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  3. I admit I did nor finish this book. I thought I was getting a book about Prince William. Instead it is another opportunity for Juror to bash Princess Diana. To show her fanatic devotion to Prince Charles. Everything was her fault. Prince Charles became depressed. It was because of Diana. William’s personality changed; all due to Diana’s actions. Harry has made poor choices in his life. Why? Because of Diana’s demands on him. I know Diana had her faults, but to place all blame on her? I suppose the book eventually got around to William. I just couldn’t stick around long enough to find out. So, should you want a book based on gossip and innuendo this is the book for you.

  4. Some old information in the book. Know it now is a little dated. But a good read – about the future king of Great Britian

  6. I thought this was a nice comprehensive book on Prince William. He was born near the time my son
    was born, and I loved Diana, so I have always kept up.

  7. I am an avid reader, and I could not get through this book. The writing is poor, and there are typos. It was on sale when I ordered it, and I now know why. I am a huge fan of biographical works regarding the Windsors but this particular work was not for me.

  8. This was a book to enjoy and relax through. Imagination and fantasy are stuff of fair-tales. I found it interesting that the Queen regularly texts her family members. Not all fluff is wasted information. I used that bit to indicate age is not related to being tech – savvy in class on ageism.

  9. Great book, informative, interesting and current. Highly recommend it for anyone interested in the younger members of England’s royal family.

  10. Very good book. Well written and well balanced. Not an attack on the royal family. Takes a positive view of the royals.

  11. I have not read the book as yet. I consider it to be somewhat reference material. Hopefully the book will be enjoyable. I scanned through the book and feel the rating is justified

  12. This book is a must who loves Diana and the Royals. Very well written! I would recommend this book highly!!

  13. I haven’t read this one as yet but I know I will enjoy it as it’s about Prince william. I miss his mother Diana and I am sure he has had a hard time with this himself.

  14. What can I say – this is another birthday gift – many of us are enchanted with this couple, of course!

  15. I really enjoyed reading this book. It enlightened me as to how the press is handled behind the scences. I also enjoyed the chapters about Diana.

  16. When the time comes for William to become the next King of England, I know that the monarchy will be in good hands. He has Kte to help support him and guidance from his grandmother and also from his mother, Diana, when he was little. William is not in a hurry to become king anyway, because he and Kate are just starting their family, so he wants to focus on that first

  17. A good summary of the life of William. Also provides a window into his meeting and eventual life with Kate.

  18. I remembered after reading some of this book that I had read a horrible book by Junor before and it was about Diana. It seemed to me that everything she wrote was just very one sided and NOT true. Diana was a wonderful mother to her boys. Just because her childhood was marred with her mother being treated dreadfully by her father and then her mother moved out of the family home doesn’t mean that Diana couldn’t be a good mother. I’m sure Diana’s mother was miserable after mainly not getting to see her children very often. Diana learned from mistakes by her parents’ marriage. I think she loved Charles but he just didn’t love her from the very start. The interview where Diana and Charles were asked, \\”Are you in love?\\” Charles said, \\”Whatever love is\\” and Diana said, \\”Of course.\\” This just goes to show you that Diana wanted the marriage to work and she did love him while Charles didn’t even love her.

    I read part of this new book and it actually depressed me. I took it back to the library. I’m sure the next person who reads it will take it back to the library as fast as I did. Diana was a very special person and she had some very impressive boys. I always love to hear about William and Harry and see by their example that they carry on their mother’s love for childern in hospitals and elsewhere. Thank heavens William looks out for Kate so she won’t have to live the life that Diana lived and be hounded by the press. But you know, Kate will never live the life that Diana lived because William is always looking after Kate. Why couldn’t Charles look out for Diana. It never entered his mind to do that.

  19. Good book..a lot of the information is a repeat of what has been published many times..I noticed an incorrect item..author states that Diana’s father…Earl Spencer, was 14 years older than his wife, Frances..Diana’s mother..Earl Spencer was 12 years older than his first wife..how this error got overlooked by the publishers is beyond me.

