ITN Exclusive: "Whatever 'in love' means" - Charles and Diana Engagement Interview in Full (1981)
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- On 24 February 1981, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer gave an exclusive interview to ITN about their engagement, which was announced via the Lord Chancellor at 11am that morning. Though the interview is nearly 10 minutes long, it is best remembered for Prince Charles' response to the reporter's suggestion that the couple were in love. "Whatever 'in love' means..." replied Charles, "you can put your own interpretation there."
Together with Lady Diana's expression at the interview's end, Charles' words have come to be seen as a harbinger of the ill-fated relationship between the Prince of Wales and his first wife, Diana, Princess of Wales. The Prince and Princess of Wales separated 11 years later, in December 1992, and finalised their divorce in 1996 - just a year before Diana's death.
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When Charles said that, that was a sign for Diana
her eyes and change of face said a lot more than her pursed lips did 😮
And yet she CHOOSE to marry him. No one is that naive and stupid! She knew Exactly what she was getting involved with, but she Wanted the fame and prestige and popularity of becoming a Princess!
@@rashelelashley How judgmental of you! The girl was barely 20, told by her own family it was to late to chicken out she had zero support and NO ONE considered what was best for her and advised her accordingly.
@@rashelelashleyshe wasnt even twenty she literally was a teenager right before and if the future king goes up to such a young woman what do u expect her to do????
He also said it when he proposed!
When Diana said from 03:29 to 03:35: ".....Charles and I can't go wrong, he's there with me..." That was so ironic.
In hindsight I always wonder: did noone at that time never ever once asked the question, whether it's a good idea a thirty-two year old marrying a 19 year old after only meeting a couple of times?
No, because royal marriages have always been effectively arranged or micromanaged behind the scenes, the Charles and Diana catastrophe is the reason this is no longer the case
Personaly I couldn't believe she was marrying this old man! 19 was very young to marry even then.I thought she'd probably been told she had too. But she seemed happy enough. People were over joyed Ive not experienced a public response like it since.
@@redstar7292 she didn't have to as he was her sister's boyfriend not her's Lady Sarah Spencer they were much better matched and 6 yrs age difference and got similar tastes .
Nope... It was common back then.
It all had to do with breeding at that time. Diana was the daughter of an Earl. Still a princess would have been best but she was the most appropriate at the time. In Henry the 8th's time it was all about "Your station" Royalty married Royalty and Peasants married Peasants. Royalty married royalty to not only keep the bloodline "Blue" but for ongoing peace treaties. The Habsburg's were notorious for being inbred as well a ancient Egypt. That is why King Tut was so messed up. It may have Started with Sofie Jones but the current Princess of Wales is really the first commoner to marry into royalty.
This is just hard to watch. The guy asked them what they had in common and they didn't even know. And that was before they ever got to the whatever love means.
“Whatever in love means” - Prince Charles (King Charles now)
Poor Diana…. She knew then already he’d always love Camilla and she was trying so hard to have him fall in love with her the way she loved him….
Charles was SUCH a JERK!!! He made sure Camilla knew he still loved her and would never love Diana….Im sorry but I’m American and I always loved Diana and I love Harry and Will but Charles is a pompous jerk who got his “Camilla” in the end… 🙄😑
Hey Chuck, love is how you feel about Camilla you idiot…and clearly not how you ever felt about Diana…. 😢 RIP Diana❤
I honestly do not comprehend people being angry at King Charles still.
Princess Diana could have said no. She knew ahead of the wedding he was pressured to marry her and not his true love.
She chose to stay.
When they finally were allowed to divorce, she was treated well.
King Charles and Queen Camilla have been married 18 years, 18 happy years.
It's sad the media frenzie ended up killing Diana, however, when she was alive, she was happy w her life post Charles.
If you really want Princess Di to rest in peace, give up the hate vigil against her kids" dad.
No. CHARLES was not a jerk. He was forced to marry an idiot. Far his junior. The only virgin left. Open your eyes. You people are FOOLS.
@@OneWithTheUniverse55THANK YOU.
@nutzforart Diana killed Diana. She played chicken with the paparazzi. She did not need to be barreling through Paris. They were staying at the Ritz. And she WAS NOT wearing a seatbelt. High high speeds. Crash. Boom. Dead. Oops.
She didn't love him she loved the crown. She wanted to show her sister up, and she got what she wanted. Only then she wanted to call it off but as everyone remembers "too late Dutch your face is on the tea towels"
Sad he used Diana as a brood mare...
And She used him to become famous!
No one made her do it. She wanted the sparkly hat.
@@therealsophiemaryshe couldn't turn down a prince.difficult.
Yes she could.@@melgrant7404
If Camilla had replaced Diana here .... the monarchy would be dead right now .... Diana put them on the map .....
