Drawing on new research and dozens of specially commisioned interviews, this is an authoritative biography of Diana, Princess of Wales. It explains how a shy teenager grew up to be the most talked-about woman in the world, and why she became a critic of the Royal Family. It is a tale of chicanery at the highest level, revealing how the Princess and her husband sought to influence the way the outside world perceived their failing marriage, and indeed their entire lives. Clayton and Craig attempt to uncover the truths about Diana, her life inside the palace and the controversy surrounding her death in a subtle, honest portrait, without the bias and exaggeration of the past.