Saturday July 25, 1981

Diana: tears.

 _. Ally made me go shopping with her. I was opposed to the idea. We stamped around John Street Market buying lamb chops and bunches of grapes, but without enthusiasm. We were home at 4. Ally concocted a lasagne, but we didn't eat until 9. We have arranged to go to Mum's tomorrow evening. To avoid the Royal International Horse Show on the telly we switched over to BBC2 and Boris Karloff.

Royal wedding trivia: Poor Lady Diana is giving in to her nerves in these final, gruelling days before the royal nuptials. At a polo match in Hampshire she burst into tears following a harrowing experience with ardent photographers and she was led away, quite desolate, by Lord and Lady Romsey. She didn't stay long enough to see the Prince of Wales strike a ball. Obviously, news coverage of the event are taking the angle that the bride is about to call off the greatest royal event since the restoration of King Charles II.

Bed followed the lasagne.

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