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During the 1980s and „90s, Diana, Princess of Wales was one of the world‟s
most glamorous and famous figures. Her photograph adorned thousands of
magazine covers and pictures of her could be seen on countless television
programmes. But who was the real person behind the celebrity?
“Princess Diana” by Cherry Gilchrist is the biography of Diana, Princess of
Wales, who died at the age of 36 in 1997.
The author, Cherry Gilchrist, describes Diana‟s background and childhood
and the events that led up to her marriage with the Prince of Wales in July 1981.
She examines the 15 years of Diana‟s marriage – the birth of her two sons, her
illnesses, her work for charities – and the growing problems in her relationship
with Prince Charles that led to divorce in 1996. The book explains how the „fairy
tale romance‟ went wrong and how Diana eventually freed herself from the royal
family and started to lead an independent life.
In the final chapter the author relates the tumultuous events of 1997,
Diana‟s new romance with Dodi Fayed, her shocking death in a car accident and
the royal funeral that was watched by millions of television viewers around the
world. We learn of the contribution that Diana made to Britain and the world and
the lessons which her life can teach us all.
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