Princess Diana's Prank Proposal

0:00It's April 3rd. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News today, driven by AI, what everyone's talking about. Princess Diana once spilled in secret tapes that King Charles's marriage proposal hit her like a total prank. This from her chats with biographer Andrew Morton back in 1992 for his hit book on her life. They had only hung out a handful of times. Over six months, she was just 19, he was 32, and boom. She February 1981, he, pops the question at Windsor Castle. She knew it was coming after his phone call, saying he had something big to ask, but Panic said in hard. Next day she shows up, he says he's missed her, then asks will she marry him. No ring ready, just a briefcase of options from the jeweler, and she picks that famous 12-carat sailor on sapphire stunner in 18-care white. Gold with 14 diamonds around it. Diana laughed it off at first, said, yeah, okay, but Charles was dead serious, even warning

1:00her she'd be queen one day. When she gushed, I love you so much, he hit back with whatever love means, a line that stuck and came up again in their awkward TV interview. Red flags early, but she rolled with the whirlwind vibe. Friends screamed with joy when she got back. Family was thrilled too, her dad calling it wonderful, though her brother straight up asked who to. She figured it was just a step up from her comfy lady Diana life in a big house with her own cash, not seeing the royal storm ahead. Their wedding went down that July, separation announced late 1992, divorce finalized, 1996, a year before her death at 36, wild how that sapphire ring ended up on Kate Middleton's finger from Prince William, closing a circle on what started as her big maybe joke moment.