54 When he said it made no difference: DM, 7/13/96
55 HER ROYAL HUMILIATION: Ibid.
56 “It is the face of a woman”: Mi, 7/13/96
57 PRINCESS TO GIVE UP HRH STYLE: DT, 7/13/96
58 GO-AHEAD FOR 15 M POUND SETTLEMENT: Ti, 7/13/96
59 “give her something lighthearted”: Interview with Jane Atkinson
60 Diana felt the leprosy charity: Ibid.
61 charities she had “ditched”: DM, 7/17/96
62 “The move is entirely because”: Ibid.
63 Atkinson told Diana: Interview with Jane Atkinson
64 “It was all bad”: Ibid.
65 “decided that Richard’s draft”: B-SS, p. 58
66 “Martin Bashir is a humble”: Interview with Paul Burrell
67 “dreadfully upset”: B-SS, p. 58
68 she would fulfill three charity: Hello!, 7/27/96
69 “In [her] last two years”: Interview with Michael Adler
CHAPTER 24
1 “I have decided to give”: Interview with Marguerite Littman
2 “We’d love Di more if she”: Sun, 6/28/96
3 “road show, something fun”: Interview with Marguerite Littman
4 “The National AIDS Trust was”: Interview with Michael Adler
5 “a lot of information started”: DEx, 1/17/97
6 “Do you think I could”: B-SS, pp. 158–59
7 offered to be her official: DM, 1/14/97
8 filmmaker Richard Attenborough: ST, 1/19/97
9 “In a sense, the land mine”: Interview with William Deedes
10 “deep thinker”: Pano, p. 26
11 “incessantly”: ST, 11/1/98
12 “Her world was illuminated”: ITV-Doc
13 “She was attuned to what”: Interview with Cosima Somerset
14 “very responsible and responsive”: Mi, 2/19/89
15 “I hug my children”: B-AM1, pp. 67–68
16 “No one was the parent”: Interview with David Puttnam
17 “The constant bear hugs”: B-AP, p. 110
18 Once, on a visit with: B-RK, p. 76
19 most notably when she exhorted: B-WB, p. 170
20 “attentive and smart”: Interview with David Puttnam
21 “he should simply have thanked”: SuTel, 9/7/97
22 “I want them to have an understanding”: Pano, p. 32
23 Although William was developing: TNY, 9/15/97
24 “She was trying so hard”: Harper’s Bazaar, 11/97
25 overheard numerous fights: B-WB, pp. 43, 60, 84, 147
26 “I hate to see you sad”: B-AM1, pp. 182–83
27 she felt the nanny was: B-WB, pp. 58, 117, 129, 157
28 “[Diana] raged that Tiggy”: B-RK, p. 76
29 When she and Charles were going: B-WB, pp. 153, 155
30 “I get into bed with them”: B-AM1, p. 68
31 “Diana had a mother-and-son”: Interview with Roberto Devorik
32 “Diana used to ask William”: Interview with Elsa Bowker
33 “wanted William to hear the truth”: SuTel, 9/7/97
34 “William is going to be in his position”: B-AM1, p. 68
35 When they were younger: B-WB, p. 20; B-JW, p. 191
36 Diana often rebelled: B-WB, pp. 20–21, 102
37 As they grew older: B-RK, p. 78
38 once, when William was apprehensive: B-WB, p. 152
39 “I’ve got my boys”: Pano, p. 28
40 “the only men in her life”: DM, 9/1/97
41 calling them nearly every: B-SS, p. 145
42 “had other priorities”: Ibid., p. 76
43 “because she found herself analyzing”: B-RK, p. 149
44 “talked about wanting to leave”: Interview with Jane Atkinson
45 “Sarah Ferguson was a very”: Ibid.
