1 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:53,680 INTERVIEWER: When did you first realise 2 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:56,680 that you were not just an ordinary chap? 3 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:16,080 KING CHARLES: I do have very happy memories of childhood. 4 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:40,480 I remember, when I was young, my parents both enjoyed filming things. 5 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,520 I remember we used to have lots of laughs. 6 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:24,880 I could sometimes make her laugh, anyway, which was always very jolly. 7 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:46,400 But my mama, inevitably, you know, was so busy 8 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,400 having to do all the tours abroad. 9 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:56,600 I remember, when I was quite young, 10 00:04:56,600 --> 00:05:02,560 trying to talk on the telephone when she was miles away. 11 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:21,960 And then I think also spending a lot of time 12 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:25,400 with my grandmother at Royal Lodge. 13 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:37,000 There was a marvellous garden there, and I used to, 14 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,320 as a child, potter about in the garden there, 15 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:41,160 in the kitchen garden, and so on. 16 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:50,640 I learned so much from her of immense value in my life. 17 00:06:07,840 --> 00:06:10,560 When my mama succeeded and became Queen, 18 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:13,120 and my grandfather died so young, 19 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:17,400 I ended up becoming heir to the throne, aged four. 20 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,280 It must have been a terrible shock in many ways. 21 00:06:26,280 --> 00:06:29,320 You can imagine, at that age, 22 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:33,360 when, presumably, she'd hoped that she'd have a chance 23 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:37,480 to do other things and, you know, bring up her family. 24 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:49,880 CANNONS FIRE 25 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:00,840 BUGLES PLAY FANFARE 26 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:23,360 CHEERING 27 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:38,280 I can just remember the actual coronation. 28 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:52,720 I remember my mama coming up 29 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:56,160 where we were being bathed as children, wearing the crown. 30 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:00,600 It's incredibly heavy. 31 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:04,400 That's why my mama had to practise so much wearing it. 32 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:16,960 As a child of about four or five, one tends to remember, you know, 33 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:21,960 silly things like being dressed up in a special suit of clothes. 34 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:28,360 And then, the barber coming in and cutting one's hair much too short. 35 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:42,240 Particularly, I've never forgotten my grandmother, 36 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:44,120 she used to say things like, 37 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:46,960 "You know, darling, you must try and remember this." 38 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:54,960 ALL: Long live the Queen! Long live the Queen! Long live the Queen! 39 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:02,320 INTERVIEWER: When did you first realise 40 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:05,240 that you were not just an ordinary chap? 41 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:15,840 It's something that dawns on you in the most ghastly, inexorable way 42 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:19,080 that people are interested in one. And, slowly, you get the idea 43 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:22,160 that you have a certain duty and responsibility. 44 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:35,760 INTERVIEWER: How much influence has your father had on you? 45 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:38,240 Is he as tough a disciplinarian inside the palace 46 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:41,040 as he appears to be outside, on occasion? 47 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:47,600 He was a strong character. 48 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:51,040 He didn't suffer fools gladly. 49 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:57,720 So, if you said anything that was in any way ambiguous, 50 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:00,480 he'd say, "Oh, make up your mind!" 51 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:25,520 But he could be enormously encouraging 52 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:30,520 and he was very good at showing you how to do things. 53 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:15,880 My father always went through the process of discussing 54 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:20,480 where he thought, you know, I should go, which schools and all that. 55 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:25,520 The trouble is, when you're young, 56 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:28,560 you don't know what these places are like! 57 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:54,880 Wasn't particularly easy. 58 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:58,160 Good for the soul, good for the character, probably. 59 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:08,320 But you either had to literally sink or swim. 60 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:27,040 I suppose people think that because of who you are, 61 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:30,320 therefore, they wouldn't dare fail you in anything. 