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William & Kate TV Special: Do Not Broadcast Until 2009? PDF Print E-mail
Written by Joanne Leyland   
Friday, 08 February 2008

When the engagement of Charles and Camilla was announced on February 10th 2005, television stations in Britain immediately went to air with documentaries on the happy couple.

Although there was a time when even St. James's Palace - now the former home of the Prince of Wales - officially announced that Charles had no intention of re-marrying, it was clear that a media told by Prince Andrew that the Palace had been "lying" to the press for decades weren't about to be caught out.


Amazingly, this is what had happened back in February 1981, when the British TV industry - then consisting of nothing more than the terrestrial channels of BBC1, BBC2 and ITV - was caught slightly unawares by the engagement of Charles and Diana.




Whilst already well prepared to celebrate the happiest times for the Royal Family, broadcasters are similarly prepared to document any sadness.

TV obituaries of all of the senior royals, whatever their age, are regularly updated.




Ironically, one TV channel was condemned in the early 1990s when it was revealed that as well as those of the older royals such as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, a TV obituary of the young Princess of Wales - a lady who had only recently celebrated her 30th birthday - had been produced.


 
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