Diana in Search of Herself (83 page)

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   “road show, something fun”: Interview with Marguerite Littman

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   “The National AIDS Trust was”: Interview with Michael Adler

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   “a lot of information started”: DEx, 1/17/97

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   “Do you think I could”: B-SS, pp. 158–59

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   offered to be her official: DM, 1/14/97

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   filmmaker Richard Attenborough: ST, 1/19/97

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   “In a sense, the land mine”: Interview with William Deedes

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   “deep thinker”: Pano, p. 26

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   “incessantly”: ST, 11/1/98

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   “Her world was illuminated”: ITV-Doc

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   “She was attuned to what”: Interview with Cosima Somerset

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   “very responsible and responsive”: Mi, 2/19/89

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   “I hug my children”: B-AM1, pp. 67–68

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   “No one was the parent”: Interview with David Puttnam

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   “The constant bear hugs”: B-AP, p. 110

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   Once, on a visit with: B-RK, p. 76

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   most notably when she exhorted: B-WB, p. 170

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   “attentive and smart”: Interview with David Puttnam

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   “he should simply have thanked”: SuTel, 9/7/97

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   “I want them to have an understanding”: Pano, p. 32

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   Although William was developing: TNY, 9/15/97

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   “She was trying so hard”:
Harper’s Bazaar
, 11/97

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   overheard numerous fights: B-WB, pp. 43, 60, 84, 147

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   “I hate to see you sad”: B-AM1, pp. 182–83

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   she felt the nanny was: B-WB, pp. 58, 117, 129, 157

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   “[Diana] raged that Tiggy”: B-RK, p. 76

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   When she and Charles were going: B-WB, pp. 153, 155

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   “I get into bed with them”: B-AM1, p. 68

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   “Diana had a mother-and-son”: Interview with Roberto Devorik

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   “Diana used to ask William”: Interview with Elsa Bowker

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   “wanted William to hear the truth”: SuTel, 9/7/97

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   “William is going to be in his position”: B-AM1, p. 68

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   When they were younger: B-WB, p. 20; B-JW, p. 191

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   Diana often rebelled: B-WB, pp. 20–21, 102

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   As they grew older: B-RK, p. 78

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   once, when William was apprehensive: B-WB, p. 152

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   “I’ve got my boys”: Pano, p. 28

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   “the only men in her life”: DM, 9/1/97

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   calling them nearly every: B-SS, p. 145

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   “had other priorities”: Ibid., p. 76

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   “because she found herself analyzing”: B-RK, p. 149

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   “talked about wanting to leave”: Interview with Jane Atkinson

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   “Sarah Ferguson was a very”: Ibid.

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   Diana and Fergie had been together: DM, 11/20/95

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   Diana cut her off without a word: B-SS, p. 74

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   Fergie also tastelessly: B-SF, p. 72

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   Diana considered “unkind”: SuMi, 11/2/97

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   after Diana had specifically: B-SS, p. 80

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   she refused to answer: Ibid., p. 74

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   “The Duchess of York is the one person”: B-RK, p. 111

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   “She wasn’t as close”: Interview with Richard Kay

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   she tried to maintain contact: B-SS, p. 53

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   Diana hired Michael Gibbins: DT, 8/28/96

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   “I was a go-between”: Interview with Paul Burrell

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   Diana took to wearing: B-SS, pp. 123–24

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   but they spent most: Ibid., pp. 112–13

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   “furtive roadside rendezvous”: NOTW, 8/11/96

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   “I found my peace”: Interview with Elsa Bowker

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   “have a pair of girls”: NOTW, 11/22/98

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   “In the meeting I had”: DM, 11/23/98

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   “was so impatient to have”: B-SS, p. 114

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   She was to be the guest: DT, 8/30/96

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   In a bungled kidnapping: SuMi, 11/3/96

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   privately they were displeased: DT, 8/30/96

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   “from triumph to triumph”: Mi, 11/2/96

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   Diana was perturbed: DT, 11/4/96

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   “shy caring heart surgeon”: SuMi, 11/3/96

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   “friends … in an entirely”: DM, 11/4/96

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   “Why didn’t she just tell”: B-SS, p. 118

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   “dear friend”: DT, 9/19/96

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   “wisdom and experience”: DT, 10/14/96

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   “Life is mostly froth”: DT, 9/26/96

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   Tilberis had first met:
Harper’s Bazaar
, 11/97

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   she created a stir: DM, 11/11/96

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   “fit like a glove”: Interview with Vivienne Schuster

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I’M OUT THE DIOR:
DS, 12/11/96

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   Mohamed Fayed, owner of:
Hello!
, 1/4/97

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   Two weeks later, at Fayed’s: Ibid.