62 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:38,480 But it's not the case, because I failed my maths exam three times. 63 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:40,480 I finally got it on the fourth attempt 64 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:42,520 and I can tell you that that was no joke. 65 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:44,440 That nearly finished me completely. 66 00:12:52,680 --> 00:12:55,960 When I was in Australia at school, that was much, much tougher. 67 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:02,600 I mean, I have the scars on my back to prove it. 68 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:09,560 But at the end of it all, having done it, 69 00:13:09,560 --> 00:13:12,600 you really appreciated the value of the exercise. 70 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:26,960 The idea behind it is to challenge the person 71 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:29,480 so that they find something within themselves 72 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:31,040 that they didn't realise existed. 73 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:34,720 And this can have an electrifying effect on somebody. 74 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:37,760 I know it had an effect on me. 75 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:44,200 Having gone to Australia, 76 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:46,720 I felt I could actually go and talk to somebody 77 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:48,520 without them talking to me first. 78 00:13:51,680 --> 00:13:54,640 But it took quite a lot to go and do it, but the moment I did it, 79 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:56,560 ever since then, I've never looked back. 80 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:05,680 CHEERING 81 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:05,680 INTERVIEWER: Your grandfather, King George VI, once said, 82 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:08,960 "We're not so much a family, we're more a firm." 83 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:13,760 Do you feel a member of a firm? 84 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:39,080 I like to think of us more as a family, rather than a firm. 85 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:47,840 I tend to think of my family as very special people. 86 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:01,080 CLACK! 87 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:06,280 YOUNG CHARLES: It's too hot! I've set something alight! 88 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:07,640 THE QUEEN: Charles! 89 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:09,520 Come on! 90 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:11,520 VOICEOVER: And in that sense, 91 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:14,840 I'm only beginning to see my parents 92 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:17,920 and the rest of my family as other people, do you know what I mean? 93 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:21,760 That you look upon them as having their own different characteristics. 94 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:35,560 It's a great help to have a lot of people all doing 95 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:36,840 the same thing like that, 96 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:39,360 because you can go and talk to them about it. 97 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:42,800 You know, your own experiences 98 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:44,800 and the amusing things that have happened. 99 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:48,200 And you can learn a lot from each other. 100 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:56,680 Yes, it's very good. The other one? Yes, I've seen them. 101 00:16:57,640 --> 00:16:59,480 ALL LAUGH 102 00:16:57,640 --> 00:16:59,480 We enjoy them, yes. 103 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:01,160 Charles? Charles... 104 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:02,680 Yes, well, how are you? 105 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:04,760 So happy to see you. 106 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:07,600 I was just saying to Her Majesty, I've seen you on television. 107 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:09,240 Really? I think that's mutual. 108 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:11,320 I've seen you sometimes. That's right. 109 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:13,720 Hello. Yes, how do you do? 110 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:15,880 I don't think you've seen me on television. 111 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:17,720 ALL CHUCKLE 112 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:27,640 INTERVIEWER: Another thing you've done - you've learned to fly. 113 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:33,120 The day I went on my solo, 114 00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:37,320 the instructor taxied to the end of the runway 115 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:41,240 and he suddenly climbed out and said, "You're on your own, mate." 116 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:45,240 So, there I was and I only had time 117 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:47,920 to have a few butterflies in my tummy. 118 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:55,840 And then, I taxied off and took off. 119 00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:01,280 And the moment I was in the air, it was absolutely marvellous. 120 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:23,440 And, fortunately, I landed first time. 121 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:25,320 That was the only worrying thing, 122 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:28,120 because I had visions of myself going round and round and round 123 00:18:28,120 --> 00:18:29,840 until, eventually, the fuel ran out. 124 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:32,520 But all was well. 125 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:05,240 INTERVIEWER: When you came to Wales, of course, 126 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:09,520 there was quite a lot of strong anti-English nationalist feeling. 