People: Sep. 21, 1981

Like so many of the approximately 25,000 spectators who turned out for the Braemar Highland Games in Scotland, Prince Charles, 32, and Diana, Princess of Wales, 20, donned their tartans. During the opening ceremonies, however, Diana's highland fling turned a bit flippant: as the band struck up God Save the Queen, the young Princess continued chatting with the Prince. Hardly the proper reaction, especially when the subject of the song is standing a few feet away. Without saying a word, Queen Elizabeth turned to her daughter-in-law with that now famous "We are not...

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