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It is a moment that remains frozen in history. When the Mercedes carrying Diana, Princess of Wales, spun fatally out of control in the Pont de l’Alma tunnel in Paris in August 1997, the world was shocked by what appeared to be a terrible accident. But two decades later, the circumstances surrounding what really happened that night - and, crucially, why it happened - remain mired in suspicion, controversy, and misinformation. Until now.

When Carrie Fisher recently discovered the journals she kept during the filming of the first Star Wars movie, she was astonished to see what they had preserved - plaintive love poems, unbridled musings with youthful naiveté, and a vulnerability that she barely recognized. Today, her fame as an author, actress, and pop-culture icon is indisputable, but in 1977, Carrie Fisher was just a (sort-of) regular teenager.

This book tells the true story of the love between a man and a woman, a love that was both passionate and full of hope and yet ultimately hopeless. The woman was Diana, the Princess of Wales; the man was Captain James Hewitt. Their love lasted for nearly 5 years; this is their story.

Here is the untold, inside story of the brief, eventful life of Princess Diana. Narrated by well-known actress Jan Farrington, here is the princess of hearts who captivated the world through her charitable works and larger-than-life persona. A royal tribute to an icon for the ages. With exclusive interviews and commentary.

It is now 20 years since this iconic royal figure died at the tragically young age of 36 in a Paris car crash. Her powerful legacy lives on through her sons, Princes William and Harry, and a new generation is becoming aware of her extraordinary life for the first time.

A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors' British Legends series, listeners can get caught up to speed on the lives of Great Britain’s most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known.

Princess Diana had a whirlwind of a life, or in the words of Sir Elton John, she “lived her life like a candle in the wind”. After her marriage to Prince Charles, she became not just a princess but a global icon. Diana could draw crowds by the thousands, but despite her rising popularity, she couldn’t keep her marriage together. Not many have had the kind of life that Princess Diana led, but to be sure, this was no fairy tale with a happy ending. This book tells the tragic story of the life of Princess Diana, from beginning to end.

Princess. Public Figure. Philanthropist. Parent. Diana, Princess of Wales emerged in the early 1980s as a fresh face to the stoic British monarchy with a storybook wedding, which was unfortunately later a tabloid breakup. She emerged as a modern British woman and admirable icon to not only England but the world.

Princess Diana almost single-handedly saved the British monarchy from demise with her manners and compassionate charitable work. When she was killed in a car crash in Paris on August 31, 1997, it became immediately clear just how much this shy, self-effacing, kindly woman really meant to the world and history.

La princesa Diana: Secretos prohibidos de la realeza recorre la vida de Diana de Gales, una muchacha sencilla que se convirtió en la “princesa del pueblo” al casarse con el príncipe Carlos de Inglaterra. Lo que debió ser un cuento de hadas, se convirtió en una vida llena de infelicidad, desórdenes alimenticios e infidelidades que fueron objeto de la prensa sensacionalista de la época y que la enfrentaron a la poderosa realeza británica. Fue la mujer más fotografiada del mundo, carismática, elegante, entregada a sus obras de ca.

Weg und Vermächtnis einer Frau, die zur Ikone ihrer Epoche wurde. Sie hatte nie den Drang zur Selbstdarstellung einer Marilyn Monroe, nie den politischen Ehrgeiz eines John F. Kennedy – und doch steht Lady Diana Spencer in einer Reihe mit den wohl charismatischtesten Ikonen des vergangenen Jahrhunderts.