  20. I like how the book brings a nice humanizing context to the events of Williams’ life and seems to align with how William presents himself as an adult.

    The sources were good and interesting like former press secretaries’ for the Wales’ and school masters/professors. Junor aptly points out that the undeniable fact that William had very dysfunctional parents, was old enough to know what was going on during the War of the Wales, combined with inner household turmoil the boys undoubtedly felt, and how that affected him as a person. The book sheds light on how he turned out pretty well-adjusted considering the circumstances.

    It spoke volumes that one of the most upsetting photos for William was him carrying groceries home at St. Andrews. The guy really just wanted to carry groceries home and be left alone except when he is in public for official capacities. He studied at the police station at times to get some peace and quiet.

    I don’t think the book was Diana bashing, as in other reviews. As child of the 80’s, I had Diana fever like everyone else.Though Junor focused on the Princess in a more negative light but her points were valid. Being an adult now, I appreciate that an uneducated 19 year old woman when she was married, with some clear psychiatric issues (bulimia, self harm) and an unstable childhood, Diana was probably not an easy person to live with or have as a mother, though she had an excellent public persona and did great work for charity. But Junor also points out Charles’ flaws as well.

    William always gravitated towards normal well-grounded people and families and that Kate Middleton helps meet that need. Being a child of parents who worked and made their fortune, she doesn’t have the elitist accent and grew up in fairly normal family. It’s William desire and strive toward normalcy, and clearly having learned from the mistakes of both his parents, that has made him the likeable figure he is today.

  21. I almost stopped reading this book after getting about a third of the way into it. Penny Junor felt compelled to go on endlessly about the affairs that plagued the marriage of Charles and Diana and William and Harry’s reaction to that. She went on at great length about the details of the summer that preceded Diana’s death. Clearly much of what William has become is the result of his mother’s influence but Junor’s narrative was simply gossipy for the sake of its shock value. I perservered and the remaining chapters of the book provided insight into William’s life and was worth the time it took to finish. Quite frankly, given the manner in which Junor chose to write this, I’m not sure if I’ll read any of her books in the future.

  22. As the owner of many Penny Junor’s books about the British Royal Family,(and a small, personal library of 150 books about Diana and other royal family members) I was not as impressed with this book as I thought I would be. Too many errors (i.e Diana’s father, Earl Spencer, died in March 1992, not 1991. Prince Charles’ dog was Tigger, not Tigga. Diana’s brother, Charles Spencer, celebrated his 21st birthday in May 1985, not in 1982, the year William was born.) For all her books and knowledge on the royal family, Ms. Junor should have those dates down pat. The pictures are very good, and it shows how Prince Charles stepped up to the plate to be a better father to William and Harry after Diana died.

  23. This book was so slanted against Princess Diana, and toward Prince Charles. I knew Penny Junor was a friend of the Royal Family, but did not expect this from her. Berating a dead woman who cannot defend herself. How does she sleep at night?

    The remainder of the book read like a text book. Would not recommend this book. It was a waste of money and time.

  24. Great book, a lot of informations about the Royals you would not find anywhere else. Pleasure to read. One of the best books I purchased on Amazon.com

    Mary

  25. I really enjoyed this book and I do believe that William is a credit to his mother.
    I also believe that his choice of a bride has been wonderful!

  26. Sheesh, for a book about Prince William it’s interesting to see that people still care mostly about Diana! For what it’s worth, I think the bit about Diana in this book is fascinating – a fair and balanced look, which is certainly rare. That aside, I bought the book to learn more about William (and Kate!!) and I thought it was a fantastic, in-depth look at the man who will be king – the most thorough biography I’ve ever come across. Junor clearly knows her stuff, and is a wonderfully accessible writer. I highly recommend it!!

