it goes to the foundational human need i think and for many british people the royal family are part hat. that's why they love the royal weddings. a lot of this tradition was invented recently but it doesn't matter because people believe it's existed for thousands of years. >> and the police have told us they're going to try to secure the homeless people's property for them and help them out for at least tonight. we don't know what will happen afterwards. i was struck by how nobody stopped to give any of those people mone coffe or anything else. patrick, you are an american citizen, people would be surprised to know. how and why is this such a big deal in america? boat loads of press are here, african-americans are here and it's captured the united states. obviously she's american but -- >> well, the americans love the royal family. i think it's some sort of sense of loss since 1776 and they like the idea that there is some connection with the old country but there's a new thing this time. i've been struck by the number of african-american women i've met at various business events who

this is the tension the royal family embodies. we are a society that claims to be about social mobility, equality of opportunity, a meritocracy. this is a family that represents generational inherited privilege. it's not a modern concept so the challenge for them is how they can retain the tradition that people do love while also making themselves something more people can relate to and i don't think this relationship is a cynical ploy to make them more relevant to new generations but had they wanted to do that, they could hardly have chosen a better move because meghan markle is not only of african heritage, but she's self-made. she's not from abject poverty but she's built her own career, she's followed her passions with a life-style blog. she's the kind of woman many young women would like to be. >> you've raised these issues, patrick, you've written the meghan markle factor and you have some quite interesting conclusions because i think you think it could go one way or the other for the royal family. it could either be a roarin

why does the british royal family families around the world.alfamily reign supreme? again, ithink the british royalfamily reign supreme? again, i think it goes back to the legacy of the empire, the vast global english—speaking media as well, which has such an influence. it is not surprising that some people in some parts of the world would get frustrated at the disproportionate impact that the royal family have. disproportionate impact that the royalfamily have. even disproportionate impact that the royal family have. even referencing hong kong about this sort of nostalgia for what was, whether it actually was, as people like to think it was, or not. the greater the history the more, obviously, fascination seems to be. even if you are frustrated by it, you can bet that over the coming days, and i think beyond that, the coverage that this couple will gardner will continue. what they do will be an object of immense fascination —— will garner. another institution that could do with a bit of a lag up is the fa cup, taking place on the same day. are

. >> he decided he might leave the royal family. >> haunted by his mother's death. >> it destabilized him, caused chaos, fears. >> he struggled to find his way. >> being royal for harry was a burden and a curse. >> she's an american actress. >> i was like, i'm going to have to up my game. >> unlike any royal bride before. >> go back a few generations and everything about meghan markle disqualifies her from marrying harry. >> a modern royal couple who will change history. >> the queen made an exception and broke from royal protocol. >> redefined royalty. >> do you see any scenario by which harry and meghan overshadow kate and william? >> it was my first thought. >> and modernize the monarchy. >> the world's view of the british monarchy will probably be determined more by harry and meghan than by william and kate. certainly than charles and camilla. that's a very unusual equation. >> tonight, "a royal match: harry and meghan." >> i never even heard about her until this friend said meghan markle. i said, right, give me a bit of background. >> it is july 2016 in london when britain's most

so you're such big fans of the british royal family do you really wish there was a rule family here in germany no. no. no no no no no no no we actually have a german royal family but how should i put it i know exactly the best. i could not imagine that i was stored with the flag with the american on. that. sorry germany britain wins this time reading. great stuff show thank you for bringing us the surge i think they're now in windsor where you are garrick one night to go before the big event do we know what title the queen has decided to give them as their wedding present. well meghan would get officially the title her royal highness princes henry of wales but you'll only have the title if she's standing next to a hospital and the title of the actual title as she would get is if the queen grounds her grandson the title of a duke and then she would become a duchess and carnley rights are high use that she could become the duchess of sussex but that we'll have to see how i did my just in windsor and with me in the studio do you have use charlotte tell some feel think you so very much hav