127 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:11,800 Were you at all apprehensive? 128 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:29,360 When I went to Aberystwyth for a term, 129 00:19:29,360 --> 00:19:31,880 there was a lot of tension. 130 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:35,640 I promise you, walking into the dining hall 131 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:38,840 in the hall of residence is not easy. 132 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:46,240 I don't blame people demonstrating like that. 133 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:53,000 And you can't really expect people to be overzealous about the fact 134 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,280 of having a so-called English prince. 135 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:20,560 Although the day was rather damp and grey, it was most exciting. 136 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:23,640 I wasn't nearly as nervous as I thought. 137 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:28,720 The music was superb and the colour was marvellous. 138 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:34,360 CHOIR: # God bless the Prince of Wales! # 139 00:20:42,120 --> 00:20:49,080 To kneel in front of my mama to take the oath 140 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:52,040 and then to have this coronet, 141 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:55,040 which was of a slightly revolutionary design, 142 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:56,920 plonked onto my head. 143 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:04,680 OFFICIAL: Our most dear son, Charles Philip Arthur George, 144 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:10,320 Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 145 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:12,680 Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay... 146 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:15,080 VOICEOVER: My mama busy dressing me 147 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:17,520 rather like she did when I was small! 148 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:20,560 With the same expression on her face. 149 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:25,320 ..and the Great Steward of Scotland, Prince of Wales. 150 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:27,880 APPLAUSE 151 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:39,600 VOICEOVER: And then, you have to swear fealty. 152 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:42,840 I, Charles, Prince of Wales, 153 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:47,720 do become your liegeman of life and limb, and of earthly worship... 154 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:52,120 VOICEOVER: But it was a very proud and moving 155 00:21:52,120 --> 00:21:54,960 and rather humbling moment, I thought. 156 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:59,040 I get easily moved by those sorts of occasions. 157 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:07,480 FANFARE PLAYS 158 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:10,080 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 159 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:18,960 But then, I've never forgotten afterwards, 160 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:23,960 because I went on for three days and did a tour of Wales. 161 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:28,640 I mean, masses of people all the way for three days. 162 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:30,760 I've never forgotten it. 163 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:22,560 I think it's vital that those of us who find ourselves 164 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:24,200 in this extraordinary position 165 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:29,480 understand something of what our Armed Forces are expected to do 166 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:33,320 and it's much easier, then, to look them in the eye. 167 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:59,240 When I was serving in the Navy, I wanted to, 168 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:01,280 but it was encouraged anyway. 169 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:23,480 I'm not somebody endowed with a great deal of overconfidence. 170 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:25,880 I always believe if you're overconfident, 171 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:28,600 you can lead yourself into all sorts of awkward situations. 172 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:38,280 Certainly, when I had my ship, 173 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:41,200 I always doubted I was going to bring it alongside. 174 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:44,120 And it was always a great pleasure when I did without a disaster! 175 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:19,840 I like flying alone. 176 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:24,840 It's more stimulating. 177 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:26,240 And... 178 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:30,080 ..there's that superb mixture between fear 179 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:34,360 and supreme enjoyment, which comes over me. 180 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,400 That marvellous panic where you don't really know 181 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:43,360 quite where you are and you've got to sort it out for yourself. 182 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:05,160 I never... Although I can't, obviously, forget who I am, 183 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:07,560 I never believe for one minute 184 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:11,960 that I should use who I was to get my way 185 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:16,680 or to order anybody to do anything because I'm who I am. 186 00:26:18,120 --> 00:26:20,880 CO: Drop it down for somebody else to pick up... 187 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:24,760 I believe that the only way you can do anything 188 00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:28,640 is through any kind of respect that people may have for you as a person. 