by Tim Clayton
‘Why don’t you go away?’, Holden 1998, p. 187.
‘Darling you must understand’, Morton 1997, p. 36; Dimbleby, p. 340.
‘Charles was an insecure person’, confidential interview.
‘He was a bachelor, loved the single life’, confidential interview.
‘He got bounced into this’, confidential interview.
Call to Camilla, Junor 1998, p. 73.
Chapter 4
‘positively delighted and frankly amazed’, BBC interview; Dimbleby, p. 331.
‘I said, “I love you so much . . .”’ Morton 1997, p. 34.
‘partly because of the press’, confidential interview.
‘Never underestimate the Palace’, confidential interview.
‘Over the four months’, York, p. 82.
James Boughey in Private Eye, 13 March 1981, p. 6.
‘If I hear the word “caring”’, Dimbleby, p. 359.
Private Eye, 26 December 1980, 3 July 1981.
‘Such exciting news’; ‘To Gladys from Fred’, Morton 1997, pp. 38–9; Junor 1998, pp. 86–8.
‘I was longing to walk over to Her Majesty’, Robertson, p. 99.
‘Well, bad luck, Duch’, Morton 1997, p. 39.
Chapter 5
‘My dear you look simply enchanting’, Shanley in Sunday Mirror, 10 February 1985.
‘I’m so proud of you’, Morton 1997, p. 41.
‘I knew about that already’, Carpenter, pp. 222–4.
‘a princely marriage is the brilliant edition’, Bagehot, cited in Holden 1998, p. 206.
‘Church as usual’, confidential interview.
‘He did a lot of reading and painting’, confidential interview.
‘It was terribly difficult for Prince Charles’, confidential interview.
‘Diana screamed and shouted’, Junor 1998, p. 94.
‘the Prince was perplexed’, Dimbleby, p. 355.
‘The bulimia was appalling’, Morton 1997, p. 42.
‘His idea of enjoyment’, Morton 1997, p. 43.
‘I remember crying my eyes out’, Morton 1997, pp. 43–4.
‘At dinner one night the Queen cornered me’, confidential interview.
‘brown envelopes of ten-pound notes’, confidential interview.
‘stuffed shirt’ stories in News of the World, 13 September 1981, and Sun, 18 September 1981.
‘go to bed at night and sleep’, Morton 1997, p. 44.
‘I caught Charles kicking a pebble’, confidential interview.
‘Diana: the Queen of Hearts’, Brecon and Radnor Express, 5 November 1981.
‘entirely to the effect my dear wife’, Hall, p. 132.
‘Moving into Buck House’, confidential interview.
‘She was terribly conscious of her image’, confidential interview.
‘When are you going to stop’, Wilson, p. 97.
‘Andrew Morton’s 1992 biography told how’, Morton 1992, p. 73.
‘She said that is why’, Bedell Smith 1999, p. 130.
‘Lady Colin Campbell announced’. See Campbell 1998, p. 104.
‘I threw myself down the stairs’, Morton 1997, p. 45.
‘haplessly trying to soothe her’ and ‘unfathomable’, Dimbleby, p. 361; ‘inexplicable’, p. 400; ‘aberrant’, p. 365.
‘those of their friends’, Dimbleby, p. 361.
‘As her pregnancy advanced’, Dimbleby, p. 367.
‘They were all oiling up’, Morton 1997, p. 40.
Chapter 6
‘The Princess also seemed’, Dimbleby, p. 367.
‘Thank goodness he hasn’t got ears’, Morton 1992, p. 79.
‘We looked at her big eyes’, confidential interview.
‘She rang up and asked, “How did I do?”’, confidential interview.
‘I stumbled across the term BPD’, letter from Dimbleby to Phil Craig.
‘The Prince of Wales was concerned throughout’, ibid.
‘. . . there appeared to be a terrible conflict’, Dimbleby, pp. 477–8.
‘“Rubbish”, a spokesman said’, Daily Mirror, 31 January 1983.
‘So badly is the Princess of Wales treating husband Brian’, Private Eye, 3 December 1982, p. 10.
‘If the Daily Mail’s Reptile’, Private Eye, 31 December 1982, p. 17. For tabloid coverage, see Bedell Smith, pp. 136–8.
‘help to preserve my sanity’, Charles correspondence in Dimbleby, p. 402.
‘What is a Princess for?’, Time, 28 February 1983, quoting Suzanne Lowry, Sunday Times.
