Diana autobiography
Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words
This is easily the best biography I've ever read. And it's been a long time coming. Ever since I heard of this I've wanted to read it. It just so happens that I was recently in St John's and stopped to browse a local used bookshop, inside which I found a pristine copy of the book. It is also fitting that I read it during the summer that is the 20th anniversary of her death.
There is so much about this woman that I did not know. Or, if I knew it, I didn't know the extent to which it affected her life.
Her relationship with Charles. I learned so much about how it began, how it evolved, and how it ended. I was horrified to hear just how involved Camilla Parker-Bowles was from the very beginning. I always thought Parker-Bowles was introduced into the love triangle much later. I was mistaken. I felt the sadness, frustration, anger, resentment, and all other feelings that Diana felt as she watched her husband carry on an affair with Parker-Bowles during their marriage. There were dozens of meetings behind closed doors, romantic letters exchanged, phone calls had, all to knowledge of the tortured Lady Diana who had no other option but to sit idly by and allow this to go on.
I, myself, am clinically diagnosed with anxiety. So, when I read about her eating disorder, I couldn't help but empathise with her, because I know what it's like to be at the complete mercy of your own brain. But, the book is written well enough that you don't need to personally have been affected by a mental disorder to understand that it is painful and tortuous. And it certainly doesn't help when you're being dragged through a troubled marriage in front of billions of watchful eyes. We all have our down days. Now, amplify it to the size of the entire planet; Diana's survival shows the triumph of an incredible woman and human. I think it's the love she shared, and received, from complete strangers that saved her. And a litt
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 by Michael O'Mara Books. The book was controversial as it detailed out Diana's suicidal unhappiness within her marriage and her struggles with depression. At the time of publication, Buckingham Palace denied any cooperation between the princess and Morton, but it was later revealed that Diana was the main source behind the book's content.
Background and writing
In October , 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. Colthurst was a "middle-man" between Diana and Morton, who wrote the biography on the princess. In , Colthurst conducted secret interviews with the Princess of Wales in which she talked about her marital issues and difficulties. He brought her questions from Morton and recorded tapes of her answers to bring back to him. Colthurst said of the experience, "She [Diana] was enormously enthusiastic to have her story out there, she knew exactly what she was doing. I'd cycle in, the recorder was in the briefcase, nothing surprising there. I'd go in and we'd normally have a few questions before lunch, we'd have lunch then we'd come out after lunch, I'd clip the microphone on and she'd finish them off." In , shortly before Diana: Her True Story was published, the princess wrote to Colthurst, saying: "Obviously we are preparing for the volcano to erupt and I do feel better equipped to cope with whatever comes our way! T Member of the British royal family (–) Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see Diana Spencer (disambiguation), Lady Di (disambiguation), People's Princess (disambiguation), and Princess Diana (disambiguation). Diana in Althorp, Northamptonshire, England Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Frances Spencer; 1&#;July &#;– 31&#;August ), 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 close to the royal family, living at Park House on their Sandringham estate. In , while working as a nursery teacher's assistant, she became engaged to Charles, the eldest son of Elizabeth&#;II. Their wedding took place at St&#;Paul's Cathedral in July and made her Princess of Wales, a role in which she was enthusiastically received by the public. The couple had two sons, William and Harry, who were then respectively second and third in the line of succession to the British throne. Diana's marriage to Charles suffered due to their incompatibility and extramarital affairs. They separated in , soon after the breakdown of their relationship became public knowledge. Their marital difficulties were widely publicised, and the couple divorced in As Princess of Wales, Diana undertook royal duties on behalf of the Queen and represented her at functions across the Commonwealth realms. She was celebrated in the media for her beauty, style, charm, and later, her unconv In The Crown Season 5, the second episode finds Elizabeth Debicki’s Princess Diana in a dilemma. (A note for the reader: spoilers are to follow.) She’s miserable in her marriage to Prince Charles, who is in love with Camilla Parker Bowles. The press follows her every move—so much so that Diana even fears that her home at Kensington Palace might be bugged. And most of all, she feels trapped. Leaving Charles means potentially sacrificing not only her role as an altruistic public servant but her sons: As heirs to the throne, they’d have to remain behind in England if Diana were to move anywhere else. “I’d love to have a book out there so everyone understands how difficult it’s been,” Debicki’s Diana says to her friend James Colthurst when he tells the princess that a journalist named Andrew Morton is writing a book. “But I don’t want to be responsible for starting a war.” Secretly, Colthurst agrees to be an intermediary between the two. Morton provides him with questions, which he, in turn, passes on to the princess. She records her answers on tape, and Colthurst returns them to Morton. Since Colthurst is a frequent visitor to Kensington Palace, no one suspects a thing. The Crown is known for putting an exaggerated spin on real-life events. In the case of Diana’s tell-all book—what is fact versus fiction? It turns out Peter Morgan and the writers didn’t need to speculate much when it came to the creation of Diana: Her True Story. Andrew Morton himself wrote a very detailed account of how, exactly, the book came to be—which he shared after Princess Diana’s death in As the show suggests, Morton, a veteran royal reporter, was already researching a book about Princess Diana. Gradually, he befriended Colthurst (indeed, over games of squash and Italian food, as The Crown shows), thinking he could be a useful source. Diana, pleased with Morton’s previous work, began giving Colthurst small pieces of information to relay to Morton—such as the firing of Prince Ch
Diana, Princess of Wales
Diana Born Diana Frances Spencer
()1 July
Park House, Sandringham, EnglandDied 31 August () (aged&#;36)
Paris, France Cause&#;of death Car crash Burial 6 September Spouse Issue Noble/royal house Father John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer Mother Frances Roche Education