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2020.
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From their engagement, wedding, and birth of their son Archie to their unprecedented decision to step back from their royal lives, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have captured the world's attention. With unique access and written with the participation of those closest to the couple, Scobie and Durand offer an honest, up-close and disarming portrait Harry and Meghan. Dispelling the many rumors and misconceptions that plague the couple on both sides...
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2022.
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After a childhood spent on Hollywood film sets, Meghan Markle fought hard for stardom. But even when she landed her breakthrough role on Suits, her dream of worldwide celebrity remained elusive until she met the man who would change her life--Prince Harry. Their whirlwind romance culminated with Meghan's ultimate fairy tale ending: their 2018 wedding at Windsor Castle. Finally, the world was her stage. It seemed that the dizzying success of the wedding...
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Pub. Date
2018.
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She made John Lennon blush and Marlon Brando tongue-tied. She iced out Princess Diana and humiliated Elizabeth Taylor. Andy Warhol photographed her. Jack Nicholson offered her cocaine. Gore Vidal revered her. Francis Bacon heckled her. Peter Sellers was madly in love with her. For Pablo Picasso, she was the object of sexual fantasy. Princess Margaret aroused passion and indignation in equal measures. To her friends, she was witty and regal. To her...
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[2019]
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1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Princess Margaret's life and loves reflected the social and sexual revolution that transformed the Western world during the 20th century. With sumptuous archival materials and revealing interviews, the series follows Margaret's life as she redefined the image of the modern princess, showing how her character combined the rebellious force of modernity with a respect for tradition.
6) A royal duty
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In A Royal Duty, Paul Burrell reveals the truth about Princess Diana - and presents a faithful account of her thoughts. He was the favourite footman who formed a unique relationship with the Queen. He was the butler who the Princess of Wales called 'my rock' and 'the only man I can trust'. He was accused of theft, then acquitted following the historic intervention of the monarch. He was the Princess' most intimate confidant - and may be the only person...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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At age thirteen, she became Lady Diana Spencer. At twenty, Princess of Wales. At twenty-one, she earned her most important title: Mother. As she fell in love, first with Prince Charles and then with her sons, William and Harry, the world fell in love with the young royal family, Diana most of all. With one son destined to be King of England, and one to find his own way, she taught them dual lessons about real life and royal tradition. "William and...
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Pub. Date
2013
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From her decade-long courtship with Prince William, to their fairy-tale wedding and rejuvenation of the monarchy, Kate Middleton has enchanted the public and media alike. How has this once shy, middle-class girl made such an effortless transition from commoner to royal? Nicholl brings her fascinating story to life, in order to reveal the truth about her past, her friends, her family, and, most crucially, the decisions she has made along the way that...
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Pub. Date
2017.
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623 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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Twenty-five years after Diana: Her True Story was published, biographer Andrew Morton has revisited the secret tapes he made with the late princess to reveal startling new insights into her life and mind. This fully revised edition of his groundbreaking biography is the closest we will ever come to an autobiography of Diana, an icon in life and a legend in death.
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Pub. Date
2021.
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531 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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"They were the closest of sisters and the best of friends. But when, in a quixotic twist of fate, their uncle Edward Vlll decided to abdicate the throne, the dynamic between Elizabeth and Margaret was dramatically altered. Forever more Margaret would have to curtsey to the sister she called 'Lillibet.' And bow to her wishes. Elizabeth would always look upon her younger sister's antics with a kind of stoical amusement, but Margaret's struggle to find...
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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108 pages : black and white illustrations ; 20 cm.
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"Learn how Lady Diana Spencer became the People's Princess as she takes her place in the ranks of the Who Was? series. A shy twenty-year-old girl stepped out of a horse-drawn coach and into the world spotlight, capturing the imagination of millions as a real life fairytale princess. Although the storybook marriage didn't have a happy ending, Diana learned to use her fame as a way to champion charitable causes near to her heart. She became the People's...
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Ten years after her death, Princess Diana remains a mystery. Was she "the people's princess," who electrified the world with her beauty and humanitarian missions? Or was she a manipulative, media-savvy neurotic who nearly brought down the monarchy? Journalist Tina Brown knew Diana personally and has far-reaching insight into the royals and the Queen herself. In this book, you will meet a formidable female cast and understand as never before the society...
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Pub. Date
2020.
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327 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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"Veteran fashion journalist Elizabeth Holmes expands her popular Instagram Stories series, "So Many Thoughts," into a nuanced look at the style, branding, and positioning of the four most influential contemporary British Royals: Queen Elizabeth II; Diana, Princess of Wales; Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge; and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. Today, the fashion choices of Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle are frequently headline news. More than just wearing...
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Pub. Date
2018.
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432 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"The fact that the English Civil War led to the execution of King Charles I in January 1649 is well known, as is the restoration of his eldest son as Charles II eleven years later. But what happened to the king's six surviving children is far less familiar. Casting new light on the heirs of the doomed king, acclaimed historian Linda Porter brings to life their personalities, legacies, and rivalries for the first time. As their family life was shattered...
18) The people's princess: cherished memories of Diana, Princess of Wales, from those who knew her best
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
304 p. (large print) ; 20 cm.
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