Diana, William, and Harry: The Heartbreaking Story of a Princess and Mother

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If you don't know anything about Princess Diana, or her boys then the book may interest you. But, someone like me an American, middle age. Would most likely not like reading it. With one son destined to be King and one needing to find his own way, she taught them lessons about royal tradition and also real life. 'William and Harry will be properly prepared,' Diana once promised. 'I am making sure of this.'

Spears’ vulnerability shines through as she describes her painful journey from vulnerable girl to empowered woman. And the Spencer support system has never wavered for the boys. Whether or not they ever felt torn between their mother and father's families, William and Harry have of course never said a word about it. But it would be 10 years—not till an invitation-only, 10th-anniversary memorial service for Diana that William and Harry oversaw in 2007—before the two families were all together again. Diana’s faced with a seemingly impossible challenge: one son destined to be King of England and another determined to find his own way. She teaches them to honor royal tradition, even while daring to break it. I feel Mr. Patterson is now thinks he's big for his breeches. Has a new style. He now thinks he has an an audience in non-fiction. He also must think he is fooling the general public. He may, but not me. He had been living in South Africa when Diana died, and he—along with many others—had felt that his sister had been hung out to dry with the media in the wake of her separation and eventual divorce from Prince Charles, who along with then-girlfriend Camilla Parker-Bowles had been painted as villains in the Princess of Wales' fall from royal grace. Earl Spencer was also understandably livid at the press, who had dissected Diana every which way and hounded her literally right up until the tragic end.In 2019, however, Pasternak made a startling disclosure in the Daily Mail that Diana had encouraged, indeed urged, Hewitt to cooperate with the writing of the book to get ahead of a more salacious version of their affair coming in another book by Andrew Morton. Pasternak told me that she and Hewitt “met halfway between Devon and London in a field, and he said, ‘Diana wants the story told but with two conditions. One, it has to come out before Morton’s second book, and two, it has to be a love story.’ ” To oblige her, Pasternak says she crashed it out in five weeks.

This is a good book to read if you are not familiar with Princess Diana, William, or Harry. It is really just an overview of each person’s life. Diana definitely was a caring woman and remember feeling so sad the day she died. Then seeing both William and Harry at the funeral, it really was obvious how much pain they were in. So, the first half is really facts about Diana’s life. The second half tells about William and Harry, but on a too superficial a level. The Patterson juggernaut continues to expand into the nonfiction world with this account of the royal family. James Patterson tends to publish one or two non-fiction books, and truth be told, I don’t usually read them. However, this year I have broken new ground. I not only read his own personal memoirs – “The Stories of My Life” – during the summer, but I have just finished his take on the story of Princess Diana and her two sons, William, and Henry.The book gave me a bad taste in my mouth. This book is not authorized by William or Harry, or Princess Diana's estate. There aren't any interviews. Everything I read I already knew or could have done a Google search. If you are like me, having an overwhelming love and respect for Diana and a feeling of contempt and disgust towards Charles, this is the book for you. It easily fed the personal fire of all of my positive thoughts I had of her, as well as all of the negative thoughts I had of him. I especially appreciated the chapters covering the years of William and Henry growing up without their mother in their lives and the impact she left on them. I had not heard as much about their schooling and military experiences before and it was interesting to read of those influential moments and their impacts. It was so easy to caught up in the events in their lives and feel like I was right there next to them, experiencing it firsthand with them. From the moments William and Harry are born into the House of Windsor, they become their young mother’s whole world. I was hoping for an in-depth and intimate glimpse into Diana and her relationship with William and Harry. I was hoping to read new info about Diana’s early days and becoming a mother. Then wanted to know about William’s personality and Harry’s as well. This was discussed a little, but not much. Just felt more like reading their resume. There were a few interesting stories, but not much I hadn’t heard. It didn’t seem as if the author knew much about their internal lives and relationship to each other. They were known to be close and then had a falling out, but you never know why. That is not discussed in the book.

Warning: To those of you who are big fans of James Patterson. Don't read my review any further. As you are not going to like it. I didn't realize why I didn't like his previous non-fiction book, about Jeffrey Epstein It fell flat. It didn't dawn on me why I didn't particularly care for it. It. I will explain later. Several days later, on September 6, both of Diana’s sons famously had to walk behind her coffin during her funeral in front of a crowd of thousands of people. Prince William previously told The Telegraph he ‘can’t necessarily remember’ what he said in that last call with his mother, but that he will ‘regret for the rest of my life how short the phone call was’. So the narrator just said that around the time of Phillip’s death and William and Katherine’s 10 year anniversary (10! It does not seem that long) diana would have been 60 years old. I cannot imagine that. I mean realistically yes I know this to be true, but damn. I’m wondering if anyone has ever done a digital aging on her face? I just do not see her as ever growing old. With the sad death of Queen Elizabeth, it was more than timely that I had the chance to listen to experiences that involved the royal family. I have no doubt that many other books are or will be written that focus on the British Monarchy.Neither William nor Harry have divulged details about what was said during their conversation with The Crown instead imagining what the trio talked about. Prince William reveals that he had been out hunting during the day while the brothers both joke about Diana’s romance with Dodi Fayed, with William nervously asking if she is going to marry him after seeing speculation in the news, something which Diana promptly denies. We fully respect the heritage into which they have both been born, and will always respect and encourage them in their royal role," he continued. But we, like you, recognize the need for them to experience as many different aspects of life as possible to arm them spiritually and emotionally for the years ahead. I know you would have expected nothing less from us.

This gets my blood boiling when an author wants to dupe his audience. James Patterson name in books is a brand, nothing else. When it comes to non-fiction. He tries to come up in innovative ways to promote his brand. Not for the love of his craft.Twenty-five years after her tragic death, James Patterson tells the heartbreaking true story of Princess Diana's life as a mother and a global icon.