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Diana
Diana Foreword
Even at a distance of 25 years, it is a scarcely believable story. Hollywood producers would dismiss the script as much too far-fetched; a beautiful but desperate princess, an unknown writer, an amateur go-between and a book that would change the Princess’s life forever.
In 1991 Princess Diana was approaching 30. She had been in the limelight all of her adult life. Her marriage to Prince Charles in 1981 was described as a ‘fairytale’ by the Archbishop of Canterbury. In the popular imagination, the Prince and Princess, blessed with two young sons, Princes William and Harry, were the glamorous and sympathetic face of the House of Windsor. The very idea that their ten-year marriage was in dire trouble was unthinkable – even to the notoriously imaginative tabloid press. Commenting on a joint tour of Brazil that year, the Sunday Mirror described them as presenting a ‘united front to the world’, their closeness sending a ‘shiver of excitement’ around the massed media ranks.
Shortly afterwards I was to learn the unvarnished truth. The unlikely venue for these ext
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Diana, Princess of Wales
Member of the British royal family (1961–1997)
Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see Diana Spencer (disambiguation), Lady Di (disambiguation), People's Princess (disambiguation), and Princess Diana (disambiguation).
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Diana in 1997 | |
| Born | Diana Frances Spencer (1961-07-01)1 July 1961 Park House, Sandringham, England |
| Died | 31 August 1997(1997-08-31) (aged 36) Paris, France |
| Cause of death | Car crash |
| Burial | 6 September 1997 Althorp, Northamptonshire, England |
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| Noble/royal house | |
| Father | John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer |
| Mother | Frances Roche |
| Education | |
Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Frances Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997), was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Charles III (then Prince of Wales) and mother of Princes William and Harry. Her activism and glamour, which made her an international icon, earned her enduring popularity.
Diana was born into the British nobility and grew up clo
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Diana: Her True Story (book)
Authorised biography of Diana, Princess of Wales by Andrew Morton
Diana: Her True Story (later published as Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words) is an authorised biography of Diana, Princess of Wales, written by Andrew Morton. The book was published in the United Kingdom in hardcover format on 16 June 1992 by Michael O'Mara Books.[1] The book was controversial as it detailed out Diana's suicidal unhappiness within her marriage and her struggles with depression.[1] At the time of publication, Buckingham Palace denied any cooperation between the princess and Morton,[1] but it was later revealed that Diana was the main source behind the book's content.
Background and writing
In October 1986, while escorting the Princess of Wales on an official royal visit to St Thomas' Hospital where she opened a new CT scanner in James Colthurst's X-ray department, he met royal journalist Andrew Morton.[2] Colthurst was a "middle-man" between Diana and Morton, who wrote the biography on the princess.[
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