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Diana is the Main Casualty in the War Between the Windsors and the Spencers (opens the original)
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Unsurprisingly, Earl Spencer’s book Swan Song: Diana, My Sister is a great deal less incendiary and bitter than some royal commentators and allies of the King have suggested.However, in the no-holds-barred battle between the two Charleses there is one casualty - Diana herself. Her luminous charisma, her beauty and her winning transition from gawky teenager to international humanitarian are in danger of being overlooked by Earl Spencer’s casual insults to the King which have gained far more colum
The Morton Files Podcast: Earl Spencer’s Diana—and Diana’s Own Account (opens the original)
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This week’s Morton Files Podcast is a bumper episode in which I give my thoughts on Earl Spencer’s book and compare his account with what Diana, and the Earl, told me while I was writing Diana: Her True Story and in the years after its publication. The main difference between their accounts lies in how they remember their childhood.The Morton Files is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subsc
In the War of the Charleses, Neither Man Emerges Unscathed (opens the original)
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On the evening before Harry and Meghan gave their incendiary TV interview to Oprah Winfrey about their rotten life inside the royal family, Queen Elizabeth issued a firm edict to her senior staff.Whatever her grandson and his wife said on primetime telly, the Palace was to remain shtoom. Radio silence was the order of the day, or rather evening.It meant a late night for Her Majesty as she chaired a meeting of senior members of the royal household that began at 1.30am to take into account the tim
Love, Love Me Do - Liverpool Docker's Daughter Angela Kelly is the Latest in a Long Line of Working Class Palace Heroes (opens the original)
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Writing about Angela Kelly earlier this year, I made the point that the story of the late Queen Elizabeth II’s dresser and close confidante was the latest in a long line of working-class royal servants who ended up with more power and influence than those far above their pay grade. News that she is participating in a forthcoming documentary is hugely exciting.The Morton Files is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber
Why Princess Diana Only Chose to Wear the ‘Revenge Dress’ at the Last Minute (opens the original)
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It could all have been so different. Diana was, on a night loaded with significance, due to wear a Valentino gown when she attended the Serpentine Gallery in 1994. Instead, she wore a flirty black Christina Stambolian number and changed the course of royal history. The Morton Files is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<input class="email-input" name="email" tabinde
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