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Diana: Her True Story - In Her Own Words (Diana Princess of Wales) (Hardcover)

by Andrew Morton (Author) "IT WAS A MEMORY indelibly engraved upon her soul ..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd; Revised edition edition (11 Sep 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1854792709
  • ISBN-13: 978-1854792709
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.4 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 124,428 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Diana: Her True Story was originally published in 1992 under the guise of a quasi-authorised biography with mostly unnamed courtiers and royalty as the accredited sources. It instantly became a sizzling, international bestseller that lanced the boil of Windsor family dysfunction, triggering a chain of events that led to Charles and Diana's divorce. After her tragic death in 1997, Andrew Morton revealed that Diana herself had not only been the main source for the book, but had also edited his original drafts for accuracy. In return for this gold mine of information, Diana wanted complete anonymity for fear of retaliation from the queen. Her True Story in Her Own Words is enhanced by more than 75 full-colour photographs of the princess, from her childhood in Althorp to her marriage to Charles at Westminster Abbey to her humanitarian efforts and finally to her unforgettable funeral service. However, the most poignant portrayal of the princess emerges from the unedited transcriptions of Diana's interviews with Morton: "I think I'm going to cut a very different path from everyone else. I'm going to break away from this set-up and go and help the man on the street." --Amazon.com --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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The Good Book Guide commemorates the life and charitable work of Diana, Princess of Wales, by undertaking to contribute 1 to her Memorial Fund for every copy sold of Diana: Her True Story by Andrew Morton and Diana, Princess of Wales: A Tribute by Tim Graham. It is now known that Andrew Morton's book was produced with the full co-operation of the Princess; this completely revised edition is the closest we will get to her own version of her life story. Tim Graham's A Tribute benefits from 25 years photographing the royal family; he first photographed Diana when she was a shy 19-year-old kindergarten teacher and was later given unprecedented access for many months to photograph the Prince and Princess of Wales in private and in public; his book includes photographs from the funeral service at Westminster Abbey. (Kirkus UK)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars (A queen so near, yet so far away), 26 Feb 2000
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I gave this book 5 stars because it is the nearest we will get to Diana's autobiography, and she gives us an insight into the way she was treated by all around her, especially at the time when she most needed nurturing by her (what seemed like then) useless husband, and it shows us she was a normal, warm, sensitive, with a lovely sense of humer human being, what a beautiful queen she would have made, all she needed was love from those closest to her.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars An interesting, but familiar read., 18 Aug 2002
By Christine Medway (Derbyshire, UK) - See all my reviews
Like most of these books, this text takes you through many of the (now well known) stories in Diana’s life - namely the eating disorder, the suicide attempts, the collapse of the “Royal Fairytale”, including the incessant influence of Camilla Parker-Bowles. This is perhaps a more personal account than other such texts, given that it is based on tape-recorded interviews that Diana herself gave to Morton in the early 90’s.

Despite its ample publicity, I wouldn’t rush out to buy this book – there aren’t actually many surprises in here. Most of it reiterates what we have already heard numerous times in the media. In many ways it is a sad and arguably incomplete version of her life, but does touch upon some interesting discussion points, particularly around the position of the traditional monarchy in modern society, Diana’s image both in life and in death, and what “the people” (continue to) bring to such matters.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent insight into the life of a tragic princess, 19 April 2002
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This review is from: Diana: Her True Story (Hardcover)
Diana has been my idol since I was five years old (that was when she came into the lime light as bride to be to the heir to the British throne in 1981). Since then I have always collected and read everything I could about this most prominent royal. But of all the books I have read, no book has ever come as close to her as this one.

In this book we see her motherly nature which is visible from the age of 7 when she mothered her then younger brother Charles, during the seperation of her parents. Her aspirations to be a ballerina, the way she idolized her elder sister, the loneliness she felt when her father remarried.

We also learn about the school girl who was not very good in her studies, but was loved much by her teachers and friends because of her kind heart. Morton vividly takes us through her teenage years, and her life in London. Where she lived with four of her friends and was known as the Chief Chick.

The book excellently descibes her love for Charles, and her heart break when she hears about Camilla Parker Bowles, and her last minute apprehensions to go ahead with the wedding on her wedding eve.

All in all the book makes a very realistic portrait of one of the worlds most loved royals. It portrays her as a caring person, a doting mother to her boys, and a starry eyed bride. All in all a person with dreams and hopes for her life and her children just like all of us. A person who went to no end to make life normal for her boys, to put up with her husbands infedilities and to please the royal family.

This is far away the best book on Diana.

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