Home and royal news review 1995

Title

Home and royal news review 1995

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

25 Dec 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

01:01:06

Description

Will Roncon presents the Home and Royal News Review of 1995. It covers Prince Charles and Princess Diana (Prince and Princess of Wales)’s marriage and divorce, Prince William starting at Eton, the Duchess of York’s marriage, and the Queen being tricked into a conversation with someone she thought was the Prime Minister of Canada. The second half of the programme looks at home affairs, including the West trial, the death of Phillip Lawrence, the trial of Gordon Wardell who tried to cover up the murder of his wife by claiming it was part of a burglary, Anthony Williams 8-year fraud, the funeral of Ronnie Kray, protests over the death of a man who died in custody in Brixton, the acquittal of 2 police officers for the murder of illegal immigrant Joy Gardner, Craig Charles’s call for the defence of people accused of rape before trial, the death of 6 teenagers in a road accident, the death of 10 pensioners on a coach trip, the death of a teenager after taking a contaminated ecstasy pill, the fight to keep hospitals running , the turning away of a child with leukaemia from a hospital, the homes for votes row, the death of animal rights protester Jill Phipps and the impact on animal rights, the boycott of Shell, the relationship of Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley, the knighthood of Cliff Richard, the marriage of Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley, and a look at the great and good who died during the year.

Contributors

Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Charles; Hugh Jones; Prince of Wales; Hugh Grant; Sarah Ferguson; Princess of Wales; Princess Diana; Paul Condon; Lisa Marie Presley; Michael Jackson; Paul Betts; Janet Betts; Stephen West; Gordon Wardell; Elizabeth Hurley; Cliff Richard; James Whitaker; Princess Beatrice

Keywords

Deaths; Politics; Actors; Performers; Musicians; Fraud; Crime; Family disorganization; Shell (company); Teachers; Council housing; Hospitals; Homicide; Marriage; Murderers; Illegal drugs; Murder trials; Criminals; Policing practice; Police personnel; Political corruption; Funerals; News flow; Famous people; Royal family; Royalty; Relationships; Rape; Ronnie Kray; Road accidents; Animal rights movement; Jill Phipps; Joy Gardner; Anthony Williams; Prince William; Rosemary West; Verdicts; Philip Lawrence; Ecstasy (drug); Marriage dissolution; Edged weapons; Fred West; Kinghthoods

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