  27. I would have given Junor’s latest book more stars had she been able to control her obvious bias against Princess Diana and her blatant admiration of Prince Charles. In her efforts to do her usual hatchet job on Diana she makes Prince Charles and Camilla look positively saintly. Also there were some very questionable premises that Junor presents as facts and it seems she sometimes can’t help her sometimes shrill tone in her attacks on the late Princess. And she contradicts herself in the process.

    Junor presents the story of Prince William from his birth to his wedding to Kate Middleton and their first few months together as a couple. She devotes the first 100 pages about William’s upbringing. I found it odd that she writes: \\”But Diana didn’t know how to be a mother…she had never been successfully mothered herself and therefore had a skewed view of motherhood.\\” Really and how is this known? Charles complained to his biographer Dimbleby about his upbringing also but Junor never accuses Charels about his not knowing how to be a father. Obviously William and Harry don’t agree with Ms Junor’s statement and later on in the book William and Harry are quoted as praising their mother to the skies. Harry quoted as saying: \\”She was our guardian, friend and protector. She never once allowed her unfaltering love for usto go unspoken or undemonstrated.\\” William was quoted as saying: \\”We were lucky to have her as our mother.\\” Obviously Ms Junor disagrees with the two people who were raised by Diana, her sons. I think Junor in her zest to do a hatchet job disregards her sons take on their mother.

    Also, incredibly Junor absolves Charles of blame for returning to his mistress Camilla Parker Bowles when the marriage was \\”irretrievably broken down.\\” Junor writes \\”He was racked with guilt about Camilla, little knowing about Diana’s infidelities, which had begun years earlier.\\” Excuse me? What infidelities and how many \\”years earlier\\”?, Junor states this as \\”fact\\” when there is no proof that Diana had \\”infidelities\\” prior to 1986 when he started the affair with James Hewitt after Charles returned to Camilla. Plus Diana flatly denied via the Settelen tapes that she had a physical affair with Mannakee. Junor apparently has manufactured \\”lovers\\” that DIana had prior to 1986. People should read other sources to get the real picture not Junor’s statement. Diana is not here to defend herself conveniently for Junor. In another inaccuracy Junor says Diana and Hasnet Khan were having an affair for two years (1995-`1997). Had Junor done more reearch she would have noticed that Hasnet Khan in an interview said they he was not intimate with Diana until after her 1996 divorce from Prince CHarles. What also struck me was Junor’s rather biased take on the alleged affair Diana had with Carling. Carling Denied the affair and his wife Julia never said Diana was intimate with her husband (there was no proof). Junor of course states: \\”ALthough there was no proof of adultery, the public, who followed the story in the tabloids were left with no doubt that Diana had been instrumental in the breakup.\\” Really? I was one of the public and I didn’t believe Diana to blame. WIlliam was even said to have a dartboard with Julia’s picture on it (this account appeared in various biographies of Diana). Of course Junor leaves this out.

    Laughably Junor wries, \\”He may have weakneses in his haracter but Charles has never been dishonourable?? Was it \\”honorable\\” to Charles to have an affair with a fellow officer’s wife? Another married woman Lady Kanga Tryon had an affair with Charles only to be put aside rather cruelly by the prince. And what man of honor marries a naive young woman knowiing full well he prefers somebody else? Also I found it a oop out for Junor to fall back on the old \\”Charles was prssured to marry Diana\\” excuse. Charles was 32 year old and old enough to make his own decisions–I think he wanted to marry Diana to have heirs and I doubt he truly \\”gave up Camilla\\” totally.