what do you think of the royal family? i don't care too much. idid royal family?i did watch the crown. what did you think of that? i loved it. i think it isa think of that? i loved it. i think it is a great thing that the royals are diversifying, and starting to look like the rest of the world. because personally, here in america, we don't believe in that royal staff. ever body's created equal. they should be working, just like i'm working. and action. hello everyone, and welcome to our royal wedding dish. harry is getting married thomas to an american! and actress! these americans are excited. # i just actress! these americans are excited. # ijust wild about harry, and harry is wild about meg. excited. # ijust wild about harry, and harry is wild about megm excited. # ijust wild about harry, and harry is wild about meg. it is like a local girl done good, so i think the interest in america is so great because it is one of our own marrying into the royal family, and an american divorcee hasn't married successfully into the royal family since it almost brought the br

and the monarchy because without that connection, the royal family wouldn't survive. >> as he has hisnce harry will likely continue to be a star in the royal show. with his irresistible appeal, down-to-earth charm and, like his mother, a natural ability to connect. with meghan by his side, this modern royal couple are on course to redefine britain's most famous family and change the monarchy forever. >>> ah, here we go, the pomp and the pageantry, the flags and the fascinators, the royals and the romance. the sun is rising on what is truly an historic day, not on here in windsor, england. but around the world everyone is watching. good morning. no matter where you are, i'm don lemon. >> and i'm clarissa ward just outside winds

what troubles me is the whole point of the royal family is that it whole point of the royal family istis whole point of the royal family is that it is supposed to be aloof and a deed, —— indeed snobbish i would say. you don't want it to be the kind of monarchy would bump into in the gym or in the art gallery? no, it it represents a glitch and wealth and to pretend otherwise is silly. the queen has never bowed to the populist agenda and she represents a kind of stiff upper lip person. that is why she has done rather well. i think the younger royals were getting into the celebrity culture who are rather desperate to be loved in spite of their privileged lifestyles. the amount of money via monarchy brings in in terms of tourism is enormous. but i think thatis tourism is enormous. but i think that is a salacious argument because the main argument in support of them is that it is a form of soft power, well my answer to that is france is a much more popular tourist destination and its royal legacy ivys destination and its royal legacy joys pudding draws crowds. we don't need living royals.

outsiders havejoined the royal family frequently, usually from other royal families.urn to america for a second time. the last time was catastrophic. ijust think we don't have a clue. the wedding is a ceremony, an english ritual that we did fa ntastically well, but we do it our way. it is very specific. it is classically staged and makes everyone feel good and no one mentions brexit. it will be a terrific 24 hours where no one mentions brexit. it will be great, but we can't predict how she will respond to these pressures. jessica, kehinde talks about the fact that we are deluding ourselves. what is your answer to that? we have to acknowledge that meghan is not a black woman. she is a mixed heritage woman, and there is a difference. my experience as a mixed heritage woman is not the same as that of my girlfriends who are fully black. particularly if they are darker skinned. there is a privilege that comes with having a lighter skin. so therefore we have to acknowledge that. she cannot be the champion. privilege is an interesting way of putting it, a privilege to have a

. >> he decided he might leave the royal family. >> haunted by his mother's death -- >> it destabilized him and caused chaos for years. >> -- he struggled to find his way. >> being royal for harry was a burden and a curse. >> she's an american actress. >> i have to up my game. >> unlike any royal bride before. >> go back aew generations, and everything about meghan markle disqualifies her from marrying harry. >> a modern royal couple who will change history. >> the queen made an exception and broke from royal protocol. >> redefined royalty. >> do you see any scenario by which harry and meghan overshadow kate and william? >> it was my first thought. >> and modernized the monarchy. >> the world's view of the british monarchy is probably going to be determined more by harry and meghan than by william and kate. certainly by charles and camilla. that's a very unusual situation. >> tonight a cnn special report. a royal match, harry and meghan. >> i'd never even heard about her until this friend said, meghan markle. i was like, right? okay. give me -- give me a bit of background. >> it is july

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legacy of the british empire and asks why so little attention is paid to the weddings of other royal familiesnally, the short list website asks, "what kind of man enjoys the royal wedding more than the fa cup final?" chelsea and manchester united face stiff competition

so you're such big fans of the british royal family do you really wish there was a rule family here in germany no no no why no no no no no no we actually have a german royal family but how should i put it exactly the best. i could not imagine that i was stored with the flag with america. sorry germany britain wins this time hurling. all right some very dedicated german royal fans there to tell us why do you think britain's royal family does have such global appeal. well i mean i think first of all there are the historic links of the commonwealth respective people who came here from us trade from canada so there are these toys that really go back through history but then i think the royals have really managed to be keep themselves interesting the queen is a symbol to us really respected around the world she's somebody who we almost never put so foot wrong she's so dignified she still after all these years the head of state and she's at my id really i think across the world for being so steady and a symbol of continued to you which is what people are looking for and then into the mix you

