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Swan song Diana, my sister

This memoir by Charles Spencer recounts his lifelong relationship with his sister, Diana, Princess of Wales, from their close childhood at the Spencer family estate through the challenges of their parents<U+2019> divorce and Diana<U+2019>s rise to global prominence after her marriage to the Prince o...

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Main Author: Spencer, Charles Spencer, Earl, 1964- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Press, 2026.
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Diana, > Princess of Wales, > 1961-1997.
Spencer, Charles Spencer, > Earl, > 1964-
Siblings.
Princesses > Great Britain > Biography.
Biographies.
Memoirs.
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Summary:This memoir by Charles Spencer recounts his lifelong relationship with his sister, Diana, Princess of Wales, from their close childhood at the Spencer family estate through the challenges of their parents<U+2019> divorce and Diana<U+2019>s rise to global prominence after her marriage to the Prince of Wales. The book describes Diana<U+2019>s humanitarian work, the pressures she faced from intense media attention and a failing marriage, and Spencer<U+2019>s efforts to support her. It culminates in his account of the events surrounding Diana<U+2019>s death in August 1997 and its impact on him and their family.
Physical Description:371 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
ISBN:9798217379743
Author Notes:Charles Spencer is an author, historian, public speaker, broadcaster, and journalist. He is also the 9th Earl Spencer. Spencer is the author of nine nonfiction books, including four Sunday Times bestsellers. A globally in-demand keynote speaker, he worked for NBC News as an on-air correspondent from 1986 to 1995. He has presented for the History Channel, was a co-host of the hit Rabbit Hole Detectives podcast, and has written for many newspapers and magazines. He is a columnist for the Financial Times .

Spencer was educated at Eton College, and at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he obtained his MA in Modern History.

He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.

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