Diana, a Spencer in Love

Diana, a Spencer in Love
Author: Deb Stratas
Publisher: Indigo Sea Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2017-04-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9781630664459

What more is there to say about Princess Diana? As it turns out, quite a lot! Like many of you, I fell in love with Lady Diana Spencer when she burst onto the royal scene back in 1980. I watched her magical wedding, cheered when she had her sons, Princes William and Harry, sympathized with her marital difficulties and, of course, mourned her terribly when she died. Millions of people around the world also eagerly followed her life's events. Princess Diana remained a superstar throughout her life and is still immensely talked about after her untimely and tragic death in 1997. In reading about her, I, like others, could never get enough about Diana, in trying to learn about this fascinating young woman. Although many details of her life have been documented and published over the years, I found that one thing was missing in every account-Diana's own voice.

Diana, a Spencer in Love

Diana, a Spencer in Love
Author: Deb Stratas
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2018-06-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9781519649720

Have you ever wondered how a naïve nineteen-year old British Kindergarten teacher became the Princess of Wales? Or what triggered bulimia in a young woman at what was supposed to be the happiest time of her life? Or what Lady Diana Spencer was really thinking on the day of her wedding? Diana: A Spencer in Love is a novel that spans one year in Princess Diana's life - the year where she met Prince Charles, fell in love with him, became a part of the royal family and finally married him. As a novel, the book tells the story from Diana's own point-of-view - this is her voice telling what happened in the early 80's. Everyone knows the bare facts about Lady Diana Spencer - her life in London; and the short romance and engagement with Prince Charles before the fairytale wedding in front of 750 million people. But no one has told the story of what this remarkable young woman was thinking, feeling and experiencing during this incredible time. Based on the actual historical events of 1980 and 1981, Diana: A Spencer in Love charts her journey from carefree teenager to worldwide phenomenon - in just 365 days! Tantalizing snippets of Diana pop culture (e.g. "You have to marry him, Duch - your name is on the teatowels") are brought to life with vivid historical accuracy, rich dialogue and insights into the events and how Diana might have viewed them. Descriptions of royal households like Buckingham Palace, Balmoral Castle and Highgrove Estate give avid Diana fans an insider's look into what her life might have been like. A unique theme throughout the book is the legacy and heritage of Diana's Spencer background. How she admired and emulated the strong Spencer women before her and used this strength to overcome incredible challenges as she transitioned into royal life. In some ways this was Diana's untold secret weapon. We all know - or think we know - Princess Diana's story. And yet, we can't get enough of her and continue to be fascinated by this one-of-a-kind Princess even two decades after her death. Diana: A Spencer in Love won't disappoint those who want to read more about her innermost thoughts and feelings while appealing to a new audience who want to get to know the "real Diana." The story ends with Charles' and Diana's honeymoon aboard HMS Britannia as the fairytale starts to crumble. Diana has married the Prince of her dreams but will love be enough? Whatever in love means...

Improper Pursuits

Improper Pursuits
Author: Carola Hicks
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 561
Release: 2014-08-19
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1466878649

With these words to Boswell, Samuel Johnson dismissed Lady Di Beauclerk, the wife of one of his closest friends, a woman of the highest rank, the daughter of a duke, who had forsaken her reputation, her place in society, her children, and her role as lady-in-waiting to the Queen for love. Born Lady Diana Spencer in 1735, the eldest child of the third Duke of Marlborough, she was expected rigidly to follow a traditional path through life: educated in the fashion considered suitable for a girl, and married to a man of the appropriate rank for a duke's daughter. But finding herself in a desperately unhappy marriage to Viscount Bolingbroke, Lady Di overturned convention. She left her husband, maintained a secret relationship with her lover, Topham Beauclerk, hid the birth of an illegitimate child, and eventually helped to support herself by painting. Lady Di Beauclerk was a highly gifted artist who was able to use her scandalous reputation as an adulteress, aristocratic woman to further her career as a painter and designer. She painted portraits, illustrated plays and books, provided designs for Wedgwood's innovative pottery, and decorated rooms with murals. Championed by her close friend Horace Walpole, whose letters illuminate all aspects of her life, she was able to establish herself as an admired artist at a time when women struggled to forge careers. Carola Hicks provides an enthralling account of eighteenth-century society, in which Lady Di encountered many of the most eminent artistic, literary, and political figures of the day. Improper Pursuits is an absorbing study of a singular life.

