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Travels with Diana
St. Martin's Press
November 2004
Featuring: Diana, Princess of Wales
230 pages ISBN: 0312337825 Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography
The dramatic public life of Diana, Princess of Wales was
enacted against a backdrop of exciting foreign destinations. These are inextricably linked to some of the most
significant events in her own journey. Who can forget the
lonely Princess at the Taj Mahal, the "War of the Waleses"
in South Korea, the glamorous Diana, darling of Manhattan
fundraisers, or the Queen of Hearts in an African refugee
camp? These are just some of the unforgettable images
revisited in Portraits of a Princess--Travels with Diana. Patrick Jephson, Diana's private secretary for many years,
gives his unique perspective of his time spent with the
Princess. As the man who organized nearly all of her foreign
travel and accompanied her on most of it, his viewpoint
provides the book with a unique sense of authority. For Portraits of a Princess Jephson reassembles the core
team that worked with him on orchestrating Diana's worldwide
crusade: the press secretary, the security chief and the
Princess's personal assistant. From this unmatched archive of experience came candid and
entertaining anecdotes which add colour to fascinating
behind-the-scenes details of the logistics of a royal
superstar on tour: how the press coverage was organized and
orchestrated, how the protocol experts were kept happy and
how transport and security requirements were adapted to suit
Diana's revolutionary royal style. Other experts comment on the Princess's changing fashion
tastes as her wardrobe evolved from the "Shy Di" of the
joint tours to the confident glamour icon of Washington
society balls or the hands-on charity leader in Africa. Again and again, as we retrace the Princess's footstep,
Jephson asks, "Did she make a difference?" These striking portraits answer that question.
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