189 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:35,120 The only problem is, of course, when I put an Army uniform on, 190 00:26:35,120 --> 00:26:38,000 I don't think I'm really going to look quite right with a beard. 191 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:43,480 Be an interesting court martial, though, wouldn't it?! 192 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:08,280 INTERVIEWER: How did you define the role of Prince of Wales? 193 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:12,520 I didn't. I made it up as I went along. 194 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:28,120 I don't believe in having a totally honorary position. 195 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:33,040 I'm afraid I leap in with both feet. 196 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:02,680 I was always brought up, you know, to worry about everybody else. 197 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:08,120 I think that that is the basis of one's job. 198 00:28:08,120 --> 00:28:10,720 You know, to serve other people. 199 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:12,760 If you feel that you can do something, 200 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:14,600 then you can be of service. 201 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:23,840 I think it would be criminally negligent of me, you know, 202 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:26,080 to go round this country 203 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:30,800 and not actually want to try and do something about what I find there. 204 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:33,960 Charlie! Don't forget us, darling! 205 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:36,160 CROWD CHATTERS 206 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:39,720 CROWD CHEERS 207 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:43,880 I remember thinking, 208 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,680 "I'm sure there's something I can do to help here." 209 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:52,240 It was all taking so long, you know, for anything else to spring up, 210 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:55,000 so I just felt whatever we could do in a small way 211 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,080 would be better than nothing. 212 00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:04,520 Everybody has some sort of talent, I think, 213 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:10,200 which, so often, is underutilised and underexpressed and undervalued, 214 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:12,200 that, given a chance, um, 215 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:16,160 they will develop if you take a chance with them. 216 00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:30,400 Did they make you go down potholes and things like that? 217 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:33,400 Yes. Unfortunately. Rather you than me! 218 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:43,440 APPLAUSE 219 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:43,440 They're all coming. 220 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:52,560 DOOR CLANKS 221 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:57,960 I kept saying, "I want to be able to take risks," 222 00:29:57,960 --> 00:30:00,640 so that, if it didn't work, it didn't work. 223 00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:07,760 But it was worth trying with the most difficult ones, 224 00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:12,720 the ones you find are hardest to reach in society. 225 00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:27,200 "From the age of ten, I've been in trouble with the law. 226 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:29,960 "I was put into the secure unit. 227 00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:31,680 "It was a college of crime. 228 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:36,600 "I learned how to break into houses better. 229 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:39,000 "I learned how to steal cars better. 230 00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:44,200 "I first heard about the Trust when I was in prison. 231 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:47,520 "It was a chance for me to get the fresh start I had been looking for. 232 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:52,880 "My life is now about helping people rather than hurting people." 233 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:55,280 Oh, it is rather wonderful, that, isn't it? 234 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:58,280 And so, I'm going to write back to him. 235 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:26,000 My father, 236 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:30,160 I listened to him a lot, or talked to him a lot 237 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:34,280 about his efforts, you know, with the World Wildlife Fund and... 238 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:38,960 ..we did talk quite a lot about those sorts of things 239 00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:41,720 and what was happening in the world 240 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:44,400 and the increasing threats to wildlife 241 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:47,840 all around the world and their habitats. 242 00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:59,680 And I suspect I was probably quite influenced by that. 243 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:02,560 But I was interested anyway. 244 00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:14,960 I remember that period of the 1960s only too well. 245 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:23,920 And I felt deeply disturbed by what seemed to have become 246 00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:26,800 a dangerously short-sighted approach. 