the royal family is a symbolic institution.aving a woman who is visibly of african heritage, who talks about that heritage in a senior, visible position in the royal family, certainly changes the symbolism around it. i think for someone like me growing up, had there been someone like her in the royal family at that level, it would have changed my relationship with britishness and made it that much easierfor me to understand that i can be black and british and that the two things are not fundamentally in conflict. questions around identity in britain have resurfaced following the controversy around the windrush generation. but meghan‘s identity could be seen as a bridge. her culture that she has from her mother is in her. her father's culture is in her and she is going to bring that, she is going to bring that to harry and the royal family. to me, i think they're willing to accept it. otherwise the queen would never have allowed this marriage to go ahead. for some, harry and meghan‘s marriage is not simply challenging royal trad

you could see the royal family. much harry is just in love with meghan, saying to her, you look amazing. >> that's what william said to kate. >> is that right? >> yes. what is interesting, i think we take it for granted now, we have been, for the last 30 years, at least, caught up in a narrative not of our own choosing but of this great family, this old family and their internal troubles. so we think, in a way, we know who they are. we don't know who they are. we can have an idea of who they are but part of what they wanted to do and what they have done as part of this narrative is allow us to think we know. he has said openly, harry said you don't know about my relationship with my brother. you don't know about my relationship with my sister-in-law, catherine. we don't. it's a double face. we think we know them but we don't. >> the queen is the master of that. her technique is interesting. this is where charles has come under question. people say to me, why doesn't she smile in public? she looks at something, you do

the british royal family prepares for a new member and a bit of a shake—up. morrow a divorced american woman — mixed race, with no royal background — will marry prince harry and make history. in the last hour, the two princes have been walking among the crowds. if the groom is nervous, he didn't show it. meghan and her mother arrive at their country house hotel for the night, after having tea with the queen and her husband to be. away from windsor, tragic news in america — another school shooting, this time in santa fe, texas, at least eight students have been killed. get in touch with us using #beyond1000ays. hello and welcome. i'm katty kay in windsor with christian fraser for our special coverage of the royal wedding. it has been a fantastic day, we have been all around the town. in the last hour, prince harry and his brother, prince william, have been shaking hands with well—wishers outside windsor castle on the eve of the royal wedding. there was such a big crowd, such a lot of security that christian almost didn't make it!” lot of security that christian

capture a friendly smile and wave from meghan. >> to see a black woman, a biracial part of the royal family: as it makes its way down windsor's narrow streets, this royal carriage ride feels more up close and personal than past ones. the crowd seems close enough to reach out and touch the royal couple. >> windsor itself is pretty small and i think hearing them sort of clop around the streets of windsor was actually felt very intimate. >> reporter: now on her biggest stage, the former actress seems to take it all in stride. >> i was very impressed that she didn't get emotional actually considering everything that was going on but she was incredibly composed and she just looked so happy. still, when it comes to royal protocol, it seems everyone's a critic. >> you have to learn to do the royal wave. >> reporter: what is the royal wave? earlier, anticipation was building for a group who've dubbed themselves the "u.n. of the carriage line." hailing from the u.s., canada, australia and the uk, the ladies are united by their common desire to find the prime viewing spot. >> we did research on this.

what do you expect to be the impact of meghan markel on this royal family? hink it's something that will play out over the next 50 years that she's part of the family. i don't think we want to put a huge amount of pressure on her right off the bat to change everything. she's the newest member of the family. i think we hope it's going to bring an openness, an american warmth to it. there's been reports that she is, as she says, a hugger. she is hugging people on staff at the palace. you know, i think that she may well bring, in addition to being a smart woman, who is incredibly well-educated and philanropi i think she will bng a warmth to the royal family. >> yeah. heather, the fact that meghan is biracial is something that's been discussed a great deal in the u.s., maybe than more here in the united kingdom. but race is a factor in all of this, that's the world we live in. what does that mean to you in terms of having a biracial member of the royal family? what does that mean for british society as a whole? >> i think just the world as a whole right now is mo

