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| After Diana: William, Harry, Charles, and the Royal House of Windsor | 
| Author: Christopher Andersen
Publisher: Hyperion
Category: Book
List Price: $25.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 731520
Format: Bargain Price
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.3 x 1.4
Dewey Decimal Number: 941.0850922
ASIN: B000YFH3R4
Publication Date: June 5, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 OK September 2, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I don't know. This was an ok book and to be honest, I read it through in a couple of days. However, the author makes a lot of claims and judgments without any sources or backing. He does criticize just about everyone but the sainted Diana and I was particularly annoyed when he described the Queen's weekly meetings with grandson William. He implied that the Queen pretended to be interested in William's doings. Whatever else Elizabeth II is, it's very apparent that she loves her grandkids and I can't believe for one moment that she had to "pretend" anything when spending time with William. I was aware that both of Diana's sons partied to the hilt but had no idea of the extent of their devotion to drinking, partying, women and the club scene. In the long and never-ending Diana saga, I'm convinced that there's really no wrong or right side. She was clearly a narcissistic, neurotic woman married to a staid, hide-bound cold fish. Recipe for disaster. I hope things work out better for the future king but I'm not so sure. Frankly, I pity the woman that marries William. If she's looking for marital faithfulness in her husband (as Diana obviously was), she'll only be fooling herself. Best to just accept it and enjoy your role as Princess/Queen. To fight it like Diana did only ends in disaster of some sort. I wouldn't wish that life on my worst enemy.
 Very well-researched with insight into Diana, Charles, William and Harry's characters and motivations July 31, 2007
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
I've read a couple of other books and article about Diana and the Royal Family but this author has some new revelations including how Charles, William and Harry dealt with the news of her death. How Diana used William as a confidant and how Charles has and is working to make Camilla acceptable to the British people as his wife and eventually as Queen.
I was saddened to read how much of the "tabloid" stories of William and Harry's drinking and carousing is actually true. I think if Diana were alive this would not be as bad but this has always been a typical behavior of Royals in England. I do applaud that they are now trying to honor their mother and follow more in her footsteps but this book leaves you feeling that this can only happen if they put the brakes on their reckless behavior of drinking, drugs and speeding.
The author also offers some insight into some of Diana's behavior and more on her relationship with Charles and Queen Elizabeth II. None of the parties behaved very well but since Diana was only 19 when she married and very sheltered, it seems that Charles and the Queen could have protected her better.
Finally the revelations of Charles' intriguing "other other women" is also very informative as to his true character and intentions when he married Diana.
Mostly a sad story if you care about the Royal Family but some hope is offered.
Recommended.
The dysfunctional Royals July 25, 2007
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
This book chronicles the actions and reactions of the English royal family since Diana's death. It describes the maneuvering which finally allowed Charles to marry his longtime lover Camilla Parker Bowles. It details the highjinks of the hard-drinking, fast-driving princes, as well as the charitable causes they have undertaken. The reader learns of the chilly relations between Diana and Charles' relatives, and the royal family's attempts to erase Diana from people's memories and replace her with Camilla as an acceptable queen, upon Elizabeth's death. Partway through the book, it becomes clear that the Spencers and the Windsors live a life of privilege which seems to prevent them from recognizing the immorality and selfishness which characterize both families. It is true that everything negative in these families is blown up to gigantic proportions by the press, but these privileged and wealthy people have given them plenty of ammunition. Author Anderson presents some new information about the Windsors, and many intimate details which leaves the reader questioning some of his sources. It clearly points out the effect which Diana had upon the royal family and the difficulty of changing centuries-old traditions and mind-sets. The reign of Prince William as king will certainly usher in new practices and attitudes, while the Queen and Prince Charles are definitely throw-backs to the old
ways of doing things. Whether Charles will ever succeed his mother as queen remains to be seen.
It's OK, but the paperback version will be the better value July 15, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
A lot of stuff here, it's interesting to read but irritating in that Andersen never tells you where he got his information (there is a long list of books and people in the back of the book, and a lot of "anonymous" sources too.), you'll just have to guess. Most of what is here you'll have read in any number of the other books that Amazon and others sell.
I don't remember much now about how Andersen's earlier book "Diana's Boys" read but this one seems to spend a lot of time bad mouthing just about everyone but Diana. The most irritating element was the insistence on bringing up the Hewitt as Harry's father line, not very creditible and presented here too often.
Wait until the paperback comes out- it will be a better value for the money.
Just when I thought....... July 13, 2007
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
I had read everything there was to know about Diana..........AFTER DIANA came out. Easy read. Very enjoyable. And, yes. I did learn new info about Diana and her boys. Read it in two days while on vacation in Mexico. Well worth the read.
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