    Laughably Junor seems to just shrug off the adultery of Camilla and Charles. She claims that there was only one phone call between Charles and Camilla in the firt years of the CHarles and Diana marriage. This is refuted by the account of Charles’ valet Stephen Barry who stated that Charles phoned Camilla several times during the honeymoon with Diana. She also goes along with the Great Thirty Year Love Story spin–Charles actually had two other mistresses Janet Jenkins and Lady Kanga Tryon and married Lady Diana, plous was serious about several women during hte alleged \\”thirty year love affair.\\” Plus how can a woman married to another man be \\”faithful\\” to her lover. Junor also claims Diana maintained that Charles slept with Camilla the night before he married her. Diana never said this in any interview–I recall James Whitaker wrote this in one of his books and Diana never claimed this to anyone: Bashir, Morton or Settelen. Junor also tries to take away the sordidness (she didn’t succeed with me) of the Camillagate tape saying that Camilla was \\”sexy and giggly\\” and Charles \\”found in Camilla the relationship he had so much hoped for with Diana\\”. Note to Junor: Maybe if Charles had dropped Camilla totally he would haved found the relatonship he hoped for with Diana. She also said it didn’t threaten Charles fitnes to be King. I disagree, this was an adulterous relationship that Charles had had with a married woman even years before he married Diana.

    She also condemns Diana for the Panorama interview but seems to give a free pass for Charles for his airing of dirty linen to his biographer and his admission of adultery. She condemns Diana for being \\”nasty\\” to Tiggy yet gives Tiggy a free pass for publicly criticizing Diana’s mothering skills. She claims that all Charles did was give Tiggy a kiss on the cheek when there are other \\”tactile\\” pics of Charles and Tiggy–Charles to me went beyond employer employee relationship with the nanny.

    She claims the boys \\”hated\\” the yacht vacation with AL Fayed and his family. Yet the photographs show them enjoying themselves–either they were great actors or the boys really had a good time.

    When Junor finally lets Diana be (for the most part) and moves on she goes through familiar territory: William going to Eton and to Uni, his meeting Camilla (though Junor claims for the first time I doubt that) his decision to go to Sandhurst, his courtship of Kate Middleton, and his charity work. There is an inordinate number of chapters on sports patronages which WIlliam appears to be concentrating on. Junor doesn’t seem to think it inappropriate for Camilla to go to the 2007 Memorial Service for Diana and Camilla \\”wanted to support the boys.\\” She says it was only Rosa Monckton’s public complaints that stopped her. As I recall it was not only Ms. Monckton who found it outrageous for Camilla to even think about going. She only backed out at the last minute as well.

    Junor’s writing of William makes him look stilted and priggish. I do agree that the labeling of William the Good Prince and Harry the bad prince is very unfair–William also appeared to enjoy the night life as much as Harry (judging by pics of him leaving clubs).

    Kate Middleton’s background is described–the only things missing were the Uncle Gary Goldsmith scandal and the earlier \\”cooling off period\\” between William and Kate which was resolved when Carole Middleton helped them get back together at a bonfire party.

    Junor also leaves out that in the infamous Harry in Nazi uniform episode, WIlliam was with Harry to help pick out the costume. This was reported in various acounts by other authors.

    Junor sings the praises of Kate saying that she is \\”just like Diana\\” and fills the void. Nonsense. Kate is her own person and a newcomer, how she does as a royal has yet to be seen–as of now she’s only doing part time royal duties.

    The wedding is described at length with some color illustrations included in the book.

    I wish Junor could have refrained from expressing her dislike for Diana and using this as a sort of propaganda piece for Charles and Camilla. It would have made a much better book.

  28. I have read a number of books about the Queen and the British Royal Family. This book is really one of the better ones, and not a quick-to-market tabloid capitalizing on current gossip. The author’s description of Prince William’s life, from childhood to the present, demonstrates good research and insight about one member of the Royal Family who has obviously decided to be his own man. The chapters detailing the work of the prince with his charities occupy a good part of the book and certainly give the reader a different perspective about William and the Royal Family. Rather than a salacious retelling of the problems of the Windsors, it is a serious study of the reluctant prince and his understanding of the emerging role he must assume to make the monarchy credible. I found it difficult to put down.

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