Diana: Story of a Princess

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by Tim Clayton


  ‘Love in the Sidings’ story 50

  the old guard 51, 101, 195

  Diana’s engagement 62

  Diana moves to her own apartment 63

  described 64, 78

  gossip in 65

  Mary Robertson attends a ball 78–9

  the wedding 81, 82, 85

  the start of Diana’s marriage 97–8

  ‘Camillagate’ 247

  and Diana’s death 363, 364, 370

  Budleigh Salterton 164

  Burke’s Peerage 178

  Burnet, Sir Alastair 136

  Burrell, Paul 342

  Bush, Barbara 212

  Bush, George 139, 212

  Bute, Earl of 276

  Butt, Marc 348

  Caernarfon Castle 94

  Cambodia 309

  Cambridge University 114

  Camillagate 150, 240–42, 247, 276

  Campbell, Alastair 362, 367, 368, 370, 372

  Campbell, Lady Colin 102, 235

  Diana in Private 228

  Canada 97, 127, 200, 209–10, 309, 320

  Canal Plus (France) xi

  Cannadine, David 237

  Cape Town 295

  Capitol Radio 177

  Captains and Subalterns Cup 168, 169

  Carey, George, Archbishop of Canterbury 290

  Carling, Julia 281, 282

  Carling, Will 281, 282

  Carmarthen 95

  Caroline, Queen 277

  Carter, Graydon 147, 262, 328

  Carter, Sharon 212

  Carter Brown, J. 137, 138, 141–2

  Cartland, Barbara 12, 49

  CBS 71, 83, 360

  Ceausescu, Elena 183

  Ceausescu, Nicolae 183

  Centrepoint project, London 291–2, 304, 376

  Chalker, Lynda 253

  Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace 362

  Chapman, Victor 121, 123

  Charles, Caroline 131

  Charles, HRH The Prince of Wales

  Diana idolises 19, 21, 22, 24, 63

  nickname (‘Action Man’) 19–20

  appearance 3

  lifestyle 20–21, 38

  personality 21, 38, 54, 129, 130

  and Sarah Spencer 21, 23

  death of Lord Mountbatten 26, 32, 34

  Diana aims to marry 26, 30

  polo-playing 31–2, 76–7, 128, 141, 162, 225–6, 231

  starts to go out with Diana 35, 36–7, 40

  start of relationship with Camilla 44–5

  naval career 44

  education 53, 88, 100, 114

  relationship with his father 53, 54

  relationship with his mother 53

  and the press 39, 56

  engaged to Diana 59–60, 62–3, 65

  bracelet for Camilla 75, 77, 79

  argues with Diana over Camilla 75–6

  his wedding 81–6

  tour of Wales 93–7

  and Diana’s fall 101–3

  love letters 101

  birth of William 111–12

  social and cultural issues 114–15

  architecture speech 128–9

  ‘Camillagate’ 149, 240–42, 247, 276

  resumes relationship with Camilla 149, 160–62

  fortieth birthday party 166–7

  broken arm 196–7

  the golf club incident 207–9

  separation 245

  admits adultery 260–61, 284

  Diana seeks to deny him office xii, 284

  and the accident 352, 356–7, 359, 360–62

  mourners unimpressed with him 364, 369–70

  Charteris, Martin 86

  Chartres, Richard 85

  Chelsea Harbour Club 266, 282

  Cheltenham 66

  Chequers 322

  Cheam preparatory school 100

  Chesterfield 98

  Chevènement, Pierre 351, 352, 354–5

  Chez Benoît restaurant, Paris 344

  Chicago 295, 306

  Chile 376