‘Princess thrills 35,000 children’, Auckland Star, 18 April 1983.
‘Diana’s spontaneous manner’, Northern Advocate, 30 April 1983.
‘The terrifying part, as always’, Dimbleby, p. 403.
Chapter 7
‘In the autumn of 1983’, Holden 1998, pp. 225–6.
‘learned that, among other feelings’, Jephson, p. 63.
‘as Harry was born it just went bang’, Morton 1997, p. 51.
‘offensive, reactionary and ill-considered’, quoted in Holden 1988, p. 164.
‘self-conscious, deeply vulnerable’, Holden 1979, p. xx.
‘He will need to prove himself’, Holden 1979, p. 270.
‘a tortured, self-doubting, almost monkish introvert’, Holden 1988, p. 139.
‘the man who really knows’, Daily Star, 4 February 1985.
‘pussy whipped from here to eternity’, Vanity Fair, October 1985.
‘As always on these occasions’, correspondence in Dimbleby, p. 407.
‘I’ve thought of a good idea’, Vanity Fair, October 1985, p. 63.
‘Here They Come’, Time, 11 November 1985; Dimbleby, p. 463.
‘Why? What’s wrong?’ Carter Brown interview.
‘Well, we had a press conference’, Carter Brown interview.
‘A gentleman of the press’, London Evening Standard, 11 November 1985.
‘cream coloured evening dress’, London Evening Standard, 11 November 1985.
Chapter 8
‘Just keep smiling’, York, p. 72; ‘Why can’t you be more like Fergie?’, York, p. 75.
‘absolutely amazed’, Morton 1992, p. 91.
‘What is it now, Diana?’ Berry, p. 53.
‘Everything is such a mess’, ibid., pp. 50–1.
‘Barry, how do I look?’ Berry, pp. 24–5.
‘Look at this fucking shirt, Evelyn’, ibid., p. 52.
‘fifth columnist’, Pimlott, p. 482.
‘the one light in her life’, Hewitt, p. 31.
‘There is no need for me to do all this’, Holden 1988, p. 190.
‘I have been brought up’, ibid., p. 191.
‘She was clearly nervous’, Adler interview.
‘Sunday evenings at Highgrove’, Berry, pp. 56–7.
‘Difficult Di causes Malice’, ibid., p. 60.
‘Who is getting the benefit’, ibid., p. 78.
‘The emotional temperature’, Time, 9 November 1987.
‘It has been impossible to disguise’, Time, 9 November 1987.
‘air of relaxed domesticity’, Berry, p. 87.
‘When I arrived at Buckingham Palace’, confidential interview.
‘That anxiety was heightened’, Jephson, p. 189.
‘I said: “Camilla, I would just like”’, Morton 1997, p. 63.
Chapter 9
‘Princess Diana has asked’, Today, 30 January 1989.
‘Shopping, isn’t it, Darling?’ Jephson, p. 67.
‘Patrick, what do you get’, based on Jephson, pp. 36–7.
‘As I watched her at a dying child’s bedside’, ibid., p. 40.
‘If an institution marked out for particular ends’, Bloch, p. 48.
‘Countless witnesses have testified’, ibid., p. 6.
‘Public opinion was unanimous’, ibid., p. 234.
Chapter 10
‘Some people are even beginning’, Vanity Fair, December 1989, p. 219.
‘DID CARING PRINCESS DI’, Sun, quoted in Vanity Fair, De
cember 1989, p. 221.
‘Long and sometimes incoherent’, Jephson, p. 163.
‘She was very concerned’, confidential interview.
‘How flirty Di captures’, Sun, 19 March 1991.
‘Charles the Absent Royal Father’, Daily Mail, 4 April 1991.
‘The sadness was that immediate staff’, confidential interview.
‘The Princess was lunching’, based on Morton 1992, pp. 117–19, and Holden 1998, pp. 301–2.
‘With the Princess at lunch’, based on Dimbleby, pp. 575–6; see also Bedell Smith, p. 208.
‘Wills in Brain Scan Scare’, Sun 4 June 1991.
‘He thought he had checked out’, confidential interview.
‘Fincher’s photograph’, e.g. Sun, 25 October 1991.
‘Diana and Charles: cause for concern’, Dempster in Daily Mail, 2 July 1991.
‘stuffy old friends’, Morton in Sun, 3 July 1991.
‘I like her a lot’, Jephson, p. 100.
