Diana - Remembering the Princess

Reflections on her life, twenty-five years on from her death

Ken Wharfe, Ros Coward

• Publisher: John Blake
• Year: 2022
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9781789466379
• Subtopic: Historical Biographies
• Index: History

Today, twenty-five years since Diana's death, seems the right moment for a reassessment of this remarkable woman. Did the Royal Family learn lessons from her life, about protection and privacy, about how to incorporate 'outsiders' into their ranks, about how to manage scandal? Did it take any lessons from her death, and the public's reaction not only to that, but to the behaviour of, in particular, the Queen and Prince Charles, in the aftermath? Or have the family and the Palace - 'the men in grey suits', as Diana called them - continued on the same track, unchanged, repeating many of the mistakes made with her, from her first nervous ventures in royal circles to her later defiance of traditional protocols?These and many other questions are explored in this authoritative book, written by two people closely associated with Diana: Inspector Ken Wharfe was the Princess's police protection officer for six years during the most turbulent period of her marriage to Prince Charles. Ros Coward was chosen as author of the official book by the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Trust. Their book is both an examination of the people and events of the time, and an elegiac tribute to one of the most iconic figures of the late twentieth century.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• About the Author
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Introduction/Timeline
• Chapter 1. ‘I’m going through a very difficult time’
• Chapter 2. ‘They need to get rid of me’
• Chapter 3. ‘Are you my last line of defence?’
• Chapter 4. ‘God granted you but half a life’
• Chapter 5. ‘I can do whatever I like’
• Chapter 6. ‘It’s the strength that causes the confusion and fear’
• Chapter 7. ‘He doesn’t love me …’
• Chapter 8. ‘They’ve come out to see my wife …’
• Chapter 9. ‘Why can’t you do nice things?’
• Chapter 10. ‘There were three of us in this marriage …’
• Chapter 11. ‘I lead from the heart, not the head’
• Chapter 12. ‘I have a woman’s instinct …’
• Chapter 13. ‘Everyone needs to be valued’
• Chapter 14. ‘I want to do, not just to be’
• Chapter 15. ‘I just want someone to be there for me …’
• Chapter 16. ‘I don’t think Charles can do it’
• Chapter 17. ‘It’s vital the monarchy keeps in touch …’
• Chapter 18. ‘People think a man is the only answer’
• Chapter 19. ‘I will fight for my children on any level …’
• Chapter 20. ‘The greatest problem is intolerance’
• Chapter 21. ‘The disease of people feeling unloved’
• Chapter 22. ‘I’d like to be a queen of people’s hearts’
• Chapter 23. ‘A mother’s arms are more comforting …’
• Chapter 24. ‘She’s watching over us’
• Chapter 25. ‘Hang on to that love’
• Appendix. Selected letters from Ken Wharfe’s collection
• Acknowledgements
• Photos