Diana, a Spencer in Turmoil

Diana, a Spencer in Turmoil
Author: Deb Stratas
Publisher:
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2018-08-31
Genre:
ISBN: 9781725042926

A royal Princess is trapped in a loveless marriage. A relentless paparazzi stalks her every move. Explosive secrets about bulimia, suicide attempts, a cheating husband and a disintegrating fairy tale are about to be revealed to a stunned world. Can Princess Diana find a way to escape her gilded cage? Diana, A Spencer in Turmoil explores the extraordinary events of 1992 as they unfolded to that fateful moment when the British Prime Minister announced: "It is announced from Buckingham Palace that, with regret, the Prince and Princess of Wales have decided to separate."My first novel, Diana, A Spencer in Love was published by Indigo Sea Press in April 2017. It told the story of the Princess's first extraordinary year of royal life as she met and married the Prince of her dreams. Or did she?This second book is a historical fiction novel that brings us to the year of the Andrew Morton book, affairs, eating disorders, and ultimately a marital separation. The third book in the series - Diana, A Spencer Forever, concludes the tale of the Princess of Wales in her final year of life. Why another book about Princess Diana? You can easily pick up dozens that chronicle her life in dates and events. That's not enough. Diana, A Spencer in Turmoil gives Diana a voice. I combine well-researched historical facts with a compelling storyline that makes the story of the Princess come to life for an ever-hungry international fan base. The recent resurgence of series like The Crown confirms the ongoing global interest in all things royal. Step back into 1991 and and relive the troubled yet influential life of Princess Diana as she headed towards the end of her marriage, and life as she knew it as a royal Princess.

Diana: Style Icon

Diana: Style Icon
Author: Dan Jones
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2020-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781784883812

With famous fans such as Rihanna still referring to Lady Di as one of her style icons, and Hailey Bieber paying homage to her athleisure looks, it's clear that Princess Diana is one of the most influential style icons of the 20th century. Throughout the 80s and 90s she was known as a loving mother, philanthropist, 'Princess of the People' and daring and bold fashionista. In The Legend of Di Dan Jones celebrates the style evolution of Lady Diana Spencer - from the innocent see-through skirt faux-pas, to the off-the-rack blue David Sassoon suit and pussy bow ensemble worn on her engagement to Prince Charles, the 25-foot train on her Elizabeth and David Emmanuel wedding dress, the 1996 black Christina Stambolian 'revenge dress', bike pants with Virgin Atlantic sweatshirt going-home-from-the-gym look, and more. Dan will chart how Di's style evolved from the twee Laura Ashley-loving 19-year-old when she first joined the monarchy in 1981, to a bold and confident fashion influencer in the 90s. Diana had the the knack of following Royal Etiquette yet making up her own fashion rules, influencing millions of women across the globe along the way. From her frilly pussy bow blouses, to one-shoulder spangly dresses, statement chokers, colourful suits and jeans with blazer ensembles, this is a collection of her best-loved fashion moments - from the red carpet to heading home from the gym and walking through minefields. Beautifully illustrated throughout, and featuring over 50 of Diana's most iconic looks, as well as profiles of her go-to designers, this is a keepsake for die-hard Di fans and fashion-lovers alike.