the royal family in this way.ow it will work. missed markle will enter the chapel, and walked the first part of the afternoon do the nave, accompanied by the tenant bridesmaids and pageboy. then at the choir screen at the left of the picture, prince charles willjoin her and a score her through the most historic part of the chapel, to where harry will be waiting for his bride. they will stand just there by the chapel‘s high altar. they will exchange their marriage vows and then the archbishop of canterbury will declare them to be husband and wife. for the bride, that solemn moment of her marriage into the british royal family will be witnessed by only one member of her own family, her mother, doria ragland. she was at windsor castle this afternoon to have tea with a queen. there had been speculation that she might have walked her daughter to the altar and wedding watchers and windsor, there was some disappointment that she is not. we would like to see her mum walk her down the aisle or perp walk herself down the ai

, itjust who is going to marry into the royal family, it just blows who is going to marry into the royalkey players get married! but we still follow what's happening, it still matters, they still know all the news and for sure they will be watching on saturday. australians will always be interested in the royal family, the queen is the head of state for us as well. it is on prime time on a saturday night. so it's the perfect time for everyone to have a barbecue during the day and then settle in for a great night watching the royal wedding from windsor. you can hear any language you can imagine from all over the world, you hear them speaking arabic, portuguese, spanish, whatever, and you think, this really turned into a big tv studio, windsor! it is super full! the media is everywhere, i heard that one of the american broadcasters has got 15 anchors here to cover it. and we are 110w anchors here to cover it. and we are now looking at the hotel on which every balcony has been overtaken by cameras. we can see cranes and cameras. we can see cranes and cameras and camera crews, it is all happ

are like a royal family. someone go from hollywood to a royal household in europe, but there are so special about this circular it absolutely is. people from her mother's community, it here in los angeles, which happens to be a predominantly african—american neighbourhood and community, they are re—elected. african—american neighbourhood and community, they are re-elected. they said they never thought in in the news that someone from their community would actually make it to become a member of the royal family. of course, she is by racial, she is divorced, she is just of course, she is by racial, she is divorced, she isjust reflecting of course, she is by racial, she is divorced, she is just reflecting the modern part of society that they a lwa ys modern part of society that they always hoped the royal family would follow winter. to have someone from their community to now be a member of the royal family, their community to now be a member of the royalfamily, they their community to now be a member of the roy

and cover news in a more generalfashion. royal family and cover news in a more general fashion.nce in gaza was reported, as it was at the top of monday's news at six, many viewers, as ever in relation to coverage of the middle east, were watching it carefully for signs of what they considered to be buyers. dozens of palestinians have been killed and thousands injured by israeli troops during protests, as america opens its new embassy injerusalem. officials say at least 52 people have died in the clashes at the gaza border in the bloodiest day of violence for years. hundreds of viewers thought the language used was too sympathetic to the israeli side, with terry wogan emailing: hundreds of others had the opposite perspective, with grade erg seizing ona perspective, with grade erg seizing on a different piece of wording. well, we asked bbc news about those charges from both sides that they had failed to be impartial, and they told us: finally, while some of that violence was taking place the new us embassy injerusalem was was taking place the new us embassy in jerusalem was being

i career find her before joining the royal family. s that it does provide a tourist boost that is most likely, by most accounts, bigger than what they cost the taxpayer. if the alternative is the tromp family... this is a byproduct of the popularity of the monarchy. but i don't think it is in essence the thing that makes it tick and that makes it so important. your argument about uniting the family behind one institution is important. especially now we are so institution is important. especially now we are so divided in britain on the brexit issue and others. it is a wonderful race but from all to have some family people. you have an example of divisions much deeper and more troubling in the uk. indeed already around this table and in the middle east. 70 years ago the state of israel was unilaterally established after a us partition plan that had been accepted by jewish leaders was rejected by arab ones. this was the original to take solution with the city ofjerusalem awarded to neither side. the borders of israel would change in the c

what does it tell us about the stock of european royal families?”has got a lot to do with the fact that members of the british and european royalfamilies have a larger circle of friends and they tend to go outside their social circle to meet other people in far more natural ways. you know, it is not like queen victoria bumming the almanac to find a spouse for one of her children. here, they go to university, they go to parties, they have friends who know people and it gives them an opportunity to mix and mingle with others and then they find someone who shares their interest but may not be the daughter ofan interest but may not be the daughter of an earl. basically almost every royal house now as a commoner. yeah, and thank you forjoining us. you're welcome. it is true, there are more commoners, and we use that word advisedly but that is very much normal now. let's talk a bit about what harry is like. with me now is dominic reid, chief executive of the invictus games foundation. we are going to talk about that but what katty won't know is that there

