Home>News Center>Life
         
 

Diana video reveals desire to elope with lover
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-12-08 09:04

Princess Diana considered fleeing royal life with her palace bodyguard lover Barry Mannakee, according to videotaped interviews broadcast on US television.


Princess Diana, seen here in an undated file photo, considered fleeing royal life with her palace bodyguard lover Barry Mannakee, according to videotaped interviews broadcast on US television. [AFP]
The tapes, aired by the NBC network, were recorded between 1992 and 1993 by Diana's voice coach, Peter Settelen.

At one point, Diana recounted how, with her four-year marriage to Prince Charles all but broken down, she fell in love with Mannakee, who was eventually killed in a motorcycle accident in 1987.

"He was the greatest friend I've ever had," Diana said, adding that she had even considered running away with him.

"I was quite happy to give this all up ... just to go off and live with him. Can you believe it?" she said. "And he kept saying he thought it was a good idea, too."

Diana, who died in a Paris car crash in 1997, was 24 at the time of her romantic involvement with Mannakee -- 14 years her senior and also married.

"I was like a little girl in front of him the whole time, desperate for praise. Desperate," she said.


The late Princess Diana and bodyguard Barry Mannakee who died in a motorcycle accident in 1987 are seen in Windsor, England, in this June 20, 1984 file photo. [AP]
Gossip of the affair spread quickly through the royal household.

"It got so difficult, and people got so jealous, bitchy, in this house," Diana said. "And eventually he had to go. It was all found out and he was chucked out."

Then, on their way to a premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in 1987, Diana said Prince Charles turned and casually informed her that Mannakee had been killed in a road accident.

"That was the biggest blow of my life, I must say. That was a real killer," she said.

Later in the tape, Diana goes so far as to suggest that Mannakee was "bumped off," although Settelen said he didn't believe she was serious.

"I didn't get the feeling that she fundamentally believed that he'd been bumped off," Settelen told NBC. "It was more about someone close to her being taken away."

Diana worked with Settelen for 16 months, training for more than 120 hours and writing and rehearsing more than a dozen speeches, including a passionate talk about bulimia that was widely regarded as her most successful public address.

The videotapes were recorded as part of Settelen's method of interviewing his clients.

Settelen fought a long legal battle with Diana's family for control of the tapes before selling them to NBC.



China bans Nike TV ad as national insult
'Memoirs of a Geisha' posters released
Diana video reveals desire to elope with lover
  Today's Top News     Top Life News
 

Lenovo buys IBM's PC unit for $1.25 billion

 

   
 

Prices take largest jump since 1997

 

   
 

VW opens new auto venture with FAW

 

   
 

EU to send 'positive' signal on arms ban

 

   
 

Views on filial piety see change

 

   
 

Death, 'rape' case of teacher in spotlight

 

   
  Trial opens on death, 'rape' of teacher
   
  China bans Nike TV ad as national insult
   
  Popular young writer loses plagiarism lawsuit
   
  Dual nationality called among overseas Chinese
   
  Pregnancy help for girls under 18
   
  'Memoirs of a Geisha' posters released
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  Related Stories  
   
Diana tapes suggest lover 'bumped off'
   
Diana says suspects lover 'bumped off'
   
Diana photographers confirmed acquittal
   
Diana fountain bubbles with controversy
   
Report: Diana got big divorce settlement
   
Voice coach recovers Diana footage, lawyer says
   
Diana's ex-lover in drug arrest
  Feature  
  Sexual views polled among Chinese women  
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 亚洲视频手机在线| 好吊妞视频免费视频| 免费人成在线观看网站| 日本zzzzwww大片免费| 妖精视频一区二区三区| 乱人伦中文视频在线| 男生把女生桶爽| 国产大秀视频一区二区三区| h成人在线观看| 日韩av激情在线观看| 亚洲综合久久成人69| 色爱无码av综合区| 国产精品无码翘臀在线观看| 三男三女换着曰| 樱桃视频高清免费观看在线播放| 内射干少妇亚洲69xxx| 黑白禁区在线观看免费版| 夜鲁鲁鲁夜夜综合视频欧美 | 亚洲国产综合在线| 精品第一国产综合精品蜜芽 | 中文字幕无码日韩欧毛| 欧美人成在线观看| 俄罗斯激情女同互慰在线| 韩国v欧美v亚洲v日本v| 国产美女一级特黄毛片| 一边摸一边爽一边叫床视频| 日韩在线视频观看| 亚洲欧洲综合在线| 精品亚洲成a人在线观看| 国产大秀视频一区二区三区| 57pao成人国产永久免费视频| 小小视频日本高清完整版| 久久无码人妻精品一区二区三区 | 免费av一区二区三区| 蜜芽亚洲欧美一区二区电影| 国产精品亚洲欧美| china成人快色| 拨牐拨牐x8免费| 久草视频在线网| 欧美激情成人网| 免费在线看污网站|