Clayton Tim - Diana: story of a princess

Also by Tim Clayton and Phil Craig

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Copyright 2001 by Tim Clayton & Phil Craig and Brook Lapping Productions

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Originally published in Great Britain in 2001 by Hodder & Stoughton, Ltd.

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ISBN-13: 978-0-7434-2205-5

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First Atria Books trade paperback edition August 2003

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SECTION I

Look at me! ( Penny Walker ); What Diana wrote in a cupboard at West Heath school ( Brook Lapping ); Outside the Young England kindergarten, Pimlico, September 1980, Arthur Edwards ( The Sun ); Jayne Finchers first photograph of Diana, November 1980; Diana enters St Pauls Cathedral with Earl Spencer, July 1981; On honeymoon at the Braemar Highland Games, September 1981 ( Photographers International ); Diana in Brecon, November 1981 ( April Games ); Ken Lennoxs long-lens shots of Charles and Diana in the Bahamas, February 1982 ( Ken Lennox ); Australias new princess at Sydney Opera House, spring 1983 ( Photographers International ); With John Travolta at the White House, November 1985 ( Ronald Reagan Library ); The puppet from the television series Spitting Image , November 1985 ( Ken Lennox ); A family day out at the Guards Polo Club, Windsor, May 1987 ( Photographers International ); Diana presents the Captains and Subalterns Cup, summer 1988 ( News International ); Her favourite photograph: autumn 1991, Diana greets the children on Britannia in Canada, and Charles hugging them too; The Six Acres Day Centre, Taunton, Somerset, April 1991; RAF Cranwell, June 1991; The winners kiss, Valentines Eve, February 1992 ( Photographers International )

SECTION 2

Lech, Austria, March 1994 ( PA Photos ); Diana shows her anger towards photographers, March 1994 ( Big Pictures ); Avoiding photographers, July 1994 ( London Features ); Diana passes Glenn Harvey, Mark Saunders makes way as Glenn Harvey whacks her; then Diana breaks down as Mark Saunders waits for her to turn ( Mark Saunders; Mark Saunders; Big Pictures ); The People newspaper, 1993, and His Highness in Fitz ( The People, Andrew Edmunds, London ); Lord Palumbo meets Diana outside the Serpentine Gallery, 29 June 1994, ( Photographers International ); Following Dianas Panorama interview, Private Eye devoted an entire issue to the royal marriage ( Private Eye ); Diana leaves the English National Ballet 28 August 1996 ( Photographers International ); Diana at Huambo, Angola, January 1997 ( Christina Lamb ); Floral tributes outside Kensington Palace, September 1997 ( Photographers International ); The cover of Private Eye that led to the magazine attracting a record number of complaints ( Private Eye )

The narrative in this book is based principally on research and filming undertaken for the television series Diana: Story of a Princess. We would first of all like to express our deep gratitude to the gifted producers responsible for these programmes: Sally Brindle, Janice Sutherland and Nick Ward. We also want to thank the ever-resourceful and hard-working production team of Sarah Gowers, Valerie Hetherington, Susan Horth, Delphine Jaudeau, Melody Lander, Beth Serota and Steve Thomas. Our executive producer, Brian Lapping, was at his judicious best throughout.

We are especially grateful to all those who gave interviews: Victor Adebowale; Mike Adler; Ronald Allison; Harry Arnold; Jane Atkinson; Jacques Azagury; Elsa Bowker; Carolan Brown; J. Carter Brown; Graydon Carter; David Chipp; Mary Clarke; Annick Cojean; Derek Draper; Frances Drayton; Arthur Edwards; Gwanwyn Evans; Janet Filderman; Jayne Fincher; Valerie Harris; James Hewitt; Shirley Hewitt; Stuart Higgins; Christopher Hitchens; Anthony Holden; Margaret Jay; Penny Junor; Andrew Knight; Christina Lamb; Ken Lennox; Felix Lyle; Jean-Louis Macault; Frederic Mailliez; Lana Marks; Neville Marks; Ed Mathews; Thierry Meresse; Verona Middleton-Jeter; Sami Nar; Nick Owen; Peter Palumbo; Vivienne Parry; Anne Rachlin; Shirley Reese; Jenny Rivett; Joseph Sanders; Mark Saunders; Muriel Stevens; Kay Seth-Smith; Jon Snow; Robert Spencer; Richard Stott; Stephen Twigg; Judy Wade; Penny Walker; Mike Whitlam; Dean and Jane Woodward.

A number of others asked that their contributions should remain non-attributable, in particular those who have worked, or still work, for the Royal Family. We hope they know how much we appreciate their help.

We were kindly granted access by Blakeway Productions to material filmed for their excellent television series Royals and Reptiles. Our thanks go to Leonie Jameson and Kate Macky there. Brook Lapping opened up its own archives to give us access to material filmed for its previous royal series The Windsors.

A number of writers and photographers have been especially helpful. We thank Jayne Fincher, Martyn Gregory, Christopher Hitchens, Anthony Holden, Penny Junor, Sally Bedell Smith, Kate Snell and Judy Wade, all of whom have been generous with time and advice, even if their interpretations do not always dovetail with our own.

Ian Paten copy-edited the book in record time; Diana LeCore did the index likewise; Sarah Byrt, Catherine Bristow and Jane Phillips gave us legal advice; Frances Craig helped us collate and edit the material; hoteliers supreme, James and Sue Murray at the Lewtrenchard Manor, provided an ideal Devonian hideaway for some of our more sensitive meetings; Valerie Hetherington took time away from her TV work to help us find the right photographs, and Susan Horth did likewise with newspaper cuttings; Christine Craig provided a Mediterranean backdrop for writing our first drafts and Peter and Avice Clayton a Norfolk one for the second; the Private Eye office dug enthusiastically through its dustier filing cabinets; and the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund was sympathetic and accommodating we thank Victoria Rae and Andrew Purkis there. The Fund exists as a memorial to Diana. For more information about the Fund, visit their website www.theworkcontinues.com or write to them at The County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7PB.

Every reasonable effort has been made to acknowledge the ownership of copyright material included in this book. Any errors that may have occurred are inadvertent and will be corrected in subsequent editions provided notification is sent to the authors.

Lastly our thanks to Rupert, Roland, Briar, Elizabeth and all at Hodder & Stoughton for another fine job under pressure.