Customer Reviews

One of two favorite Diana biographies - By: SusieQ, 24 Mar 2008
The other is: Sarah Bradford's biography of Diana. (I also liked Ken Wharfe's memoir very much.)

Ms. Bedell-Smith digs deep & sometimes unsympathetically into the life of Diana, Princess of Wales. However, I think for the most part she is objective about Diana, not objectionable --in other words, she tells Diana's story as it was, not as we might WISH it was. Diana had her bad points. She was self-absorbed at times; manipulative; involved her boys a little too much into her personal problems; impulsive. In some ways she hurt the Royal family, yet she also breathed new life into the old institution.

Ms. Bedell-Smith is also right on target about Diana's relationship with Dodi Fayed. It was a terrible step backward for her, & quite simply, her actions all during the month of August 1997 (with hindsight) clearly point to her confusion & unhappiness, instead of joy & confidence.