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   “They’re all fuggers”: B-TB, p. 233

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   The Egyptian-born son: VF, 12/97

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   Fayed built an international: B-TS, pp. 80–82; B-TB, p. 16

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   In 1988, the DTI: B-TS, p. 80

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   Fayed was subsequently denied: Ibid., p. 88

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   A subsequent
Vanity Fair
profile: B-TB, pp. 379, 392: Fayed sued
Vanity Fair
for libel but withdrew his case two years later when confronted by the magazine’s overwhelming evidence for its charges (B-TB, pp. 446–47). On May 6, 1999, Britain’s Home Office turned down Fayed’s application for citizenship a second time.

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   He had cultivated: B-TS, p. 90

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   “showered gifts”: B-TB, p. 274

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   who was especially enamored: Ibid., p. 252

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   In 1996, Raine became: B-RK, p. 170; DM, 6/20/97; B-TS, p. 90

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   “keep an eye”: B-TS, p. 91

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   visit him from time to time: Ibid.; Interview with Mark Hollingsworth

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   “He helped bring them”: Interview with Andrew Neil

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   “Diana liked Mohamed’s”: Interview with Mark Hollingsworth

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   “made friends with Diana”: Interview with Andrew Neil

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   “talk about their common interest”: SuMi, 7/13/97

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   when he asked Diana: Ibid.; B-RK, p. 170

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   Fayed also frequently proffered: B-TB, pp. 274, 411

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   “close friend”: DM, 7/14/97

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   “roving health educationalist”: DT, 10/14/96

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   “Her dramatic return”: NOTW, 1/12/97

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   “tarnished”: Ti, 9/24/96

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   “We are trying to give”: Interview with William Deedes

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   “to get her hands dirty”: DM, 1/14/97

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   “to assist the Red Cross”: Ibid.

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   “loose cannon”: Ti, 1/16/97

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   “I am only trying to help”: Mi, 1/16/97

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   “idiot minister”: Interview with William Deedes

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   The BBC documentary about the trip: Sun, 2/11/97

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   “I remember looking”: Sun, 1/17/97

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   “long-term commitment”: DEx, 1/17/97

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   “an international angel”: Ibid.

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   “watershed”: DT, 1/17/97

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   “take her out of controversy”: Interview with William Deedes

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   In a first step: DEx, 3/20/97

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   an erroneous story that Diana: DT, 2/25/97

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   “She wants it for herself”: Interview with Richard Addis

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   “She did that to punish”: Ibid.

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   Diana subsequently announced: DT, 3/3/97

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   “She was an anxiety-ridden”: Interview with Vivienne Schuster

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   “it was too complicated”: Interview with Gail Rebuck

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   “the final straw in a deteriorating”: DM, 1/24/97

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   “From the optimism that shines”: Mi, 2/8/97

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   “extremely concerned”: DM, 2/8/97

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   “devastated”: Mi, 2/8/97

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   “You’ll never guess who just”: B-RK, p. 139

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   “brief and straightforward”: DM, 3/8/97

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   “not the person to ask”: DT, 3/10/97

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   “For my grandson William”: DM, 9/8/97

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   “showed few signs of mirth”: DT, 3/10/97

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   “The confusion was there”: Interview with Sue Douglas

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   “I took a strong line”: Interview with Paul Burrell

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   “ ‘hiding’ in plain sight”: B-SS, p. 127

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   “So confident had Diana become”: Ibid., p. 129

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   “telling pointless lies”: Ibid., p. 197

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   Diana had been secretly: DM, 10/24/94

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   “I persuaded her that”: Interview with Piers Morgan

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   “deeply disappointed”: Gua, 5/9/97

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   “I rang her and congratulated”: Interview with Piers Morgan

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   the tabloids had written: Mi, 1/5/97; DM, 1/10/97

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   “had made all the moves”: SuEx, 2/9/97

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   “She would have converted”: Interview with Elsa Bowker

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   “convince them that she was a nice”: Ibid.