247 00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:37,320 We are faced, at the moment, with the horrifying effects 248 00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:40,280 of pollution in all its cancerous forms. 249 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:50,920 When you think that each person 250 00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:54,880 produces roughly two pounds of rubbish per day - 251 00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:58,200 I believe the Americans produce more per head - 252 00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:02,120 and there are 55 million of us on this island 253 00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:06,760 using non-returnable bottles and indestructible plastic containers, 254 00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:10,160 it is not difficult to imagine the mountains of refuse 255 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:12,680 that you shall have to deal with somehow. 256 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:18,760 In those early years, I was described as old-fashioned, 257 00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:21,600 out of touch and anti-science, 258 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:25,280 a dreamer in a modern world that clearly thought itself 259 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:29,520 too sophisticated for obsolete ideas and techniques. 260 00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:36,920 But nothing could be further from the truth. 261 00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:49,480 I could see very clearly that we were growing numb 262 00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:52,800 to the sacred presence that all traditional societies 263 00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:54,720 still feel very deeply. 264 00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:59,240 ENGINES ROAR 265 00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:02,360 ROCKETS ROAR 266 00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:05,160 Like the children who followed the Pied Piper, 267 00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:09,800 we failed to notice how far we were being taken from our rightful home. 268 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:12,480 INDISTINCT TWO-WAY CHATTER 269 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:16,320 What spurred me on was an essential fact of life, 270 00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:17,840 an undeniable law, 271 00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:20,000 that if we ignore Nature, 272 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:22,200 everything starts to unravel. 273 00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:27,800 SEA BIRDS CALL 274 00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:31,680 The necessary action hasn't been taken, has it? That's the problem. 275 00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:34,440 And I cannot believe that people 276 00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:37,880 can simply pay no attention to science. 277 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:41,640 They accept it in every other aspect of modern existence, 278 00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:44,880 the evidence, but apparently, NOT for climate change. 279 00:34:57,280 --> 00:35:01,480 We need to think about what kind of world we're handing on 280 00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:02,840 to our successors, 281 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:05,200 particularly, grandchildren... 282 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:10,320 ..so we don't ruin it for them. 283 00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:21,440 INTERVIEWER: Do you have any thoughts about the lady 284 00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:23,400 that a Prince of Wales should marry? 285 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:25,880 HE CHUCKLES 286 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:25,880 Yes. 287 00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:45,960 Well, I suppose, um... 288 00:35:45,960 --> 00:35:49,040 You see, it's always difficult, because people like you perhaps 289 00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:51,760 would expect quite a lot from somebody like that, 290 00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:54,440 and it's got to be somebody pretty special. 291 00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:08,320 PAPER RUSTLES 292 00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:42,360 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 293 00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:20,840 He said, "Ga-ga." Yes. 294 00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:28,120 When you have children of your own, you only then discover 295 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:32,040 just what fun they can be, um... 296 00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:34,680 ..and how important they are. 297 00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:39,760 William is a splendid little character and very good-natured. 298 00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:48,400 He's very outgoing, which is encouraging, 299 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:50,800 which will be a great help to him, I think, later on. 300 00:37:56,560 --> 00:38:01,360 His brother Harry is, I think, absolutely adorable. 301 00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:05,680 And he is extraordinarily good 302 00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:09,880 and sleeps marvellously and eats very well. 303 00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:11,720 DIANA: Let him have a look through there. 304 00:38:11,720 --> 00:38:13,360 Have a look through there. 305 00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:16,120 You can see all those people on the other side, look. 306 00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:17,920 Look through there, you see? 307 00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:20,120 You see the thing on the side of this? 308 00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:21,720 Can you see their faces? 309 00:38:21,720 --> 00:38:23,280 There's people in there. 310 00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:25,000 Look at them. 311 00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:28,080 Trapped! 