For a time during the 1980s the Royal Family were not just the most influential family in Britain but probably in Europe and Prince Charles specifically was very much like a defacto Cabinet member and what he said actually had impact on public policy.
- Andrew Morton
Very, Britain, Influential, Public Policy
He's a TV producer, a theatrical impresario, and he wants to be treated as Mr. Windsor but when the going gets rough he wants to be treated like a member of the Royal Family.
- Andrew Morton
Treated, TV, Theatrical, Windsor
I would argue that television and particularly the BBC were instrumental in puffing up the Royal Family to a level where they were inflated out of all, all proportion to their relevance on the national scene.
- Andrew Morton
Level, BBC, Particularly, Royal Family
They defined what was private and what was public and they would move it whenever they wished.
- Andrew Morton
Private, Move, Whenever, Defined
Stories about Diana's fashions, about possible rows between Charles and Diana, these were meat and drink.
- Andrew Morton
Stories, Were, Fashions, Meat
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