戴安娜 - 纪念王妃：她去世二十五年后对她生活的反思 Diana - Remembering the Princess : Reflections on her life, twenty-five years on from her death

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 288 pages

Publisher:John Blake Publishing Ltd

Imprint:John Blake Publishing Ltd

ISBN:9781789466652

Published:3 Aug 2023

Weight:240g

Dimensions:129 x 198 x 20 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

“戴安娜是同情、责任、风度和美丽的化身。在全世界，她都是无私人性的象征。在世界各地，她是真正被压迫者权利的旗手，一个超越国籍的英国女孩。一个天生高贵、不分阶级的人，在过去的一年里，她证明了自己不需要王室头衔也能继续施展她那独特的魔法……”

摘自查尔斯·斯宾塞1997年9月6日在威斯敏斯特教堂举行的妹妹戴安娜葬礼上的讲话

在戴安娜去世25周年的今天，似乎是重新评价这位杰出女性的好时机。王室是否从她的生活中吸取了教训，比如如何保护和隐私，如何将“局外人”纳入自己的行列，如何处理丑闻?它是否从她的死中吸取了什么教训?公众不仅对她的死，而且对女王和查尔斯王子的行为，尤其是在事后的反应?还是这个家庭和宫殿——戴安娜称之为“穿灰色西装的男人”——继续走着同样的道路，没有改变，重复着她犯过的许多错误，从她初次在王室圈子里的紧张冒险到后来对传统礼仪的挑战?

在这本与戴安娜关系密切的书中，这些问题以及其他许多问题都得到了探讨:在戴安娜与查尔斯王子婚姻的动荡时期，探长肯·沃夫(Ken Wharfe)担任了六年的王妃警察保护官。罗斯·科沃德被威尔士戴安娜王妃纪念信托基金选为官方书籍的作者。他们的书既是对那个时代的人物和事件的考察，也是对20世纪末一位标志性人物的挽歌。

'Diana was the very essence of compassion, of duty, of style, of beauty.  All over the world she was a symbol of selfless humanity.  All over the world, a standard bearer for the rights of the truly downtrodden, a very British girl who transcended nationality.  Someone with a natural nobility who was classless and who proved in the last year that she needed no royal title to continue to generate her particular brand of magic...'

From Charles Spencer's address at his sister Diana's funeral, Westminster Abbey, 6 September 1997

Today, twenty-five years since Diana's death, seems the good moment for a reassessment of this remarkable woman.  Did the Royal Family learn lessons from her life, about protection and privacy, about how to incorporate 'outsiders' into their ranks, about how to manage scandal?  Did it take any lessons from her death, and the public's reaction not only to that, but to the behaviour of, in particular, the Queen and Prince Charles, in the aftermath?  Or have the family and the Palace - 'the men in grey suits', as Diana called them - continued on the same track, unchanged, repeating many of the mistakes made with her, from her first nervous ventures in royal circles to her later defiance of traditional protocols?

These and many other questions are explored in this book, written by two people closely associated with Diana: Inspector Ken Wharfe was the Princess's police protection officer for six years during the turbulent period of her marriage to Prince Charles.  Ros Coward was chosen as author of the official book by the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Trust.  Their book is both an examination of the people and events of the time, and an elegiac tribute to one of the iconic figures of the late twentieth century.

作者简介

肯·沃夫(Ken Wharfe)是已故威尔士王妃戴安娜(Diana)的私人保镖，从1987年到1993年负责英国国内外24小时的安保工作。他与罗伯特·约翰逊(Robert johnson)合著的回忆录《戴安娜:严守的秘密》(Diana:紧闭的秘密)初次出版时就成为畅销书，2016年再版时再次成为畅销书。

罗斯·科沃德是一名作家兼记者，著有多本广受欢迎的书籍，主题从女权主义到环境问题。她被戴安娜，威尔士王妃纪念基金和遗产选择撰写戴安娜:肖像，于2004年出版。

Ken Wharfe, MVO, was personal protection officer to the late Diana, Princess of Wales, in charge of round-the-clock security at home and abroad, from 1987 until 1993. His memoir, Diana: Closely Guarded Secret, co-written with Robert Jobson, was a bestseller on its first publication and again when it was reissued in a revised edition in 2016.

Ros Coward is a writer and journalist, and the author of a number of well-received books on subjects ranging from feminism to environmental issues. She was chosen by the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund and the estate to write Diana: The Portrait, published in 2004.