to Burke...