Princess
About This Book
Before the world knew her as Princess Diana, she was a shy, self-conscious young woman living largely out of the spotlight. Wendy Holden looks back at the years before the royal wedding at St. Paul's, tracing how Lady Diana Spencer became the figure whose poise and glamour would later be admired everywhere. Born in 1961 to Viscount Althorp, heir to the Spencer earldom, and his wife Frances, Diana grows up in the aftermath of her parents' painful divorce. School is a struggle. When she moves to London, she takes work as a cleaner and a nanny, and throughout these years her escape is romantic fiction, where she imagines falling in love and being rescued by a handsome prince. Meanwhile, royal circles are worried about the Prince of Wales. At nearly thirty and still unmarried, Charles needs a bride who is young, of aristocratic birth and has no previous romantic history. The eighteen-year-old Diana is almost the only candidate who fits, and her longing to be loved matches the Palace's urgent need for a wife. Once the monarchy's calculating machinery begins to move, Diana must face its demands, from intrusive press attention to the presence of a certain Mrs Parker Bowles. The book asks whether her romantic dreams can survive the pressures that are turning her into a global icon.
ISBN: 9781787397576
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