Lady Colin Campbell (2) (1949–)

Lady Colin Campbell explains that she began this biography with Diana’s help and approval. Diana subsequently abandoned the meetings when she realised Lady C’s aim was to give a realistic portrait rather than one where Diana was the innocent victim of everything that happened to her.

The author undertook extensive research, naming contributors, and reveals Diana as being both needy and very manipulative. A woman who fell in love with a Prince rather than the man.

A fascinating read (with an update following Diana’s death) revealing far more than the subsequent more higher profile Morton bio.… (altro)

A fascinating autobiography of an extraordinary woman. Blessed with a happy disposition Lady C tackles anything life throws at her with wit & courage, ready to fight like a lioness when lies are told about her. So bright yet can have an appalling blind-side when it comes to dreadful men & one or two ‘friends’.

Even though this was full of Society names I’d never heard, it raced along without a dull moment & ended far too early. And shed a a lot of light on the shenanigans of the tabloid press. I hope she considers adding a few more chapters that incorporate her becoming a You Tube star ( the woman can certainly give an amusing chatty talk) in her glamorous seventies.… (altro)

Tremendously interesting read.
While I did feel the final chapters could have been condensed- they felt like the author was repeating herself- it felt pretty balanced. And while Lady Colin is no fan of the couple, she (in print at least) tries to give them the benefit of the doubt, where possible.
Certainly the misgivings that many of us have...only gradually...come to have over Meghan, seem to be justified by the evidence she presents. I hadnt realised what a decent, committed father Thomas Markle was - Meghan's assertions that she put herself through colege belied by the fact that Daddy spent a small fortune sending her to upmarket schools and then uni.
Lady Colin contrasts the much more unquestioning, adulatory USA with the UK, where we ask questions and criticize...It seems the Sussexes feel more "in control" over the pond, as their PR representatives micro-manage their image. Meghan, as we suspected, is the bright go-getter, with a tame, less intellectually able husband following her lead. Was I the only one to laugh out loud at Lady Colin's comment that "Primatologist and anthropologist, Dr Jane Goodall, a friend of the couple, was the first to break ranks and confirm that Harry was finding it "challenging" to adjust to his new life." ? (And was it intentional?)
The author maintains an impartial stance on the allegations that Archie was a surrogate. She mentions- but doesnt comment on- the photos of a "bump" that seem to show it moving...or there one day and gone the next. Who knows? She does wonder why, with such rumours, they would add to them with their secretive behaviour over the birth...
The conclusion- from Lady Colin's perspective- is that Mghan craves celebrity, adulation and money (hadnt realised they were hand-in-glove with the Gates corporation.) With a veneer of "humanitarian" works, they hope to become billionaires. The author wonders whether she'll cast Harry off once she's used him to propel her from a minor celeb to the world stage.
TREMENDOUSLY interesting.… (altro)