312 00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:29,960 MULTIPLE CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICK 313 00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:39,400 I'm not very good at being a performing monkey. 314 00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:45,320 I think that I'm quite a sort of...private person. 315 00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:49,960 It is extraordinary how now you feel 316 00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:51,560 that wherever you are, 317 00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:55,080 there's somebody hiding behind something somewhere. 318 00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:01,320 I always think there's a camera now. Always. 319 00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:11,800 They've written the agenda, nine times out of ten, 320 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:13,560 before you go anywhere, 321 00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:18,560 including the script for a soap opera that they want to continue. 322 00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:27,360 I don't think many other people have to go through 323 00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:29,440 this constant attention. 324 00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:33,120 Not just me, but others, you know, when their marriages break down. 325 00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:34,680 CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICK 326 00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:37,400 Obviously, I'd much rather it hadn't happened 327 00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:40,480 and I'm sure... 328 00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:43,520 ..um, my wife felt the same. 329 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:51,880 The trouble now is that, of course, 330 00:39:51,880 --> 00:39:56,040 our children are getting to the age where they read newspapers 331 00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:58,000 and it's very upsetting. 332 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:01,960 I've learnt, over the years, you know, to try and ignore it 333 00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:03,840 by just not reading most of them. 334 00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:06,680 Otherwise, you go bananas! 335 00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:08,520 Um, but... 336 00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:12,840 ..with the children, 337 00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:14,880 what can you do if they read it? 338 00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:18,800 You can't stop it. You can't stop them seeing this sort of thing. 339 00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:22,880 It's just very important to develop 340 00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:26,840 within as private an atmosphere as possible. 341 00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:53,880 CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICK 342 00:41:50,680 --> 00:41:53,240 SHIP'S HORN BLOWS 343 00:41:56,560 --> 00:41:59,920 CHEERING 344 00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:05,080 Given the fact that there's so many other things 345 00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:08,640 in other parts of the world, and the Commonwealth and everything else, 346 00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:11,800 trying to get round everything, as you can imagine, 347 00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:14,080 is always a bit of a challenge. 348 00:42:22,600 --> 00:42:26,120 I've been, I suppose, sort of born and brought up in 349 00:42:26,120 --> 00:42:28,720 and surrounded by all this. 350 00:42:28,720 --> 00:42:31,440 So, in a funny way, it almost becomes like second nature. 351 00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:42,640 Being an incurable romantic, 352 00:42:42,640 --> 00:42:47,600 I look upon the Commonwealth as an ideal, 353 00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:52,560 as representing principles which, if you're not careful, disappear. 354 00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:01,200 The whole idea of monarchy, 355 00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:05,120 certainly as far as the Commonwealth is concerned, is a family, 356 00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:08,080 and that, somehow, everybody belongs. 357 00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:21,640 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 358 00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:25,560 WOMAN: Ladies and gentlemen, His Royal Highness, The Prince Of Wales. 359 00:43:25,560 --> 00:43:28,040 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 360 00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:31,320 AUSTRALIAN INTERVIEWER: So, do you really enjoy walking along 361 00:43:31,320 --> 00:43:33,240 the row of the crowd and shaking hands? 362 00:43:33,240 --> 00:43:35,520 It doesn't seem possible that anyone could enjoy that. 363 00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:36,840 Oh, why not? 364 00:43:39,160 --> 00:43:41,120 When you get used to it, 365 00:43:41,120 --> 00:43:44,200 you meet some frightfully amusing people. 366 00:43:44,200 --> 00:43:48,000 Are you married? No, no! Perhaps you'll pick up somebody here! 367 00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:49,480 HE CHUCKLES 368 00:43:51,080 --> 00:43:55,280 I try as hard as I can, by talking to as many people as possible. 369 00:43:55,280 --> 00:43:57,560 The great advantage of my position 370 00:43:57,560 --> 00:44:01,320 is that I can go around and talk to anybody about anything. 371 00:44:05,520 --> 00:44:07,920 It is important to be honest and genuine 372 00:44:07,920 --> 00:44:09,520 and people will always see that. 373 00:44:09,520 --> 00:44:12,080 They will always see through you if you're not. 374 00:44:12,080 --> 00:44:15,120 Oh, thank you, Prince Charles! Thank you, Prince Charles! 