now her legacy is saving the royal family through her children. they have been embraced by erin. think they felt they had to come out and pay their tribute to them. yes, the walk arounds are unscripted. you wouldn't have soon this a few generation generations ago. we'll continue to see this since meghan is in the family. she wants to reach out to different causes. they had to find their role. many people thought they were obsolete. they are trying to find that balance. it's a great simila symbolism ie family. >> go ahead. >> no, go. go. >> you can't tell much from queen elizabeth about how she feels about anything. i'm getting reports from people who were downtown in windsor who tell me right now the crowds are screaming go oniggy. cheering for queen elizabeth. that's fairly new. there was a time we didn't see that. >> absolutely, there is such respect for the queen in this country. for so many she's the only monarch we've known. she's the mother to the nation. seventh in line for the thrown if that child is harry and megan's will be an american. that's looking well into the futu

>> because it just shows you that anyone can marry into the royal family. >> reporter: a recent study the u.k. say race shouldn't matter in the royal marriage. 75% say they would feel comfortable if their children married someone of a different race. but a government study also found a 27% increase in hate crimes in the past two years. steadman scott has lived in briksman for some 50 years. >> it's a color problem. it's a problem we have to address. >> reporter: there have been a number of negative public comments and headlines made about the markle family and her background. take this one, it reads straight out of compton. and another one that reads ms. markle's mother is dread locked african-american lady from the wrong side of the tracks at one point prince harry stepped in to defend markle and her family. in a statement his communications secretary cited the racial undertones of comment piece and the outright sexism of social media trolls. conducting a recent study on race in the u.k. what did you make of some the horrific things that the british press were writing about meghan ma

it is the place to be for the royal family's most devoted supporters. t in a row. i love harry, ijust think he's so down to earth. we went to william and catherine's wedding. i'm a big royal fan and a princess diana fan. it's not that she is american, it's just that harry has found someone. one more night to go, and then harry and meghan‘s big day will be here. our royal correspondent daniela relphjoins me now. this is the absolute focus now. we are getting a real insight into what it is going to be like tomorrow, this is where the big choreography will happen ahead of the wedding, so the big slope in front of us is where we are going to see the main 600 guests, the invited guests to the wedding, come down tomorrow. they're coming to decathlon buses, which will park out of sight around the corner, and then we will see them walk around, the spice girls, them walk around, the spice girls, the cast of suits, coming down that way into the south door. you might be able to pick out some of the foliage around there, we know that the theme is wild, natural lands

has evolved and how the royal family has evolved and how it has moved on and how it is moving with timeser after a school shooting in texas. ten people were killed and another ten were injured after dimitrios pagourtzis allegedly opened fire at santa fe high school using two guns that were legally owned by his father. the governor of texas said various explosive devices were also found on the school grounds. more than 100 people have died after a passenger plane crashed near the cuban capital of havana. according to state media, three people have survived but they're in a critical condition in hospital. the boeing 737 was headed to holguin, in the east of the island, but came down in a field shortly after take—off. bmw has announced it will be recalling a further 88,000 vehicles because of a fire risk. it comes a week after an investigation by the bbc‘s watchdog programme lead to more than 300,000 of the company's vehicles being recalled because they were found to be at risk of engine failure. there is something huge happening today. the fa cup final, of course. there is a big event here

the kardashians are like a royal family. right!od to a royal household in europe, but there is something special about this. it absolutely is! people from her mother's community here in los angeles, which happens to be a predominantly african—american neighbourhood and community, they are elated. they said they never thought that someone from their community would actually make it to become a member of the royal family. of course, she is bi—racial, she is divorced, she isjust reflecting the modern part of society that they always hoped the royal family would follow. to have someone from their community to now be a member of the royal family, they arejust exhilarated. a political bloc led by muqtada al—sadr has won iraq's parliamentary election. the populist cleric, who led two uprisings after the american—led invasion of iraq, is in position to appoint the country's next prime minister. muqtada al—sadr came to prominence in 2003, urging his militant followers to carry out attacks on us and british soldiers and fuelling violence occ

