750 million people watch worldwide. December 1981 Michael Shea, Press Secretary for the Queen, invites Fleet Street editors to Buckingham Palace. The Queen appeals to the editors asking them to lay off the Royal family and especially, to lay off the Princess who is pregnant. The Sun reports problems in the marriage. Lloyd Turner, Sun's editor, is sacked for the day.
Tabloids start to make fun of Prince Charles.
Tabloids start counting the days Diana and Charles spend apart and the various problems in their marriage. Palace denies any rift. Rupert Murdoch holds off publishing it. Lady Colin Campbell publishes a book talking about Diana's relationship with four men. It's serialised in the Sunday Mirror.