Chapter 11
‘It was over a plate of bacon’, Morton interview for Royals and Reptiles, Blakeway Productions.
‘The straightforward deal’, ibid.
‘To further satisfy Morton’s desire’, Bedell Smith, p. 216.
‘And we had an awful week’, Morton interview for Royals and Reptiles.
‘They also needed to send a warning’, York, p. 200.
Chapter 12
‘Patrick . . . What do people think’, Jephson, p. 244.
‘this family had this book’, ibid., p. 243.
‘those whose motives’, ibid., p. 241.
‘peel yourself to death?’ Campbell 1992, p. 256.
‘the situation has to end’, Sunday Express, 5 July 1992; incident is Berry p. 167 but not the quote; SBS 362 confirms Sunday Express, 5 July 1992.
‘passive, philistine, bewildered, anachronistic’, Financial Times, 8 February 1992, cited in Pimlott, p. 542.
‘not the adulterous kind’, Today, 6 July 1992.
‘Why don’t you save yourself’, Morton 1997, p. 218.
‘second honeymoon’.
‘Diana told me, “It’s dishonest”’, confidential interview.
‘their friends’, Dimbleby, p. 594; ‘they’re all his friends’, Jephson, p. 267.
‘Just think Patrick,’ Jephson, p. 268.
‘1992 is not a year on which’, Pimlott, p. 558.
Chapter 13
‘Well ladies! We all know what men are like’, Jephson, p. 288.
‘Sisters are doing it for themselves!’ ibid., p. 289.
‘the anxious young woman he met’, ibid., p. 283.
‘The one thing that the Prince’, Royals and Reptiles.
‘My book and my film’, ibid.
‘I remember when I was first’, ibid.
‘My intention . . . was to confront him’, Jephson, pp. 292–3.
‘as – unlike him, apparently’, letter to Phil Craig.
‘For some months’, Jephson, p. 313.
‘to excise the more histrionic references’, ibid., pp. 315–16.
‘I hope you can find it in your hearts’, ibid., pp. 317–18.
‘Not Fit to Reign’, Daily Mirror, 30 June 1994; ‘Revenge is Chic’, Sun, 30 June 1994.
Chapter 14
‘watched my boss’s eyes glaze over’, Jephson, p. 332.
‘What have I done to deserve this?’ Daily Mail, 22 August 1994.
‘talks about his King’, London und Paris, 14 (1804), 3–4 in C. Banerji and D. Donald (eds), Gillray Observed: The Earliest Account of his Caricatures in London und Paris, Cambridge: CUP, 1999, p. 203.
‘Britain’s Biggest Bounder’, Daily Mail, 2 October 1994; ‘Love Rat’, Sun, 4 October 1994.
‘I try to be there for them’, News of the World, 3 December 1995.
‘it was the kind of foreboding’, Jephson, p. 365.
‘a dazzling display of sheer’, Times, 21 November 1995.
‘You were magnificent Di’, Sun, 21 November 1995.
Chapter 15
‘luminous personality’, Daily Mail, 13 December 1995.
‘Where are your children, Diana?’ ‘At school.’ Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail and Sun, 13 December 1995.
‘So sorry about the baby’, Jephson, p. 373.
‘The Boss knows about’, ibid., p. 374.
‘The Princess of Wales will retain’, Morton 1997, p. 251.
Chapter 17
‘You’ll never guess who just dropped by?’ Kay in ‘Diana: the Untold Story’, Bedell Smith, p. 326.
‘sorting people’s heads out’ Tina Brown, Vanity Fair
‘Di and Sleaze Row’, News of the World, 13 July 1997.
‘Di’s Freebie’, Sunday Mirror, 13 July 1997.
‘Dodi’s to Di for’, Sun, 11 August 1997.
‘she told me she had never felt’, Gregory, p. 44.
‘Missionary of Natural Spiritualism’, ibid., p. 45.
Chapter 18
‘fuck-up’, Gregory, p. 65.
‘You will never catch us’, ibid., p. 73.
Chapter 19
‘in latter years’, Wilson and Amis, Time, 15 September 1997.
‘Diana may you rest in peace’, Observer, 7 September 1997.
