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Prince Charles / Debrett's #276741

CBS Evening News for Sunday, Apr 26, 1981
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(Studio) Prince Charles reported falling off horse again; details given, films shown. Sunday Mirror's account of Lady Diana's alleged reaction noted. Debrett's Peerage said jumping the gun on Prince's marriage.
REPORTER: Morton Dean

(London, England) Debrett's publication of book on royal wedding, authored by Hugo Vicars, before Charles' engagement to Lady Diana was made known examined. [VICARS - notes risk he took.] Debrett's role in British aristocracy recalled. [Debrett's editor Charles KIDD - reacts to suggestion to eliminate common relatives of one entrant.] Death said only way to get out of book; company's ancestry research examined. [MAN - reads in Medieval Latin.] Debrett's family trees for Ronald Reagan, Prince Charles and Lady Diana noted; obsession of Americans and Australians with family trees cited. [Managing director Harold BROOKS-BAKER - thinks it's the mystery that attracts.]
REPORTER: Martha Teichner

Reporter(s):
Dean, Morton;
Teichner, Martha
Duration:
00:03:10

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