Wenn mein verlobter so einen Satz sagen würde ich würde den Ring abziehen und ihn an den Kopf werfen. So eine Demütigung würde icv nicht akzeptieren
Ich stimme zu.
When he asked about the change from Nanny to being married to the Prince of Wales, Charles could not even look at her. Between "whatever love is" and this reaction around the 3:30 mark told the entire story of just how Charles felt or rather did not feel about Diana. What a sad thing to marry out of duty to produce an heir to someone you are truly not passionate about and Dianna actually being trapped in a situation that was a lose/lose situation.
you judged him entirely on that comment ,really!! He is of an age like his mother Queen Elizabeth royal family do not talk of their feelings. The interview was impertinent to ask them that , he clearly felt embarrassed. Can you imagine anyone asking the Queen that on interview.
@@janeclark2953 you are entitled to your delusional perspective, non verbal talks louder than verbal. I'm entitled to my opinion and BTW, i'm the same age as Charles, Cheers.
@@justsayin8893 what does your age to do with the then Prince of Wales, i see you are allowed your opinion but no-one else is allowed to say wait a minute that is not quite right what an arrogant man. BTW i am ages with Diana and even i could see then being a young woman that the Prince was charming and suffered from shyness and felt embarrassed at his impertinence .
@ark2953 Congratulations on your opinion, does not entitle you to call me arrogant little girl.. The FACT that he was in love with another at that time of engagement and then marriage because his dad coerced him into marriage for posterity and Crown of course had nothing to do with the fact he could not look her in the eye, right? 🤣😂🤦♀ Diana attempted to pull out of the wedding due to the above recorded and documented FACTS but was dissuaded by her siblings, grandmother and couturiers. Not an opinion, its a matter of documented history and testimony chick-a-dee!
@@justsayin8893 hardly your a little girl are you? if you are same age as the Prince? . you are biased and no diddley squat . You can always spot anti-Royalists same bully's
Ooof that ending was rough.
We all know why he married Daina. RIP Diana, you were used and then got rid of Bless you
And Why did she marry him?
Diana was not used or abused. She was given unimaginable priveledged in that marriage.
She got what she had always dreamed of in her teen years. She got to marry the Prince of Wales but true love had nothing to do with it.
It was infatuation with the idea of being a Princess.
nobody got rid of Diana the wales couple were told to divorce because of Diana's panorama interview of washing her linen in public and disclosing palace information which was her say against the Palace doesn't make it truthful. Diana discredited her husband and the monarchy as a result she was stripped of her royal title of HRH
@@rashelelashleybecause she loved him. She didn't know he was in love with a married woman.
@@Stephanie-zd5im If Diana was so infatuated with the idea of being a Princess and its privilege and benefits, why would she give that damaging panorama interview and tell all book, while still inside the marriage? That was a straight path to divorce, which no one is surprised when they make the announcement for separation later on. It seem she had enough of everything and want out.
I hope she had speak with him about this
dude got more than 1 mistress he was such a clown to love... no wonder he said that
I remember seeing the interview at the time...Charles was very philosophical and a deep thinker but on this occasion he made a throw away comment that probably wasn't the most romantic response and now everyone assumes it literally meant he didn't love her, yet he was stroking her hand the whole time which is a very affectionate and reassuring gesture. I don't think too much should be read into any sideways glances or thoughtful expressions while they waited for each other to respond to a question because they were surrounded by a production crew and it must have been pretty intimidating for Diana especially. I remember a Royal photographer who followed them on engagements when they were newly married, said Charles was besotted with Diana and was so proud of her. It is a shame it all went wrong and it is a greater shame that whatever love they had for each other in the beginning has been overshadowed in favour of a negative narrative...
Камилла, наверное, занималась чёрной магией
So sad he new he didn't love her bless her so did she but she loved him bless her everyone suffered especially the boys Lett's hope they get it right
Daiana jovem 19 anos precisava de orientação.
Nunca tinha namorado
Charles mulherengo
Gosta de mulher casada experiente no sexo.
Usou essa jovem como reprodutora.
e descartou.
Hoje dois idosos trapaceiros sao reis.
Daiana pagou com a vida o amor pelo príncipe narcisista.
Go away, you silly fool. Fairies in your eyes.
Because at 19 she was still very stupid and had "no idea" he loved another woman!
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@@rashelelashley The woman he loved married someone else. Charles does not seem smart to have pine for someone who he didn't want to propose for fear of his family's objection yet couldn't put it down while in a marriage to Diana. It's still boils down to him not accepting the truth and reality for what it is.
There is no error made. Perfect interview. Good question were answered are in a Perfect way..
