. >> reporter: diana spencer was 18 at the time, hounded by press e began dating prince charles. the media dubbed her motorcycle the shameal p aides called it unsuitable for a royal to be. >> shocking, they thought royalty should be riding in carriages. >> reporter: so she sold it before herwedding in 1981. >> this was the last link to her freed dome before she was put in a guilded cage. >> reporter: 40 years later, they are selling it again and it's expected to fetch a king's ransom, about $30,000, with popularity of the crown, does it add to it? >> it's so hot now. anything to do with royalty. >> reporter: do you think they will buy it to ride it? >> that could be sacriledge. >> reporter: it has three gears and decades of royalty history. bidding begins april 28th. ian news, london. >>> and that's the "cbs overnight news" for this wednesday. for some of you the news continues, for everybody else, check back later for cbs this morning and any time you can follow us online, at cbs news.com. report religion from the nation's capitol. >>> it's wednesday, april 28th, 2021. this is t

. >> reporter: diana spencer was just 18 at the time, hounded by the press as she began dating princeicycle "t aides reportedly called it unsuitable for a royal-to-be. >> shocking, isn't it? they considered royalty should be driven by carriages drown by white horses. >> reporter: diana stopped riding it and sold it for a few dollars before her royal wedding in 1981. >> this was the last link to her freedom before she was put in >> reporter: 40 years later, a british auctioneer is selling it again. it's expected to fetch a king's ransom, about $30,000. with the popularity of the crown, does that add value to it? >> absolutely. it's so hard now -- anything to do with the royal family -- >> reporter: do you think people will buy this bike to ride it? >> that would be sacrilege. >> reporter: the 26-inch bike has three gears and decades of royal history. bidding in the online auction begins april 28th. ian lee, cbs news, london. >>> well, this isn't the first time the bike has gone under the hammer. five years ago, it sold for $15,000. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning" now, the future of

. >> watched by millions around the world, diana's brother, charles spencer, gives the eulogy. >> williamd harry, we all care desperately for you today. how great your suffering is we cannot even imagine. >> spencer vows that his family will protect william and harry and honor diana's wishes for her sons. >> we, your blood fleeamily, wi do everything we can to continue the imaginative way in which you were steering these young men so their souls are not simply immersed by duty and tradition but can sing openly as you planned. >> he was throwing down the gauntlet really at the monarchy. charles was absolutely furious because he regarded this as an attack on him. as somebody who could stifle her spirit and perhaps stifle the spirit of his boys. >> i'm so proud to be able to call my sister the unique, the complex, the extraordinary and irreplaceable diana whose beauty both internal and external will never be extinguished from our minds. >> this sounded to us inside the abbey like the patter of rain on the roof. and then it got louder and louder and we thought a thunderstorm, hail stones. no.

princess diana's brother earl spencer said the show should come with a disclaimer, warning it is fiction royal family says there's an ounce of truth. this morning, queen elizabeth is learning to live without her prince for the first time in 73 years. a love story played out in public. >> here's the moment they have been waiting for. >> we watched their wedding, trips around the world, growing family, state dinners and dances and wondered what fl lives were like behind palace walls. >> the only person i ever loved is you. >> the fictional hit series "the crown" portrays a loving relationship but complicated one, with prince philip frustrated by royal duties from the start. >> don't worry. we'll put you to work. >> my work is as a naval officer. >> historians say it doesn't come close to real life. >> one can frankly ignore all of it when it comes to the actual historical prince philip who was a very different person. he was a loving father as i say, he was somebody who all his children looked up to immensely. >> prince harry told the late late show james corden "the crown" is loosely base

the world saw the duke marching with his son and his grandsons and diana's brother, earl spencer, behindfelt that he didn't want to do it. and the duke of edinburgh said to him, "look, if i walk too, will you walk?" and he did. we know, from what william and harry have said many years later, _ it was one of the hardest things - they'd ever done and neither of them are particularly sure - that they should have done it. i think philip's attitude was that you couldn't shut out the grief but you needed to deal with it in the moment and then move on. it was, i suspect, his formula for life, really. prince philip spent most of his life following the queen, giving up his naval career to accompany the monarch on all commonwealth and state visits. he came to british shores as an immigrant, stateless, and went on to represent the most masculine and strident side of the british monarchy. any institution of a certain age can become a bit anaemic, i think, - and prince philip ensured that that l didn't happen to the royal family. | and that energy of his, _ the drive and the sort of manliness, and th

and i think diana famously said, he may look like a spencer but he is a windsor.he world begins to mourn the loss of prince philip, all eyes will turn to whether his passing will help heal the fractured family. >> will that improve relations between the brothers in the long run? for harry, it's going to be a difficult moment. flying back to the family where things are pretty strained between him and the other family members. it's going to believe a lot of on awkward conversations that may or may not happen. >> there's still significant hurt there between family members over the interview and fall-out from that. however, like any family, the royal family will be coming together and mourning together in this time and wanting to support each other and of course that can help mend relationships. >> the royal family lives for duty. it's engrained and prince rs charles knows what he needs to do. and prince william does as well with. that's their duty and they will do all they can to maintain the monarchy. >> and as night falls on windsor castle, mourners still coming by

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we just got news of a tweet from princess diana's brother charles, charles spencer, goodness, what aent of silence. we have been watching out here buckingham palace to see if maybe crowds would come. we've seen those flowers out at windsor castle all week even though the palace said to stay away who wanted to come out. we've been talking about comparisons with diana's funeral and we're in the middle of a pandemic and you couldn't possibly have that many people, but the flowers laid outside after diana's funeral. the royal family has reacted differently this time, has learned from their silence following diana's funeral and we got unbelievable thoughtful statements from the royal family and while there were no eulogies, we did get the coordinated statements from the brothers and prince william and prince harry, and i want to remind the viewers of the personal language. prince philip he said i feel lucky and he talks about his sense of adventure and his mischievous sense of humor. prince harry, he was authentically himself and he could hold the attention of any room due to his charm. h

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