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Diana: Closely Guarded Secret

By: Ken Wharfe
Narrated by: Ken Wharfe
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About this listen

Diana: Closely Guarded Secret became a best seller on both sides of the Atlantic.

As a member of Scotland Yard's elite Royalty Protection Department, Inspector Ken Wharfe was personal protection officer - in other words, bodyguard - to the late Diana, Princess of Wales, during the years that saw the final breakdown of her marriage and her separation from Prince Charles.

In that time he became a close friend and trusted confidant who shared her most private moments. His intimate firsthand account provides an affectionate, if not always uncritical, insight into this complex, troubled, but ultimately deeply fascinating woman.

Packed with anecdotes - and now revised with a new chapter containing material about Diana's so-called 'rock', her butler, Paul Burrell - this extraordinary account is the most intimate portrait of Diana to date and a record of the events that unfolded around her during the most crucial period of her life.

©2004 Right Recordings (P)2016 Right Recordings Politics & Activism Royalty Thought-Provoking

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factual emotion taken out of the story, tough job with little or no thanks in the end.

Story of Diana's Personal Protection Officer -

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A balanced informative memoir which I thoroughly enjoyed. Well narrated and easy to understand the difficulty that this particular job involves

The Insight

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Brilliant book and performance all round really really enjoyed this! The narrator was so good I could visualise the story & characters

Gangsters & the good guy!!!!

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A decent overall picture but spoiled by references to others accounts of working just as closely with the Princess.
Paul Burrells account was a bit sickly in places but a charming account. Patrick Jephsons account was a tricky listen initially especially after Burrells but overall I think he painted the more balanced picture.

A peevish account in places

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A very undramatic and apparently sincere account of Ken Wharfe's working life with Diana. He is fair and balanced, even about people he frankly dislikes, but scathing about the unprofessional and compromised security which led to her death, in his opinion.

A straightforward and reliable witness

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