The Real Diana, Lady Colin Campbell
The Real Diana, Lady Colin Campbell
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The Real Diana

Author: Lady Colin Campbell

Narrator: Roe Kendall

Unabridged: 14 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/20/2010


Synopsis

“When I met Diana at a mutual friend's house in 1990, I was astonished by her conduct … she was the antithesis of circumspect. Throwing caution and reserve to the wind, she said that she wanted me to write the truth about her life ‘because I feel as if the whole fairy tale is crushing whatever's left of the real me … If you’d just write about the real Diana, it would make all the difference.”—Lady Colin CampbellLady Colin Campbell’s New York Times bestselling biography Diana in Private was the first to expose the truth about Diana and her troubled marriage. In The Real Diana, she reveals that her inside source for this intimate information was Diana herself. Drawing upon these confidences, as well as on conversations with countless others, Lady Colin Campbell combines true insight with true compassion to set the record straight on many of the most controversial aspects of Diana’s turbulent life: how Charles and Diana’s engagement came to pass, though it seemed ill-advised to those closest to both of them; what their honeymoon was really like; the truth behind Diana’s bulimia, her widely reported suicide attempts, and her obsession with Camilla Parker Bowles; Diana’s search for love and fulfillment with numerous men before, during, and after her marriage; her brilliant manipulations of the press; and her relationship with Dodi El Fayed.

About Lady Colin Campbell

Lady Colin Campbell is the author of Diana in Private, Lady Colin Campbell’s Guide to Being a Modern Lady, A Life Worth Living, and The Royal Marriages. Through marriage she is related to most of the royal households of Europe as well as the British Royal Family.

About Roe Kendall

Roe Kendall (a.k.a. Vanessa Benjamin), a native of the British Isles, graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London. She has performed on stage, as a voice-over artist, and as an audiobook narrator.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Georgiana on August 09, 2014

Brilliantly Written : I have read many royal biographies and until this book 'The Real Diana' I had never been able to logically connect the various stories, biographies and so - called newsworthy print to match the woman I saw as nothing more and nothing less than a normal human being. I never had f......more

Goodreads review by Debbie on May 31, 2020

Very good read Loved it. Campbell said Diana chose her to write her story first and they did interviews over the phone. Diana didn't like that Campbell was also interviewing other people for the book and wanted it written with only her own outtake on her life. Diana stopped giving interviews and then......more

Goodreads review by Lora on October 15, 2020

The Real Diana is unusual among the biographies I have read in that it doesn’t rely much on written historical records or written records of any kind. Of course, this is probably a result of its being one of the few biographies I have read, aside from some autobiographies and memoirs, of a person wh......more

Goodreads review by Nikki on March 05, 2017

This is the danger of a kindle, you drink half a bottle of wine and you can end up reading a book like this. I feel dirty but I did read it in one sitting, aside from a quick wine fuelled snooze. The author steps into the book an awful lot with almost hysterical points of information, mainly of a sel......more

Goodreads review by Pauline White on June 08, 2022

Informative A thumping good read about a flawed human being erroneously seen as an angel. This book explains Diana's life in detail and why she chose to do the things she did. Its well written and worth a read. Well done Lady Colin Campbell......more


Quotes

“Jaw-droppingly sensational.” Lynn Barber, Daily Telegraph

“Explosive…The most sensational book of the year.” Mail on Sunday

“Roe Kendall, the epitome of British elegance, is on the mark with proper enunciation, delightful character interpretations, and an uncanny vocal similarity to Diana.” AudioFile

“Roe Kendall, the epitome of British elegance, is on the mark with proper enunciation, delightful character interpretations, and an uncanny vocal similarity to Diana. Kendallmanages to convert detailed and sensitive information into fascinating family history, revealing Diana's deepest secrets.” AudioFile

“Startling new revelations from the woman who has written two headline-making biographies about Princess Diana—astonishing.” Hello!

“Startling new revelations…Astonishing.” Hello!