Index
ABC 71, 83, 120
Adeane, Hon. Edward 68–9, 99, 129
Adebowale, Victor 291–2, 304, 305, 372, 373
Adler, Dr Mike 158–60, 212, 272, 302–3, 305–6
Ahrends, Peter 129
AIDS
Diana and AIDS patients xii, 158–61, 195, 257, 301–3
Prince Charles and 376
Aids Crisis Trust 328
Airlie, Lord 371–2
Airy, Sir Christopher 151, 195, 207, 216
Alexandra, Princess 112
All Saints Church, Northampton 24
Allibar (Prince Charles’s racehorse) 43–4
Allison, Ronald 34, 62, 65
Althorp, Northamptonshire 36, 55, 56
‘Jack”s inheritance 2–3
opened to the public (from 1957) 3
celebratory bonfires 5
conference of 1693 15
reforms 16, 24
American Red Cross 326, 327
Amies, Hardy 70
Amis, Martin 369
Money 66
Andrew, HRH Prince, Duke of York 30, 31, 40
visits Park House 11
Diana’s sisters’ ambition 14
marries Sarah 65
Diana’s wedding 85
and the Falklands War 109, no, 113
engaged to Sarah 144
and It’s a Royal Knockout! 154
marriage fails 213
separation 228
walks among Diana’s mourners 370
Angola xii, 309–21, 326, 329, 336, 339
Annabel’s nightclub, London 145–6, 324
Anne, HRH The Princess Royal
personality 53
Diana’s wedding 82
Prince Harry’s christening 136
and It’s a Royal Knockout! 154
divorce 229
Anne, Queen 15
Anson, Charles 221, 247
Arafat, Yasser 325
Arbeid, Murray 139
Argentina 109
The Aristocats (animated film) 14
Armstrong-Jones, Sarah 65
Arnold, Harry 32, 39, 41, 52, 58, 60, 85, 86, 101, 107, 108, 119, 204, 241, 247
Ascot 72
Ashton, Penelope II
Aspen 281
Athens 337
Atkinson, Jane 291, 295–6, 298, 299–300, 302–3, 304, 306–7
Attenborough, Sir Richard 136
Auckland Star 124
Australia 56, 64, 97, 120, 123–3, 137
Aylard, Richard 177, 195, 207, 216, 226, 231, 238, 244–5, 255, 262
Azagury, Jacques 132
Bagehot, Walter 38, 86
Bahamas 107–9
Balmoral Castle 44, 56, 64, 162, 197–8
Dian
a first visits 36, 40
Charles enjoys walks 37, 90
Diana’s unhappiness 90–92
and the accident 352, 353, 362
pressure for the Queen to return to London 365
Barishnikov, Mikhail 138
Barnard, Christian 295
Barnes, Barbara 112
Barry, Stephen 36–7, 43, 87, 92
Bartholomew, Carolyn 152–3, 162, 223, 232, 233, 234
Bashir, Martin 19, 283, 284
Battenberg family 43
Beaufort Hunt 44
Beckwith-Smith, Anne 93, 137, 175, 176, 195, 286
Belville Sassoon 70
Belvoir Castle 30–31
Berlin Wall 172
Berry, Simon 25, 66
Berry, Wendy 144, 147, 148, 160, 162, 197
Berwick Street, Soho 292
Birkhall, near Balmoral 36, 42
Blair, Cherie 322
Blair, Tony 322, 328, 362–3, 366, 367–8, 370, 371
Blenheim 97
Bloch, Marc 185–6, 187
Bolehyde Manor 38, 43, 44
Bolland, Mark 352, 376
Bond, Jenny 314
Bondi Beach, Australia 66
Bono 184
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) xiii, 115–18, 178, 256
Bosnia 254, 309, 336
Boughey, James 66
Bowie, David 133
Bowker, Elsa 101, 275, 293, 324, 338–9
Bowood 38, 241
Braemar Games 36, 38, 39, 91
Brancaster 9–11
Brecon 95–6
Brenna, Mario 334, 335
Brig o’Dee 90
Brisbane 122
Bristol 98
Britannia (royal yacht) 36, 86–9, 211
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) 62, 71, 83, 135, 154, 284, 285, 309, 314, 359, 373
British embassy, Washington 175
British High Commission, New Delhi 52
British Medical Association 114
Broadlands 34, 38, 57, 73, 86
Brook Lapping xi
Brooke, Peter 244
Brooks-Baker, Harold 178
Brown, Carolan 191–2, 245, 251, 258
Brown, Tina 134–5, 328
Brunei 135
Bryan, Johnny 239
Buckingham Palace 20, 59, 106
