{"product_id":"swan-song-diana-my-sister-beautiful-beloved-hunted","title":"Swan Song: Diana, my sister. Beautiful. Beloved. Hunted.","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"0241825598\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\"\u003e\n \u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBeautiful. Beloved. Hunted. The extraordinary life and death of Diana, as told by her brother, Charles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n     \u003cbr\u003e\n     \u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Head-spinning, fascinating, truly touching, devastating. A portrait of Diana that is affectionate, sad, and lovely’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Explosive, devastating, astonishing, extraordinary’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n     \u003cbr\u003e\n     \u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e***\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWhen asked, ‘What was it like, growing up with Diana?’, my first thought is always, But I don’t know what it was like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003enot \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eto grow up with her…’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn September 1997, Charles Spencer stood in Westminster Abbey before a watching world and shared his grief at losing his beloved sister, Diana. Now, nearly thirty years later, he tells the astonishing story of his life with Diana and the tragic week of her death.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn childhood, Charles and Diana, the youngest Spencers, were inseparable – secretly calling one another Duch and Carlos. As each other’s closest confidantes, they roamed the family estate, endured extremely challenging boarding schools, survived terrifying nannies and helped each other through the agony of their parents’ divorce.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYet everything changed when Diana married the Prince of Wales, now King Charles III, and overnight became a global icon. Charles saw his older sister serve the world’s marginalized and relish being mother to her treasured sons.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut, pursued by a barbaric press as her royal marriage crumbled, she was left desperately alone. Charles always tried to be there for Diana – until that black night in August, 1997.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSwan Song\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Charles Spencer provides the most intimate, loving and honest portrait yet of his sister.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e***\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n     \u003cbr\u003e\n     \u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Compelling, fascinating, a solemn act of brotherly devotion ’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n     \u003cbr\u003e\n     \u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A poignant, honest portrayal . . . and one that will endure’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n     \u003cbr\u003e\n     \u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Credible and candid and vitally it re-centres Diana, whom the Palace have been wiping from national memory for many years. I was moved to tears'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ei\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n     \u003cbr\u003e\n     \u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA brotherly tribute to the People’s Princess, no holds barred . . . Full of love and vengeance'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n     \u003cbr\u003e\n     \u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Charles Spencer was there for all this history, indelibly present in one of the most iconic tableaux of the late 20th century. After holding back for so long, his memoir finally tells us what it was like'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Tina Brown, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFresh Hell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Substack\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePraise for Charles Spencer’s writing:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Top marks for its searing frankness, framed in wistfully beautiful prose’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Acutely observant, his turn of phrase is often delightful'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘A moving, heartbreaking memoir’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘A tour de force'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"R \u0026 E Tinkerbells Little Boutique ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57310958748026,"sku":null,"price":22.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/4988\/9014\/files\/81Uq_Gst-iL._SL1500.jpg?v=1790498744","url":"https:\/\/retinkerbellslittleboutique.myshopify.com\/products\/swan-song-diana-my-sister-beautiful-beloved-hunted","provider":"R \u0026 E Tinkerbells Little Boutique ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}