375 00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:17,600 SHE KISSES 376 00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:17,600 Ohhh! 377 00:44:17,600 --> 00:44:21,480 They see him as a very serious person - which he is. 378 00:44:21,480 --> 00:44:26,480 But I would like a lot of people to see the lighter side of him. 379 00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:30,280 # Oh, the cokey-cokey 380 00:44:30,280 --> 00:44:34,080 # Knees bend, arms stretch, ra-ra-ra 381 00:44:34,080 --> 00:44:37,720 # You put your left leg in You put your left leg out... # 382 00:44:46,120 --> 00:44:48,920 It's very important to have, as it were, 383 00:44:48,920 --> 00:44:51,560 another world to go through a door into. 384 00:44:55,800 --> 00:44:59,800 Otherwise, I promise you, it's very easy to go mad. 385 00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:21,280 When I first came here, after 11 years of not skiing, 386 00:45:21,280 --> 00:45:24,840 I had the most dreadful falls and crashes, 387 00:45:24,840 --> 00:45:27,200 and landed on rocks and things... 388 00:45:30,240 --> 00:45:33,680 But you learn that way. The only way to learn is to take the falls. 389 00:46:01,600 --> 00:46:04,040 I'm one of these hopeless characters 390 00:46:04,040 --> 00:46:08,360 who likes trying all sorts of things because it appeals to me 391 00:46:08,360 --> 00:46:11,120 and I'm one of these people who doesn't like 392 00:46:11,120 --> 00:46:13,120 sitting and watching something else go on. 393 00:46:13,120 --> 00:46:14,800 I don't like going to the races 394 00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:17,000 and watching horses thundering up and down, 395 00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:19,640 because I'd rather be riding a horse myself. 396 00:46:19,640 --> 00:46:21,840 INDISTINCT COMMENTARY 397 00:46:21,840 --> 00:46:24,040 APPLAUSE 398 00:46:24,040 --> 00:46:26,520 COMMENTATOR: ..An attack into the next one. 399 00:46:26,520 --> 00:46:29,160 Prince Charles goes back in defence. 400 00:46:29,160 --> 00:46:31,800 I like to see if I can challenge myself 401 00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:35,840 to do something which is potentially hazardous, 402 00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:37,240 just to see whether, mentally, 403 00:46:37,240 --> 00:46:39,720 and I can accept that challenge and carry it out. 404 00:46:57,720 --> 00:47:00,360 LAUGHTER 405 00:47:00,360 --> 00:47:03,360 Bloody cold! Can I give you that? 406 00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:05,080 What? WOMAN: What does that do? 407 00:47:05,080 --> 00:47:08,440 Well, I tell you, you put the air in here, you see, and if you now do... 408 00:47:08,440 --> 00:47:10,520 AIR HISSES 409 00:47:10,520 --> 00:47:12,600 LAUGHTER 410 00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:20,040 APPLAUSE 411 00:47:20,040 --> 00:47:22,000 INTERVIEWER: I always have the sense, though, 412 00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:24,480 that if you were not in this public position, 413 00:47:24,480 --> 00:47:27,000 you'd like to be an actor. 414 00:47:24,480 --> 00:47:27,000 TEST TONE 415 00:47:28,120 --> 00:47:30,680 VOICEOVER: I love imitating and mimicking. 416 00:47:30,680 --> 00:47:32,640 Relax. 417 00:47:30,680 --> 00:47:32,640 LAUGHTER 418 00:47:32,640 --> 00:47:36,320 VOICEOVER: I enjoy making people laugh if I can. 419 00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:41,320 And in a strange way, so much of what one does requires, I find, 420 00:47:41,320 --> 00:47:43,920 acting ability in one way or another. 421 00:47:43,920 --> 00:47:47,680 And it's extremely useful if you enjoy it. 422 00:47:47,680 --> 00:47:50,200 So, I start when the green light goes on, do I? 423 00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:55,760 BAND PLAYS 424 00:48:00,760 --> 00:48:03,080 Music plays a very important part in my life. 425 00:48:05,480 --> 00:48:09,960 For me, it's a vital part of surviving the daily round. 426 00:48:13,640 --> 00:48:18,440 I started on the trumpet at school at Gordonstoun, 427 00:48:18,440 --> 00:48:21,040 and I played that quite a bit. 428 00:48:21,040 --> 00:48:25,480 I remember we had, in those days in the early '60s, 429 00:48:25,480 --> 00:48:28,520 these marvellous music teachers 430 00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:32,360 who had escaped the Holocaust in Germany. 431 00:48:32,360 --> 00:48:36,640 And one of them stopped, I remember, at one point and said, 432 00:48:36,640 --> 00:48:39,960 "Those trumpets!" she said, "Stop those trumpets!" 433 00:48:39,960 --> 00:48:42,920 Anyway, I thought, well, the time had come to try something else. 434 00:48:42,920 --> 00:48:44,960 NOTE ON CELLO 435 00:48:42,920 --> 00:48:44,960 Hear this? 436 00:48:44,960 --> 00:48:49,320 HE PLAYS RISING AND FALLING NOTES 437 00:48:49,320 --> 00:48:52,440 Sounded like a tiger! That's right. 438 00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:54,800 BOW SCRAPES LOUDLY 439 00:48:54,800 --> 00:48:56,040 Ohhh...! 440 00:48:56,040 --> 00:49:00,200 Do you know what these are called? Uh-uh. Strings. 441 00:49:00,200 --> 00:49:03,760 And this, inside, the way it's shaped, gives it the sound, 442 00:49:03,760 --> 00:49:05,840 which goes... 443 00:49:03,760 --> 00:49:05,840 HE PLAYS A LOW NOTE 444 00:49:05,840 --> 00:49:09,000 It's got quite a good tone. You see? PLUCKS STRING GENTLY 445 00:49:09,000 --> 00:49:10,960 HE PLUCKS STRING LOUDLY 446 00:49:09,000 --> 00:49:10,960 Oh! 447 00:49:10,960 --> 00:49:13,240 CHOIR SINGS: I Was Glad by Hubert Parry 448 00:49:13,240 --> 00:49:16,000 # We will go 449 00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:18,920 # We will go 450 00:49:18,920 --> 00:49:28,240 # Into the house of the Lord 451 00:49:33,920 --> 00:49:40,200 # Our feet shall stand in thy gates 452 00:49:40,200 --> 00:49:44,800 # Our feet shall stand in thy gates 453 00:49:44,800 --> 00:49:48,360 # Our feet shall stand... # 454 00:49:48,360 --> 00:49:51,440 MUSIC FADES 455 00:50:01,080 --> 00:50:06,760 We do not think music. We resonate with it and feel it. 456 00:50:11,960 --> 00:50:15,160 It somehow harmonises with our own human nature 457 00:50:15,160 --> 00:50:17,920 so that we feel something is meant by it. 458 00:50:29,920 --> 00:50:31,880 It's fantastic, I think. 459 00:50:31,880 --> 00:50:33,560 And, of course, with a big choir, 460 00:50:33,560 --> 00:50:36,120 it must be even more remarkable, I would have thought. 461 00:50:36,120 --> 00:50:37,960 ORGAN PLAYS BASS NOTES 462 00:50:37,960 --> 00:50:40,000 Very interesting, you see... 463 00:50:40,000 --> 00:50:43,280 ORGAN CONTINUES, THEY GIGGLE 464 00:50:43,280 --> 00:50:47,320 It's those ones that make the whole difference, I think, those pipes! 