and they are seen as authentic stars. >> they have this energy that makes the royal family attractiveother young royals. prince charles, prince andrew, and their wives princess diana and sarah ferguson, the duchess of york. >> when sarah ferguson married into the royal family, as suddenly diana had some partners in crime all in their '20s. prince charles, heir to the throne, a good decade older than them all, had to behave. on some levels, we had a fab four, but they weren't particularly functional. >> reporter: but it would be diana and sarah who would go on to steal the spotlight. even before sarah's wedding, the duo would break royal protocol making headlines in the tabloids. >> they both got dressed up as policewomen and crashed prince andrew's bachelor party. you're not supposed to do that. >> reporter: but both learned to adjust to life set by palace rules. >> this was a family that is not like any other family. they have all these rules, all these protocols. they were sort of thrown into the deep end really. >> reporter: as diana stated it during her famous bbc news panorama in

that sense, , the raciale dimension she brings, the multicultural dimension she brings to the royal familymuch part of a pr exercise. i was a innocents meghan markle brings more to the family and the royal family brings to british people of color. ,my: is it true, priya gopal the queen and prince charles have had the power of veto, vetoing legislation? the queen delivering a pro-austerity speech with her one million pound hat, i think one, catalan from --, cassette google woman in one million pound had tells britain to live within its means" referring to her crown. close i think that posted usually the queen does have that power, but it is not ever really exercised and so what we have here is a constitutional figurehead who does what the government of the day tells her to. the mythology around the royal family also says they're not allowed to be political. by which is meant they are not actually allowed to intervene in political decisions made by the government of the day. i also understand that the queen does have the power to veto legislation. i have never known of it being used. perhaps

the last thing you want to happen is to have your family make things bubble up. >> i think the royal family would hate to watch all this happening now. >> they will learn some lessons. one does wonder why the palace didn't make her family perhaps sign ndas, for instance, make sure me were okay financially, so forth. no one can prepare you for royal life. >> reporter: the spectacle of this past week is just a taste of the scrutiny the 36-year-old will experience once she joins the royal family on saturday. >> it's a goldfish bowl, at the end of the day. the queen mother described monarchy as an intolerable privilege. and it is that. >> reporter: becoming part of the british royal family was a jarring transformation for princess diana, too. the shy 19-year-old nursery schoolteacher became the most-photographed woman in the world. she spoke about it during her famous bbc news panorama interview. >> i couldn't understand the level of interest. the media were everywhere. here was a fairy story that everybody wanted to work. and so it was isolating. but it was also a situation where you couldn't

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cheering the royal family thanks the public for their support of the royal wedding, after thousands line the streets of windsor to see prince harry and meghan markle. the new duke and duchess of sussex left for their evening reception in an electricjaguar. the couple are staying in the uk rather than going on honeymoon straightaway. in other news, a major overhaul of train timetables begins today, affecting half a million passengers. survivors of terror attacks and relatives of victims sign an open letter, calling on the public to help stop future atrocities. also in the next hour — officials in cuba say 110 people are now known to have died in a plane crash near havana. three women who survived remain in a critical condition. one of the plane's flight recorders has been recovered from the wreckage. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the royal family have thanked those who travelled to windsor yesterday for the wedding of prince harry and meghan markle, and the hundreds of millions estimated to have watched on television around the world. last night, the couple, now known as the duk

diane dragged the royal family kicking and screaming into the 20th century. said from the moment she set foot in that family there was never any feeling in it and that she really wanted to lead from the heart and not the head. >> diana lived a life of fairytale and tragedy. hunted by the press. beloved by the people. a charismatic and yet complex character. vulnerable and manipulative. but strong and sympathetic. there can be no question of the impact she made. her boys, william and harry, have combined the best of the traditions of the monarchy with the warmth and humanity of their mother. a commitment to public service. deep personal compassion. and a dedication to family. qualities that make diana's legacy as vibrant today as it was 20 years ago. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: the following is a cnn special report. >>> he was the party prince. >> he was photographed incessantly in one nightclub after another. >> who rebelled against royalty. >> he decided he might leave the royal family. >> haunted by his mother's death. >> it destabilized him, caused chaos, fears. >> h