After Diana: William, Harry, Charles, and the Royal House of Windsor

After Diana: William, Harry, Charles, and the Royal House of Windsor
by Christopher Andersen

After Diana: William, Harry, Charles, and the Royal House of Windsor
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Author: Christopher Andersen
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2007-06-05
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Hyperion

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Book Review: A page-turner for those who follow Royal Family gossip
Summary: 5 Stars

This covers the events of the royal family from Diana's death onward, with a particular emphasis on how her two sons, Princes William and Harry, are coping with adolescence and early adulthood. It doesn't add up to a pretty picture. At times I feel sorry for them, because their mother's death combined with royal pressures constitute a lot of emotional baggage for anyone to overcome. Charles' hands-off parenting style is an additional liability. It's not surprising that their teens and twenties are filled with parties, frequent binge drinking, and promiscuity. Harry has been less responsible than William, but that may be attributed to the belief in some circles that his biological father was one of Diana's illicit lovers -- that would be quite a cross for anyone to bear.

Nonetheless, these two do live up to their reputation as the "Party Princes." Admittedly, it's unreasonable to expect them to be as straightlaced as their father or grandmother, the Queen, but they certainly do consume copious amounts of alcohol by any standard. There is definitely something wrong here. The fact that both brothers openly cheat on their long-term girlfriends (who accept this as the price of being a royal girlfriend) does not bode well for the future, either.

There's an awful lot here to shock even the most jaded reader: The Queen's hostility toward Camilla, the rumors of homosexuality, the ups and downs of the relationships among the senior royals. Prince Charles still goes to bed with a teddy bear at age 60(!). Prince William's bedroom as a university student was bugged by two different British police agencies. (Will his most intimate moments be aired, as occurred to his parents?) Overall, it is the circus that never stops. The most shocking incident was when Harry wore a Nazi army uniform to a costume party. Compounding the shock was the revelation that Harry made that costume choice because he was ignorant of history: He didn't know what a swastika was, and was clueless about Nazi atrocities. It's not clear if the future king, Prince William, has a better grasp of history, but the fact that both of them were educated together and chose Harry's costume together ought to be worrisome to Brits.



Summary of After Diana: William, Harry, Charles, and the Royal House of Windsor

"This family did not have a drop of humanity in it before. I think I?ve changed that." --Diana

For all the millions of words that have been written about the People?s Princess, no one has yet penetrated palace walls to reveal what has really happened to the Royal Family she left behind ten years ago. Until now. In the manner of his No. 1 New York Times bestsellers The Day Diana Died and The Day John Died, as well as such other bestsellers as his Jack and Jackie, Jackie After Jack, and Diana?s Boys, Christopher Andersen (who was consulted by Operation Paget, Scotland Yard?s official inquiry into Diana's Death) draws on important new sources to paint the first full portrait of a Royal Family still haunted by the ghost of Diana.

All the compelling elements of a true dynastic saga are here: power, sex, wealth, intrigue, betrayal, tragedy, and scandal. But so, too, is the Princess?s legacy of love and compassion?alive in the sons who have grown to manhood and are now forging a legacy of their own.

Among After Diana?s many stunning revelations:

The many times Diana predicted with uncanny accuracy how she would die, why she feared for Camilla's life as well as her own -- and the surprising, never-before-revealed identity of the woman Diana really felt might one day be Queen.

New details about the hours and days after Diana's death: Charles?s reaction the moment he saw Diana's body, how Camilla dealt with suddenly becoming the most hated woman in the world, and her secret eight-year campaign to replace Diana.

How William and Harry have dealt with the public and private pressures -- the troubling influence of their substance-abusing aristocrat friends; from drugs to Nazi uniforms to lap dances and barroom brawls, fresh details about the Princes? wild behavior and the demons that still haunt them.

How Charles cheated on Camilla as well as Diana, and the intriguing other women in the Prince of Wales?s life.

Despite Charles's heated denials, the behind-the-scenes maneuvering to make Camilla Queen -- and the Palace power struggle that rages today.

Inside Operation Paget, Scotland Yard?s ongoing probe into Diana?s death -- why, ten years after, investigators were still shocked by what they found.

The day Charles was asked point-blank by Scotland Yard if he killed his wife -- and what he said.

The many beautiful young women in the lives of William and Harry over the past ten years -- including Will's longtime love Kate Middleton, her chances of one day becoming Queen, and why he fears she may meet the same fate as his mother.

William's obsession with speed, Harry's hunger for risk-taking, and a shared thirst for battle that could lead both Princes to combat in Iraq.

New information on whether the Queen plans to step aside and who she really wants to see succeed her on the throne.

Sometimes heartbreaking, often inspiring, always riveting, After Diana is more than just the first comprehensive, compelling biography of the House of Windsor as it is today. It is a bittersweet tale of love, loss, duty, and destiny. It is the story of a family.

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