The story of an English family, written by ALISON PLOWDEN
On 29 July at St Paul's, London. Lady Diana
Spencer will become the wife of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales.
Among some of her distinguished ancestors is another Lady Diana. of whom HORACE WALPOLE wrote:
' Old Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough. was persuaded to offer her favourite granddaughter, Lady Diana Spencer , to the Prince of Wales with a fortune of £100,000.' Introduced by John Julius Norwich with Valerie Skardon as Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough James Tomlinson as George John , the second Earl Spencer Peter Bell as John Charles Spencer , Viscount Althorp
Other excerpts from letters and journals read by COLIN BEAN ,
DELIA CORRIE , KEITH CLIFFORD , CHARLES FOSTER , VALERIE GEORGESON , JOHN JARDINE , ANN RYE , WILL TACEY and GARETH BUSHILL
Theme composed by NIGEL HESS
Producer TREVOR HILL BBC Manchester