  Chipp, David 100–101, 231–2, 2–33

  Chiswick Family Refuge 248

  Christie’s 327

  Churchill, Sir Winston 57

  Cirencester 196

  Cirencester Polo Club 45

  City Hospital 199

  City of London 97

  Civil List 244

  Civil War 15

  Clarence House, London 254

  pro-Diana sentiment 43

  Diana stays in 63

  Diana’s wedding 79, 81, 82

  Clarke, Jeremiah 84

  Clarke, Mary

  becomes nanny to Charles and Diana 7

  meets Diana 7–8

  Brancaster beach visits 9–11

  Diana’s childhood vision of the future 12–13

  and Diana’s finishing school 22

  Clarkson, Wensley 50

  Clinton, Bill 322

  Clinton, Hillary 327

  Clun Handicap, Ludlow 44

  CNN 360, 373

  Cojean, Annick 324–6, 340–41, 360, 363

  Colborne, Michael 75

  one of Diana’s closest friends at the Palace 69

  Diana’s anger and boredom 92

  Charles angry with 93

  leaves royal service 127

  Cold War 172

  Coldstream Guards 62

  Colherne Court, London (No.60) 26–7, 30, 59, 60, 65, 271

  College of Heralds 14

  Colorado 281

  Colthurst, Dominique 218, 220, 251

  Colthurst, Dr James 25, 192–4, 205, 208, 213, 216–22, 251

  Combermere Barracks, Windsor 151

  Conran, Jasper 131

  Conservative Party 322

  Constantine, King 112

  Cook, Robin 322, 353

  Cooke, Alistair 123

  Cornish, Francis 69

  Cornwall, Duchy of 76

  Corsica 334

  Court Circular 254

  Coutts & Company 35

  Cowdray Park 31, 32

  Cowes regatta 36

  Craig-Harvey, Lucinda 26

  Crawford, Geoffrey 260, 291

  Cruise, Tom 373

  Cuito, Angola 312, 313, 314, 316

  D-day fiftieth anniversary 271

  Dagley, Evelyn 86, 148

  Daily Express 273

  Daily Mail 4, 49, 120, 178, 206, 212, 221, 224, 226, 227, 228, 260, 268, 275, 282, 365

  Daily Mirror 50, 118, 119, 139, 231, 239, 240, 241, 258–60, 262, 279, 280, 358

  Daily Star 38, 107, 118, 134

  Daily Telegraph 204, 234, 257–8, 308

  Dallas (television programme) 145

  Daniels, Myriah 338

  Darenth Park 17–19, 94, 111, 186

  de Pass, Commander Robert 31

  de Pass, Philip 31

  Dee River 37, 39

  Deedes, Bill 308, 336

  Deeside Leisure Centre 94

  Delorm, René 344

  Demarchelier, Patrick 243

  Dempster, Nigel 49, 120, 178, 205, 212

  Department of the Environment III

  Despensers 15

  Devorik, Robert 339

  Diana, Princess of Wales

  birth 4–5

  feels unwanted 5

  education 7–8, 13–14, 21, 22–3, 28, 181

  appearance 8, 11, 13, 18, 25, 27, 31, 32, 34, 56, 66, 67, 72, 83, 94, 112, 131, 140, 263, 339

  admiration for sister Sarah 9

  ‘unhappy childhood’ claim 12

  ‘Duch’ nickname 14

  becomes ‘Lady Diana’ 16

  relationship with Raine 16–1 7

  visits to Darenth Park 17–19, 94, 111

  her laughter 18

  idolises Prince Charles 19, 21, 22, 24, 63

  aims to marry Prince Charles 26, 30

  becomes a ‘Sloane Ranger’ 26–7, 29

  at the Young England kindergarten 27, 40

  first nanny job 27–8

  relationship with James Gilbey 30

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p; starts to go out with Charles 35, 36–7, 40

