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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
By A Customer
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
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
By A Customer
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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