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   she spent ninety minutes:
Hello!
, 5/31/97

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   “She was obsessional about families”: B-SS, p. 116

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   she told friends: SuMi, 11/9/97

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   she had not informed: B-SS, p. 116; Mi, 8/7/97

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   “There are so many people”:
Hello!
, 5/31/97

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   “swollen panda eyes”: B-SS, p. 117

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   “weeping in the stairway”: Interview with Elsa Bowker

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   “no attempt to dodge”:
Hello!
, 6/7/97

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   One evening she appeared: Mi, 8/7/97

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   “air of defiance”: B-RK, pp. 107–8

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   “She knew everyone”: Interview with Elsa Bowker

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   She broke off with her longtime: DT, 6/14/97

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   she considered “traitorous”: B-SS, p. 72

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   whom Richard Kay regarded as: B-RK, p. 99

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   “wasn’t willing to let me”: B-SS, p. 79

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   Legge-Bourke was photographed pouring: Interview with Piers Morgan

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   “harmed … of herself”: DM, 5/31/97

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   “I could hear Diana dictating”: Interview with Piers Morgan

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   “put out a statement”: Ibid.

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   “her son might believe”: DM, 5/31/97

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   loyal aide had been “naive”: Ibid.

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   “I felt strongly [Diana and Charles]”: I-FSK

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   “prone to giving colorful”: Mi, 5/28/97

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   “friendly romance”: DEx, 8/7/97

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   “complete shock”: DM, 5/28/97

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   “appalled and bewildered”: Ibid.

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   When it emerged: Mi, 5/28/97

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   “special relationship”: DEx, 9/15/97

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   “shared such a sense”: DM, 9/29/97

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   “[she] suddenly woke up”: Mi, 5/8/97

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   Since Harrods had sponsored: B-TS, p. 94; DM, 7/14/97

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   “instant solution”: DM, 7/14/97

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   “strongly advised”: SuTel, 9/7/97

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   “arouse concern”: DM, 7/14/97

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   which Diana did on June 11: B-TS, p. 96

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   “rather unnecessarily tactile”: DEx, 6/25/97

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   “She knocked herself”: Interview with Marguerite Littman

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   “Surrounded by drooling”: DEx, 6/26/97

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   “Diana Reborn”: VF, 7/97

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   “apparently unsupported”: DT, 6/10/97

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   “Whatever Diana’s inward state”: VF, 7/97

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   “Is this at last the
real
Diana”: DM, 6/10/97

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   “quicken the de-miners’ ”: Gua, 6/13/97

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   “her most amazing walkabout”: DEx, 6/19/97

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   “killing fields”: DM, 6/29/97

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   “anti-mines campaigners”: DT, 5/22/97

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   Tony Blair invited: VF, 10/97

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   “very charismatic”: TNY, 9/15/97

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   “At last … I will have”: Ibid.

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   “peacemaker.… She seriously felt”:
Hello!
, 9/27/97

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   “wants me to go on some missions”: TNY, 9/15/97

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   Diana received ninety: Mi, 11/16/97

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   “It’s my birthday”: Ibid.

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   “Wouldn’t it be funny”: Interview with Elsa Bowker

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   “All the grief from my past”: Sun, 1/12/98

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   “I have quit”: Mi, 7/13/97

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   “unofficially engaged”: SuMi, 6/29/97

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   “He accused Diana”: Mi, 11/9/97

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   “sobbing her heart out”: Mi, 11/16/97

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   by early evening: B-TS, pp. 97–98

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   Fayed installed: MOS, 7/20/97

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   “sparked a political”: SuMi, 7/13/97

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   “Good God”: Ibid.

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   “a little unsafe”: NOTW, 7/13/97

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   she had sought and received: Gua, 7/15/97

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   bodyguards recruited from: B-TS, pp. 97–98

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   “If Diana wanted privacy”: ES, 7/14/97