  engaged to Charles 59–60, 62–3, 65

  first public engagement 63–4

  bulimia 72, 89–90, 93, 98, 100, 116, 153, 216, 252–3

  argues with Charles over Camilla 75–6

  lunches with Camilla before the wedding 1–2, 76

  the wedding 81–6

  first pregnancy 93, 97, 101–3, 108

  tour of Wales 93–7

  suspicions about Camilla 98, 116, 125–6

  the fall at Sandringham 101–3, 106, 235

  birth of William 111–12

  Borderline Personality Disorder issue xiii, 115–18, 178

  birth of Harry 128

  Holden champions 130

  and fashion 130–32

  pranks with Sarah Ferguson 145–6, 212

  relationship with James Hewitt 149–59, 163–72, 175, 212–13, 179

  and AIDS patients xii, 158–61, 195, 257, 301–303

  New York visit 173–85, 195

  Squidgygate 188–9, 194, 202, 217, 239–40

  self-improvement regime 190–92

  leprosy hospital visit 195–6

  plans a divorce 196, 200

  healing touch 198–9

  story of Diana and Hewitt breaks 205–6

  the golf club incident 207–9

  thirtieth birthday 211

  Morton’s biography xiii, 216–23

  and astrology 217–19

  death of her father 229

  separation 245

  privacy scandal 258–60, 279–80

  retirement from public life 260

  and the paparazzi 264–70

  romance with Hasnat Khan 282–3, 294–6, 300–301, 324, 333–6

  Panorama interview (1995) xii, 19, 283–7, 288, 290, 291, 293

  divorce terms 292–3, 303–4

  loses her HRH title 304

  gives up a hundred charities 304–6, 307

  landmines campaign xii, 308–21, 326, 336, 340

  relationship with Dodi 332–42

  the crash 343–57

  reactions to her death 361–72

  funeral xii, 372–5

  personality 271

  aristocratic 149

  communicator 18–19

  determination 106

  empathy 125, 318

  flirtatiousness 48, 69, 127–8, 148

  interest in others 25, 106, 177

  liveliness 14, 271

  naïvety 34, 191

  sense of humour 106

  shyness 48, 67, 73, 83, 131

  spontaneity 88–9, 106

  Didcot railway station 188

  Dimbleby, Jonathan 115, 205, 243, 258

  documentary about Prince Charles 255, 261–2, 263, 284

  The Prince of Wales 44, 56, 89, 102, 103–4, 110, 116–17, 238, 255–7, 258, 274, 277

  Dimbleby, Richard 258

  Dimbleby Lectures 258

  Diplomatic Protection Squad 148

  Diplomatic Service 69

  Disney, Walt 14

  Disney World, Florida 258

  Divine Right of Kings 186

  Dole, Elizabeth 326–7

  Dorzee, Sébastien 348

  Douglas, Sue 227

  Dourneau, Philippe 334, 344, 345

  Draper, Derek 366, 370, 371

  Drayton, Frances 173, 174, 176–7, 181–5, 187

  Dunne, Philip 157

  Dynasty (television programme) 145

  Eastwood, Clint 138

  Eaton Hall 38

  The Economist 154

  Edward, HRH Prince 14, 65

  visits Park House II

  and It’s a Royal Knockout! 153–4

  walks among Diana’s mourners 370

  Edward VII, King 2

  Edward VIII, King (later Duke of Windsor) 38, 254, 339, 341

  Edwards, Arthur 32, 38–42, 60, 102–3, 107, 108, 109, 121, 122, 131, 216, 311, 319–20, 331, 350

  Edwards, Bob 50

  Egypt 87, 90, 229

  Eleuthera, Bahamas 107–9

  Eliot, T.S.: The Waste Land 88

  Elizabeth, Queen, the Queen Mother 88, 188, 212, 235, 254

  friendship with Lady Fermoy 3, 42

  attends Johnny and Frances’s wedding 4

  Diana stays with 42

  and Diana’s wedding 81, 82, 84

  Diana on 249

  Elizabeth II, Queen 130

  her annus horribilis (1992) xii, 244, 245

  Lady Spencer a lady-in-waiting 3

  attends Johnny and Frances’s wedding 4

  Charles defers to 37

  relationship with Charles 53

  and the press 56

  urges Charles to make a decision 56, 57

  shot at 71

  Diana’s wedding 82, 84, 85

  and Diana’s behaviour at Balmoral 91

  on walkabouts 94

  and press harassment of Diana 100–101, 107

  and Diana’s fall at Sandringham 101, 102

  sides with Charles against Diana 105

  and William’s birth 112

  Diana’s lateness 118–19

  refuses to intervene over Camilla 162, 237

  and the Andrew-Sarah separation 224

  Charles-Diana separation discussed 239

  Jephson’s reconciliation strategy 283, 286

  urges Diana to have a rapid divorce 290

  Diana’s death and funeral 352, 361–2, 365, 370–71,

  Emanuel, David 61, 65, 69–70, 81, 82, 132

  Emanuel, Elizabeth 61, 65, 69–70, 81, 82, 132

  Emmanuel College, Cambridge 258

  English, David 227

  English National Ballet 304

  Enniskillen 258

  Ethiopia 133

  Evans, Mayor Gwanwyn 95–6

  Evening Standard 42, 139

  Everett, Oliver 36, 69, 99, 126–7, 148

  Fabiola, Queen 258

  Falklands War 109–10, 256

  Fawkes, Guy xii

  Fayed, Dodi Al

  romance with Diana 332–42

  the crash 343–50, 352, 354

  Fayed, Mohamed Al 329–32, 335, 336, 339, 342, 343–6, 359

  Fayed family 337, 339

  Fellowes, Jane (née Spencer; Diana’s sister) 3, 17, 36, 112

  birth 4

  education 5

  stays with Frances in London 7

  musicality 13

  marries Robert 23

  finds Diana a job 27

  recommends Janet Filderman to Diana 105

  Fellowes, Sir Robert (Diana’s brother-in-law) 23, 24, 112, 216, 222, 231, 233, 2–47, 355, 361–2