465 00:50:54,080 --> 00:50:57,160 I remember, as a child, that my grandmother used to take me 466 00:50:57,160 --> 00:50:59,880 to all sorts of performances. 467 00:51:07,440 --> 00:51:10,720 And also, all those marvellous memories of being read to 468 00:51:10,720 --> 00:51:12,760 as a child by my father. 469 00:51:12,760 --> 00:51:14,720 "Hiawatha. 470 00:51:17,120 --> 00:51:19,360 "Of all beasts he learned the language, 471 00:51:19,360 --> 00:51:21,680 "learned their names and all their secrets. 472 00:51:21,680 --> 00:51:23,800 "How the beavers built their lodges. 473 00:51:23,800 --> 00:51:26,920 "Where the squirrels hid their acorns." 474 00:51:31,440 --> 00:51:34,640 They're so funny, these creatures, they really do make me laugh. 475 00:51:36,480 --> 00:51:39,760 "..Talked to them whene'er he met them. 476 00:51:39,760 --> 00:51:42,160 "Called them 'Hiawatha's brothers'." 477 00:51:53,840 --> 00:51:57,320 I just always have loved the countryside. 478 00:51:59,640 --> 00:52:03,520 And I love walking in it anyway. 479 00:52:03,520 --> 00:52:05,160 I find that, funnily enough, 480 00:52:05,160 --> 00:52:08,480 walking is a terribly important thing for me. 481 00:52:08,480 --> 00:52:11,520 You know, rather like some people need a cigarette, I need a walk! 482 00:52:16,400 --> 00:52:18,840 And, to me - it may sound silly to say, 483 00:52:18,840 --> 00:52:21,280 but it's true, in my sense, anyway - 484 00:52:21,280 --> 00:52:23,480 every tree, 485 00:52:23,480 --> 00:52:25,680 stone and burn and... 486 00:52:25,680 --> 00:52:28,640 ..and bit of heather... 487 00:52:28,640 --> 00:52:34,160 ..actually means a great deal to me. I associate with them. 488 00:52:39,800 --> 00:52:42,280 INTERVIEWER: Some people mellow as they grow older, 489 00:52:42,280 --> 00:52:44,720 I've noticed you seem to have got more passionate. 490 00:52:44,720 --> 00:52:46,280 HE CHUCKLES 491 00:52:47,600 --> 00:52:49,960 Well, yes, I am. 492 00:52:53,600 --> 00:52:56,480 I mind so much about the future, 493 00:52:56,480 --> 00:53:00,120 what we're going to leave to our children and grandchildren. 494 00:53:00,120 --> 00:53:02,120 That's what really gets me going. 495 00:53:03,800 --> 00:53:06,240 He's pretty impatient, 496 00:53:06,240 --> 00:53:09,880 as I think everybody who works for him will tell you, 497 00:53:09,880 --> 00:53:11,720 but that's how he gets things done. 498 00:53:24,760 --> 00:53:27,400 She's the best listener in the world. 499 00:53:30,280 --> 00:53:33,560 She does have a wonderful way with people, you see? 500 00:53:33,560 --> 00:53:35,640 That's the special thing. 501 00:53:40,680 --> 00:53:44,200 I'd love to tell him to pace himself, 502 00:53:44,200 --> 00:53:46,720 but I'm afraid that's not going to happen. 503 00:53:59,920 --> 00:54:04,040 I believe very strongly that the whole business of monarchy 504 00:54:04,040 --> 00:54:06,240 depends on continuity. 505 00:54:09,560 --> 00:54:12,280 I think the older you get, 506 00:54:12,280 --> 00:54:19,000 the more impact the sovereign can make on affairs. 507 00:54:24,840 --> 00:54:27,920 To that extent, I believe very strongly 508 00:54:27,920 --> 00:54:32,040 that one should continue until the end of one's life. 509 00:54:32,040 --> 00:54:37,560 And I see no reason why the Queen should ever...retire, if you like. 510 00:54:58,760 --> 00:55:02,360 Queen Elizabeth's was a life well lived, 511 00:55:02,360 --> 00:55:05,320 a promise with destiny kept, 512 00:55:05,320 --> 00:55:09,000 and she is mourned most deeply in her passing. 513 00:55:11,640 --> 00:55:13,560 To my darling mama... 514 00:55:15,200 --> 00:55:19,000 ..as you begin your last great journey 515 00:55:19,000 --> 00:55:21,840 to join my dear late papa, 516 00:55:21,840 --> 00:55:24,960 I want simply to say this... 517 00:55:24,960 --> 00:55:26,520 Thank you. 518 00:56:21,040 --> 00:56:23,280 How many do you think there are? One... 519 00:56:23,280 --> 00:56:26,320 One, two, three, four. Four! Well done. 520 00:56:30,240 --> 00:56:32,840 INTERVIEWER: What sort of advice will the father 521 00:56:32,840 --> 00:56:35,840 be passing on to the son from all you've learned? 522 00:56:40,920 --> 00:56:43,360 I hope that, rather like a farmer's son 523 00:56:43,360 --> 00:56:47,320 following his father around the farm and picking things up, 524 00:56:47,320 --> 00:56:50,440 that I would hope that he would do the same, in a sense. 525 00:56:52,200 --> 00:56:55,640 Are you coming with me? I'll come with you. Agh! 526 00:56:58,080 --> 00:57:01,360 Half the battle, isn't it, is how to adapt... 527 00:57:02,600 --> 00:57:06,520 ..without losing that element of continuity? 528 00:57:11,800 --> 00:57:14,880 CROWD: # God save our gracious King! Long live... # 529 00:57:18,600 --> 00:57:22,760 I, too, now, solemnly pledge myself, 530 00:57:22,760 --> 00:57:26,040 throughout the remaining time God grants me, 531 00:57:26,040 --> 00:57:28,760 to uphold the constitutional principles 532 00:57:28,760 --> 00:57:31,080 at the heart of our nation. 533 00:57:33,160 --> 00:57:38,840 I shall endeavour to serve you with loyalty, respect and love, 534 00:57:38,840 --> 00:57:41,240 as I have throughout my life. 535 00:57:45,640 --> 00:57:49,040 INTERVIEWER: Your Royal Highness, we've now come really full circle. 536 00:57:49,040 --> 00:57:52,680 You're now within days of this investiture of yours. 537 00:57:52,680 --> 00:57:55,760 What will that day mean to you personally? 538 00:57:57,920 --> 00:58:01,400 I think it'll probably mean quite a lot. 539 00:58:03,160 --> 00:58:04,480 I do enjoy ceremonies 540 00:58:04,480 --> 00:58:07,880 and I think that the British people do them so very well. 541 00:58:10,480 --> 00:58:13,560 Three cheers for His Majesty the King! 542 00:58:13,560 --> 00:58:14,960 Hip-hip! 543 00:58:14,960 --> 00:58:16,280 ALL: Hooray! 544 00:58:16,280 --> 00:58:17,560 Hip-hip! 545 00:58:17,560 --> 00:58:18,920 ALL: Hooray! 546 00:58:18,920 --> 00:58:19,960 Hip-hip! 547 00:58:19,960 --> 00:58:21,640 ALL: Hooray! 548 00:58:26,120 --> 00:58:28,560 One could be so cynical about this sort of thing and think, 549 00:58:28,560 --> 00:58:31,280 "Oh, it's only a ceremony." And, you know, 550 00:58:31,280 --> 00:58:34,440 "Perhaps it's for television." And, you know, "It's just a show!" 551 00:58:36,000 --> 00:58:38,680 But I like to think it's something a little bit more than that. 552 00:58:47,240 --> 00:58:49,240 I think it'll be a marvellous day, probably. 553 00:58:50,520 --> 00:58:53,240 As long as the weather stays fine. HE CHUCKLES