Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words

And the words came pouring out! And as they should. Like many reviews here state, I too was old enough to register Princess Diana, I remember vividly where I was when the news came rolling in about her death, but I was too young to truly register her character and what she stood for. So this year, as part of my "obsessed with Princess Diana era", I decided to dive in and learn more.

I have to say that while I found this story interesting and awful in equal measure (the monarchy should take at least a few HR courses at some point) I too felt like many reviewers mention, that a lot of this book was redundant and focused more on Diana's pain over her accomplishments she established while still on this earth. I understand the reasoning behind this as this was her way of truly allowing HER voice to be heard HER way in order to stick it to a man and his family that essentially shoved her in a closet and told her to be grateful for it but I felt that there was plenty Morton could have done to emphasize her experiences as well as her wins. This book took the path that I feel many women's stories take when handled by men - all focused on the woman's anguish as opposed to being a well rounded account of that woman's life. That said, this account was interesting but wished there was less name dropping and redundancy and more information about all the good Diana did for so many people.

This book hasn't deterred me away from Diana's story, I'm still on the hunt for other books surrounding her life and the good she did for so many charities for AIDS, leprosy and hospices. I definitely will be picking up Harry's book at some point too.