1980s news clips - Charles and Diana marry

Title

1980s news clips - Charles and Diana marry

Genre

News report; Vox pop; Speech; Special

TX Date

29 Jul 1981

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:04:22

Description

Montage of recordings of the wedding of Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles (Prince of Wales) at St Paul’s Cathedral, London, on 29/07/81. Includes vox pop with crowds (reporter not identified - poss. Tommy Boyd); ceremony led by Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Robert Runcie; excerpt from interviews with Diana Spencer and Prince Charles; sound of bells at end of ceremony. The main reporter is Bob Holness. From a series of news clips from the 1980s used in a retrospective compilation at the end of the decade.

Contributors

Bob Holness; Robert Runcie; Prince Charles; Prince of Wales; Diana Spencer; Tommy Boyd?

Keywords

London; British; Marriage; Royal family; Royalty; Prince Charles; Royal weddings; Princess Diana; St Paul’s Cathedral; Princess of Wales; Diana Spencer; Prince of Wales

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