  Fermoy, Edmund, Lord (Diana’s uncle) 66

  Fermoy, Maurice Roche, Lord (Diana’s maternal grandfather) 3

  Fermoy, Ruth, Lady (Diana’s maternal grandmother)

  friendship with the Queen Mother 3, 6, 42

  gives evidence against Frances 6

  personality 6

  concert pianist 13

  chaperones Charles and Diana 35

  warns Diana about the Royal Family 56

  at Diana’s wedding 84

  Filderman, Janet 105–6, 111, 112–13, 126, 197, 235–6, 252–3

  Fincher, Jayne 48–9, 66–7, 73–4, 82, 94, 95, 96, 127–8, 131, 211, 225, 226, 242–3, 264, 265, 300, 373, 374

  Fisher, Kelly 333, 334, 335, 337, 341

  Fitzgerald, Chryssie 251

  Fitzherbert, Maria 276, 277

  Flecha da Lima, Lucia 230, 274, 281, 296, 297, 327, 334

  Foreign Office 60, 68, 69, 195, 309, 353

  Four Seasons Hotel, Milan 337

  Four Seasons restaurant, New York 328, 329

  France Soir 358–9

  Fraser, Jason 333, 337

  Fraser, Lady Antonia 83

  Frost, David 83

  Fulham, London 218, 219, 224

  Fulham mortuary 361–2

  Gaggliardone, Lino 348

  Gainsborough, Thomas 3, 30

  Gavin, Kent 118, 229, 2
32

  Geldof, Bob 133

  Geneva 271

  George I, King 15

  George III, King 277

  George IV, King (as Prince of Wales) 276, 277

  George V, King 87–8

  George VI, King

  befriended by Lord Fermoy 3

  Diana’s father his equerry 4

  Germany, Hewitt’s posting 171–2, 199, 213

  Getty, Aileen 302, 303

  Gibbons, Michael 323

  Gibraltar 86

  Gilbey, James

  relationship with Diana 30, 240

  the tapes 188–9, 194, 202, 217, 239–40

  and Morton’s biography of Diana 223

  Gloucester, Brigitte, Duchess of 112

  Gloucester, Prince Richard,

  Duke of 112

  Goldsmith, Lady Annabel 171

  Goldsmiths Hall, London 63

  Good Morning America (ABC programme) 119

  The Goon Show (BBC radio comedy series) 135

  Gorbachev, Mikhail 325

  Gordonstoun 53

  Grace, Princess, of Monaco 63–4, 113

  Graham, Katherine 326

  Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, London 209, 210, 304

  Gregard, Suzanne 333

  Grosvenor, Gerald 21

  Guildhall, London 97, 244

  Halo Trust 315, 317

  Hals, Frans 3

  Ham Common, Surrey 171

  Hammer, Armand 141

  Handel, George Friederic 80

  Hardie, Keir 38

  Hardy, Nicholas 66

  Harefield Hospital 306

  Harlem Hospital, New York City 175

  Harris, Beverley 95

  Harris, Valerie 95

  Harrods, London 329

  Harry, Prince (Henry Charles Albert David) xii, 342

  birth 128

  christening 136

  and Hewitt 157, 163

  childhood 206, 234, 323

  and the Berwick Street project 292

  in Paris 299

  in St Tropez 330

  Diana’s death and funeral 370–71

  Harvey, Anna 61, 131

  Harvey, Glenn 264

  Hastings, Max 204, 232, 256–8, 284

  Hawn, Goldie 281

  Head Line studio, Kensington 61

  Headway 259–60

  Hello! 267, 268

  Help the Aged 257, 304

  Henry Street shelter, New York City 173–6, 178, 181–2, 184, 193, 316, 322

  Herbert, Harry 152

  Hewitt, James 259, 272–3, 285

  plays polo against Prince Charles 76–7

  encounter with Diana 145

  relationship with Diana 149–59, 163–72, 175, 190, 212–13, 279

  postings in Germany 171–2, 199, 213

  and the tapes 189

  in the Gulf 199–201, 205–6, 272

  News of the World story 206, 214

  and Morton’s biography of Diana 222–3

  and the media 272–4, 277, 278

  on the Panorama interview 286–7

  Hewitt, Shirley 155, 164, 200–201

  Higgins, Stuart 188, 189, 204, 227–8, 232, 240, 249–50, 323–4, 352

  Highgrove House 2, 98, 100, 109, 125, 196, 200

  Prince Charles buys 44

  marital discord at 144

 

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