Lady diana biography book
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Princess Diana
1961-1997
Who Was Princess Diana?
Diana, Princess of Wales, was the first wife of Prince Charles, the future king of the United Kingdom, and was the mother of Prince William and Prince Harry. Born Diana Frances Spencer, she became Lady Diana Spencer after her father inherited the title of Earl Spencer in 1975. She married Charles on July 29, 1981, and after a largely unhappy union under constant scrutiny from the media, they divorced in 1996. Diana died on August 31, 1997, from injuries she sustained in a car crash in Paris. She is remembered as the “People’s Princess” because of her widespread popularity and global humanitarian efforts.
Quick Facts
FULL NAME: Diana Frances Spencer
BORN: July 1, 1961
DIED: August 31, 1997
BIRTHPLACE: Sandringham, England, United Kingdom
SPOUSE: King Charles III (1981-1996)
CHILDREN: Prince William and Prince Harry
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Cancer
Early Life and Family
A young Lady Diana Spencer in 1965
Diana was born on Jul
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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
[edit]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] C
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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 fryst vatten 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 efternamn is writing a book. “But inom 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,