46 Diana and Fergie had been together: DM, 11/20/95
47 Diana cut her off without a word: B-SS, p. 74
48 Fergie also tastelessly: B-SF, p. 72
49 Diana considered “unkind”: SuMi, 11/2/97
50 after Diana had specifically: B-SS, p. 80
51 she refused to answer: Ibid., p. 74
52 “The Duchess of York is the one person”: B-RK, p. 111
53 “She wasn’t as close”: Interview with Richard Kay
54 she tried to maintain contact: B-SS, p. 53
55 Diana hired Michael Gibbins: DT, 8/28/96
56 “I was a go-between”: Interview with Paul Burrell
57 Diana took to wearing: B-SS, pp. 123–24
58 but they spent most: Ibid., pp. 112–13
59 “furtive roadside rendezvous”: NOTW, 8/11/96
60 “I found my peace”: Interview with Elsa Bowker
61 “have a pair of girls”: NOTW, 11/22/98
62 “In the meeting I had”: DM, 11/23/98
63 “was so impatient to have”: B-SS, p. 114
64 She was to be the guest: DT, 8/30/96
65 In a bungled kidnapping: SuMi, 11/3/96
66 privately they were displeased: DT, 8/30/96
67 “from triumph to triumph”: Mi, 11/2/96
68 Diana was perturbed: DT, 11/4/96
69 “shy caring heart surgeon”: SuMi, 11/3/96
70 “friends … in an entirely”: DM, 11/4/96
71 “Why didn’t she just tell”: B-SS, p. 118
72 “dear friend”: DT, 9/19/96
73 “wisdom and experience”: DT, 10/14/96
74 “Life is mostly froth”: DT, 9/26/96
75 Tilberis had first met: Harper’s Bazaar, 11/97
76 she created a stir: DM, 11/11/96
77 “fit like a glove”: Interview with Vivienne Schuster
78 I’M OUT THE DIOR: DS, 12/11/96
79 Mohamed Fayed, owner of: Hello!, 1/4/97
80 Two weeks later, at Fayed’s: Ibid.
81 “They’re all fuggers”: B-TB, p. 233
82 The Egyptian-born son: VF, 12/97
83 Fayed built an international: B-TS, pp. 80–82; B-TB, p. 16
84 In 1988, the DTI: B-TS, p. 80
85 Fayed was subsequently denied: Ibid., p. 88
86 A subsequent Vanity Fair profile: B-TB, pp. 379, 392: Fayed sued Vanity Fair for libel but withdrew his case two years later when confronted by the magazine’s overwhelming evidence for its charges (B-TB, pp. 446–47). On May 6, 1999, Britain’s Home Office turned down Fayed’s application for citizenship a second time.
87 He had cultivated: B-TS, p. 90
88 “showered gifts”: B-TB, p. 274
89 who was especially enamored: Ibid., p. 252
90 In 1996, Raine became: B-RK, p. 170; DM, 6/20/97; B-TS, p. 90
91 “keep an eye”: B-TS, p. 91
92 visit him from time to time: Ibid.; Interview with Mark Hollingsworth
93 “He helped bring them”: Interview with Andrew Neil
94 “Diana liked Mohamed’s”: Interview with Mark Hollingsworth
95 “made friends with Diana”: Interview with Andrew Neil
96 “talk about their common interest”: SuMi, 7/13/97
97 when he asked Diana: Ibid.; B-RK, p. 170
98 Fayed also frequently proffered: B-TB, pp. 274, 411
99 “close friend”: DM, 7/14/97
CHAPTER 25
1 “roving health educationalist”: DT, 10/14/96
2 “Her dramatic return”: NOTW, 1/12/97
3 “tarnished”: Ti, 9/24/96
4 “We are trying to give”: Interview with William Deedes
5 “to get her hands dirty”: DM, 1/14/97
6 “to assist the Red Cross”: Ibid.
7 “loose cannon”: Ti, 1/16/97
8 “I am only trying to help”: Mi, 1/16/97
9 “idiot minister”: Interview with William Deedes
10 The BBC documentary about the trip: Sun, 2/11/97
11 “I remember looking”: Sun, 1/17/97
12 “long-term commitment”: DEx, 1/17/97
13 “an international angel”: Ibid.
14 “watershed”: DT, 1/17/97
15 “take her out of controversy”: Interview with William Deedes
16 In a first step: DEx, 3/20/97
17 an erroneous story that Diana: DT, 2/25/97
18 “She wants it for herself”: Interview with Richard Addis
19 “She did that to punish”: Ibid.
20 Diana subsequently announced: DT, 3/3/97
21 “She was an anxiety-ridden”: Interview with Vivienne Schuster
22 “it was too complicated”: Interview with Gail Rebuck
23 “the final straw in a deteriorating”: DM, 1/24/97
24 “From the optimism that shines”: Mi, 2/8/97
25 “extremely concerned”: DM, 2/8/97
26 “devastated”: Mi, 2/8/97
27 “You’ll never guess who just”: B-RK, p. 139
28 “brief and straightforward”: DM, 3/8/97
29 “not the person to ask”: DT, 3/10/97
30 “For my grandson William”: DM, 9/8/97
31 “showed few signs of mirth”: DT, 3/10/97
32 “The confusion was there”: Interview with Sue Douglas
33 “I took a strong line”: Interview with Paul Burrell
34 “ ‘hiding’ in plain sight”: B-SS, p. 127
35 “So confident had Diana become”: Ibid., p. 129
36 “telling pointless lies”: Ibid., p. 197
37 Diana had been secretly: DM, 10/24/94
38 “I persuaded her that”: Interview with Piers Morgan
39 “deeply disappointed”: Gua, 5/9/97
40 “I rang her and congratulated”: Interview with Piers Morgan
41 the tabloids had written: Mi, 1/5/97; DM, 1/10/97
42 “had made all the moves”: SuEx, 2/9/97
43 “She would have converted”: Interview with Elsa Bowker
44 “convince them that she was a nice”: Ibid.