Diana, A Spencer Forever

Diana, A Spencer Forever
Author: Deb Stratas
Publisher:
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2020-01-14
Genre:
ISBN: 9781660722433

How did a fashion icon transform into a beloved humanitarian on the world stage? How was the Princess of Wales able to successfully navigate a complex marital situation to her advantage? Was she or wasn't she in love that final summer? Diana, A Spencer Forever answers all these questions as the final chapters in Princess Diana's story unfold in 1996 and 1997. Explore the final months leading up to her tragic death, and the global grieving phenomenon that came to define her.The first novel in the trilogy, Diana, A Spencer in Love tells the story of the Princess's first extraordinary year of royal life as she met and married the Prince of her dreams. Diana, A Spencer in Turmoil picks up ten years later as the Princess comes into her own as a mother, friend and compassionate champion of the sick and vulnerable, all while her marriage crumbles in private. Trace the final steps of Diana's journey as familiar events come alive through her eyes and unique voice with Diana, A Spencer Forever.

Diana

Diana
Author: Anne Stewart
Publisher: Bookshaker
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2014-03-03
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9780992686505

(Princess) Diana Spencer contacted British healer and PSYCHIC Anne Stewart in July 2011 and began a series of channellings that, to use her own words 'will change the world.' The Diana message is unsurprisingly one of Love. 'It isn't just about loving each other and changing the world; it is loving everything to change the world.' In this book, through nineteen channellings from January 2012 to July 2013, read Diana's very simple, workable and profound recipe for humanity to 're-claim our birth right and birth place.' * Heal your mind and body using an ancient healing symbol. * De-toxify your food and water. * Wake up to the truth of what's going on in the world. * Let go of a lifetime of negative, restrictive conditioning. * Improve your breathing; balance your body's energy system. * Realise the power of prayer, blessing and gratitude. * Send the 'love vibration' out to everyone and 'take the planet to another dimension.' Diana chose Anne Stewart because 'I had been with her in other times', for her 'purity of heart' and because 'people trust her.' This is a book by Diana, not about Diana. Anne and author husband Jack run Diana Divine Healing workshops wherever the call takes them. Diana has already promised a sequel.

Diana in Search of Herself

Diana in Search of Herself
Author: Sally Bedell Smith
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 663
Release: 2012-08-15
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0307822036

The first authoritative biography of one of the most fabled women of the twentieth century—Princess Diana—that paints an insightful and haunting portrait, a “chilling vision of loneliness, need, and untreated mental illness” (USA Today). “[Sally Bedell] Smith has done a remarkable job extracting what’s genuinely pertinent and interesting about Diana. . . . If you’re going to read one Diana book, this should be it.”—Newsweek For all that has been written about Diana—the books, the commemorative magazines, the thousands of newspaper articles—we have lacked a sophisticated understanding of the woman, her motivations, and her extreme needs. Most books have been exercises in hagiography or character assassination, sometimes both in the same volume. With Diana in Search of Herself, acclaimed biographer Sally Bedell Smith has written the first truly balanced and nuanced portrait of the Princess of Wales, in all her emotional complexity. Drawing on scores of exclusive interviews with Diana’s friends and associates, Smith explores the events and relationships that shaped the Princess, the flashpoints that sent her careening through life, her deep feelings of unworthiness, her view of men, and her perpetual journey toward a better sense of self. By making connections not previously explored, Diana in Search of Herself allows readers to see Diana as she really was, from her birth to her tragic death. Original in its reporting and surprising in its conclusions about the severity of Diana’s mental health problems, Diana in Search of Herself is the smartest and most substantive biography ever written about this mesmerizing woman. NOTE: This edition does not include photographs.

Remembering Diana

Remembering Diana
Author: National Geographic
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2017
Genre: Princesses
ISBN: 1426218532

"Photos from the ... National Geographic archives document the royal's most memorable moments in the spotlight; a ... personal remembrance by Diana friend and biographer Tina Brown adds context and nuance to a ... life twenty years after her tragic death. Float down memory lane through more than 100 ... images of Diana, from her days as a schoolgirl to her engagement to Prince Charles, the birth of Princes William and Harry, and her life in the media as an outspoken advocate for the poor, the sick, and the downtrodden"--Provided by publisher.