The Queen's Diamond Decades - 1980s
Royalty • 45m
When the 80s began, there was one question on everybody’s lips: whom would Prince Charles, the world’s most eligible bachelor, take for a bride? We soon had our answer and Lady Diana Spencer became famous around the world. A politically charged decade ended with the exhilarating fall of the Berlin Wall. Through times of celebration and turmoil, our Queen still reigned supreme.
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