Plus, they'd forgotten their tickets at Vicki's house! There wasn't enough time to fetch the tickets, and barely enough time to get to Albert Hall. Bryan and his girlfriend Vicki said they'd meet me at my apartment atħ:30, and we'd take the bus to the hall, giving us plenty of time to clear security before the 8pm cut-off.Īs it turns out, Bryan and Vicki didn't arriveĪt my apartment until 7:55. My apartment was in Kensington, not far from Albert Hall. Sternly warned, would be admitted after 8:00pm!! We were told to arrive at Albert Hall no later than 8:00pm, after which the hall We were invited to a small pre-show reception which the Prince and Princess Bryan's label, A&M Records, offered us tickets for the very first 'Prince's Trust' charity concertĪt the Royal Albert Hall, with Supertramp headlining. I were living in London, writing songs at Zomba Studios. March 1986, a few months before the royals appeared at the Vancouver World's Fair, Bryan and On his own with revelations about his mistress Camilla Parker-BowlesĪnd the eventual collapse of his marriage to Diana. In the time of Henry VIII a song like this might have got us beheaded, but Charlesĭidn't pose any such a threat - and anyway, he was about to get into enough trouble It was front page news in Canada and the UK. The future King of England (and Canada by association) with lyrics like 'Whatcha doin' with a guy like Have a secret and very inappropriate 'crush' on the Princess, the Britishpress claimed, but he had insulted World's Fair, the British press got their hands on a copy of the songĪnd attempted, unsuccessfully, to fabricate a scandal. When Charles and Diana visited Vancouver in May 1986 to officially open the Instead, it languished in relative obscurity as the He was concerned it might offend the royal couple, so he pulled it from his 'Reckless' album. Lady Diana Spencer, I thought it was one of our better songs at the time. Intended as a spoof on the (then) recent marriage Bryan and I had a few laughs while writing the lyrics. Been fond of this song, mostly because it was so much fun to write.

Songs by bryan adams