45 she spent ninety minutes: Hello!, 5/31/97
46 “She was obsessional about families”: B-SS, p. 116
47 she told friends: SuMi, 11/9/97
48 she had not informed: B-SS, p. 116; Mi, 8/7/97
49 “There are so many people”: Hello!, 5/31/97
50 “swollen panda eyes”: B-SS, p. 117
51 “weeping in the stairway”: Interview with Elsa Bowker
52 “no attempt to dodge”: Hello!, 6/7/97
53 One evening she appeared: Mi, 8/7/97
54 “air of defiance”: B-RK, pp. 107–8
55 “She knew everyone”: Interview with Elsa Bowker
56 She broke off with her longtime: DT, 6/14/97
57 she considered “traitorous”: B-SS, p. 72
58 whom Richard Kay regarded as: B-RK, p. 99
59 “wasn’t willing to let me”: B-SS, p. 79
60 Legge-Bourke was photographed pouring: Interview with Piers Morgan
61 “harmed … of herself”: DM, 5/31/97
62 “I could hear Diana dictating”: Interview with Piers Morgan
63 “put out a statement”: Ibid.
64 “her son might believe”: DM, 5/31/97
65 loyal aide had been “naive”: Ibid.
66 “I felt strongly [Diana and Charles]”: I-FSK
67 “prone to giving colorful”: Mi, 5/28/97
68 “friendly romance”: DEx, 8/7/97
69 “complete shock”: DM, 5/28/97
70 “appalled and bewildered”: Ibid.
71 When it emerged: Mi, 5/28/97
72 “special relationship”: DEx, 9/15/97
73 “shared such a sense”: DM, 9/29/97
74 “[she] suddenly woke up”: Mi, 5/8/97
75 Since Harrods had sponsored: B-TS, p. 94; DM, 7/14/97
76 “instant solution”: DM, 7/14/97
77 “strongly advised”: SuTel, 9/7/97
78 “arouse concern”: DM, 7/14/97
79 which Diana did on June 11: B-TS, p. 96
80 “rather unnecessarily tactile”: DEx, 6/25/97
81 “She knocked herself”: Interview with Marguerite Littman
82 “Surrounded by drooling”: DEx, 6/26/97
83 “Diana Reborn”: VF, 7/97
84 “apparently unsupported”: DT, 6/10/97
85 “Whatever Diana’s inward state”: VF, 7/97
86 “Is this at last the real Diana”: DM, 6/10/97
87 “quicken the de-miners’ ”: Gua, 6/13/97
88 “her most amazing walkabout”: DEx, 6/19/97
89 “killing fields”: DM, 6/29/97
90 “anti-mines campaigners”: DT, 5/22/97
91 Tony Blair invited: VF, 10/97
92 “very charismatic”: TNY, 9/15/97
93 “At last … I will have”: Ibid.
94 “peacemaker.… She seriously felt”: Hello!, 9/27/97
95 “wants me to go on some missions”: TNY, 9/15/97
CHAPTER 26
1 Diana received ninety: Mi, 11/16/97
2 “It’s my birthday”: Ibid.
3 “Wouldn’t it be funny”: Interview with Elsa Bowker
4 “All the grief from my past”: Sun, 1/12/98
5 “I have quit”: Mi, 7/13/97
6 “unofficially engaged”: SuMi, 6/29/97
7 “He accused Diana”: Mi, 11/9/97
8 “sobbing her heart out”: Mi, 11/16/97
9 by early evening: B-TS, pp. 97–98
10 Fayed installed: MOS, 7/20/97
11 “sparked a political”: SuMi, 7/13/97
12 “Good God”: Ibid.
13 “a little unsafe”: NOTW, 7/13/97
14 she had sought and received: Gua, 7/15/97
15 bodyguards recruited from: B-TS, pp. 97–98
16 “If Diana wanted privacy”: ES, 7/14/97
17 “noted that Fayed was so dishonest”: DM, 7/14/97
18 “Mohamed was having a bad”: Interview with Nigel Dempster
19 “fellow guests”: DM, 7/14/97
20 DI’S AMAZING CUDDLE: Sun, 7/14/97
21 “It is her mood almost of defiance”: DM, 7/14/97
22 “She was happy to be”: Interview with Piers Morgan
23 “relaxed and happy”: Mi, 7/15/97
24 motorboat carrying reporters: DM, 7/16/97
25 “candidly about the dark side”: Mi, 7/15/97
26 “distressed … freaked out”: Ibid.