Thank you didi ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Chris Evans right now and see back soon now my new one is good news just like you on my way home with you good luck tomorrow night at the best
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"Whatever in love means, each has their own interpretation." Which is very true. He could have added what love means to him, @diana, but he didn't; which gives the wrong impression that he's not marrying for the spiritual/ emotional/mental/social bond of love that lasts a lifetime.
i think it goes "beyond impression" the then Prince could have/should have said how much in love he was with her, but alas he was not "in love" with her, he was "in love" with Camilla! Regardless of whether or not the prince was still in a physical relationship with Camilla from the very beginning of his marriage to Di, his heart belonged to Camilla, not Diana exclusively. No one will ever know if the marriage would have been successful w/o Camilla in the picture, but if and when you are displeased or unsatisfied with your partner and you have an easy place to "run" and be nurtured outside of the relationship, the other party is hard pressed to be able to work things out, its truly that simple.
Charles III is now "The Defender of the Faith" - against his will. He is a fan of the ideology of Laurens van der Post (compatible with having to wives, for instance) and faiths, whatever that means... Sad. Just so very sad. How many in Britain actually believe in God? JOHN 11: 25-26: "I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?"
@@justsayin8893 If only his parents let him choose who he wants or if he let love grow and develop with Diana, who knows what will happen? After all, Camilla have move on marrying someone else. It does not look good for a future king to pine away for his ex-gf who rather marry other man than him. He had his chance to propose to Camilla but knew his family can never accept her. He didn't come to term with accepting that relationship with Camilla was over, when he marry Diana. It was something he never consider that would badly damage his reputation and win big for Diana.
He was just in love with someone else I think the entire time. I used to have a lot of books with pictures of their wedding and after. He never really looks happy in the eyes. Kind of how she looked after he said “ whatever love means” 😔
the time stamp is at ua-cam.com/video/6lSmizRAe6A/v-deo.htmlsi=L2kEjtLSMQPAEUgi&t=578 he says "whatever in love means"
He can be a decent fellow but made the most stupid choice for his life.
He could delay marriage to anyone so long, that his mother would beg him to marrie Camilla.
And save us all of Diana's demise.
Charles undervalued Diana ' maturity,she wasnt a bimbo
she was deeply insecure and a loose canon this was not her husband's fault nor in his capability to correct she needed help it was very much offered to her but would not take it, refused that there was anything wrong and it was Charles while he was getting therapy as he was destroyed with the marriage. we can view the photos near the end of the marriage and the harrowed faces.
Don’t criticise Charles. He was under pressure and my god, he did all that he could . Diana was not “ in love “ with him either . She was in love with the notion of being The Princess of Wales which she conflated with a Barbara Cartland story , her own step grandmother whom also knew what she was up to. And she played it out to the extreme.
in other words she wasnt in love with him at the start
@@top40researcher31 Absolutely.
@@top40researcher31 I don’t think it’s fair to speculate on whether or not they were in love - we can’t possibly know how they really felt.
But what we do know is that they married and promised to be faithful to each other but unfortunately the prince’s heart belonged to another, as subsequent events clearly showed.
So there is no denying that Diana was wronged by the behaviour of Charles and Camilla; and yes, she played it out in the end, but it would, I think, have taken saint-like levels of patience to have sat quietly by and allowed one’s husband to have his cake and eat it - the wife and the mistress - just like princes of wales in the past.
Charles is on the whole a decent man - of that I have no doubt - but his behaviour in the past fell far below what one might consider respectable or moral, and there’s no point pretending otherwise.
That being said, while he might never garner the worldwide levels of respect and admiration that his late mother did, he will I’m sure make a successful king.
@@ForGodAndTheEmpire as i am an aussie i remember everyone trying to get home early to watch the wedding the big build up months and weeks befor it was the royal weddings of all weddings it was the highlight
I'm pretty sure in interviews Diana had always said she was completely in love with him, and she wanted him to love her back. It wasn't the idea of being a princess that ultimately made her marry him, it's because she loved him
What he said is horrible
0:05
he was forced to marry her
What a cad
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I think the Evil Royal Family forced him to marry Poor Diana even he didn't really loved her because she still had a care and love Camilla
Goodness. Do you really think that???
you all blame RF , Charles, Camilla but never Diana. Diana stole her sister's man ,Sarah Spencer they were steady couple went on holiday and country weekends at friends houses . Diana was obsessed with Charles she even had his posters on her bedroom wall.
Lol Diana was the 90s Selena Gomez. Perpetual victim😂😂😂
Stupid comment.
Maybe cause she was...??
what a weird comment wtf. she was a victim
@@rebeccamaia1701weird victim-blamey comment for sure. I assume most of the asinine comments on the internet anymore are just trolls and/or bots 🤖