27 claimed an exclusive interview: Ibid.
28 “appeared upset … joked and giggled”: Ibid.
29 “relaxed … comfortable”: DM, 7/16/97
30 “getting increasingly distraught”: ES, 7/15/97
31 making a “surprise”: Ibid.
32 At one moment, she was crawling: DM; Sun, 7/16/97
33 “[he had] never seen her act”: Sun, 7/16/97
34 previous night’s arrival: B-TS, p. 105
35 Dodi had bolted: Ibid.
36 “glimpsed Diana’s current”: B-TB, p. 413
37 “Dodi was many things”: Interview with Tina Sinatra
38 called him a “boy” and a “kid”: Interviews with Jack Weiner, David Puttnam, Michael White
39 “What endeared him”: Interview with Peter Riva
40 “I didn’t think he was good-looking”: Interview with Nona Summers
41 “someone you can depend on”: SuMi, 8/31/97
42 acrimonious divorce: B-TB, pp. 14–15
43 Dodi grew up in Alexandria: Ibid., pp. 17–18
44 Shuttling between Egypt and: Interviews with Jack Martin, Jack Weiner; Ti, 9/14/97
45 finished thirtieth: B-TS, p. 55
46 he considered himself a Catholic: Interview with Suzanne Gregard
47 Dodi left after one year: Interview with Philippe Gudin (Directeur Général of Le Rosey)
48 even members of his family: Interview with Michael Cole; B-TB, p. 39;B-TS, p. 55
49 Sandhurst for the six-month: Interview with Major Tim Coles
50 he did enjoy lea
rning: B-TB, p. 42
51 he served briefly as an attaché: New York Daily News, 9/1/97
52 A frequent patron of Tramp: Interview with Johnny Gold
53 “He had the attitude that”: Interview with Michael White
54 “He had no discernible”: Interview with Jack Martin
55 The Broccolis, who lived: B-TS, pp. 57–58
56 Seeking to capitalize: Ibid., pp. 58–59
57 “Dodi’s role was not”: Interview with Clive Parsons
58 Mohamed similarly called: Interview with David Puttnam
59 He began taking cocaine: B-TB, p. 65
60 “Don’t ever come back”: Ibid., p. 69
61 “He was into cocaine”: Interview with Nona Summers
62 Among his mishaps: B-TB, p. 136
63 Dodi spent more time: Ibid., pp. 136–37; B-TS, pp. 52–53
64 “When he was around his mother”: Interview with Jack Martin
65 “warm but very strong”: Interview with Corinna Gordon
66 In 1983, Mohamed had set him: Interview with Jack Weiner
67 “He had a passion”: Ibid.
68 “I have no idea where Dodi”: Interview with Michael White
69 “Around the office we used to”: Interview with Jack Weiner
70 A number of Dodi’s creditors: Mi, Sun, DEx, 8/9/97
71 “He was after acceptance”: Interview with Peter Riva
72 like his father, Dodi carried: B-TB, p. 199; B-TS, p. 73
73 “I don’t think a word of truth”: Interview with Nona Summers
74 “Dodi Time”: Interview with Jack Martin
75 “He didn’t have the ability”: Interview with Michael White
76 “He had an innocence that was”: Interview with Marie Helvin
77 he courted her avidly: Interview with Suzanne Gregard
78 “You know he gets down on the ground”: Mi, 8/12/97
79 Gregard tried to make: Interview with Suzanne Gregard
80 Dodi insisted on putting: Ibid.
81 “We were never alone”: Ibid.
82 In 1989, Mohamed had tried: B-TB, p. 254
83 Although he logged: Interviews with Jack Weiner, Jerry Weintraub, Jim Hart
84 He had been dating Kelly Fisher: B-TS, p. 66
85 On June 20: Interview with Bruce Nelson
86 “Dodi couldn’t bear to leave”: NOTW, 12/7/97
87 Mohamed’s wife Heini: B-TS, p. 107
88 “We thought he was a sailor”: Ibid., p. 106
89 “I knew his father was”: Ibid.
90 Fisher took the Cujo: Ibid.
91 “We ran postcards”: Interview with Piers Morgan
92 “stealing the spotlight”: Mi, 7/18/97
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