The life of the Princess of Wales has been widely chronicled. Her transition through marriage to Prince Charles, from shy schoolgirl and kindergarten teacher to a hardworking, modern woman, is well-known - successfully reconciling the conflicting demands of royalty and humanity of traditional values and the contemporary world, of being the world's most celebrated cover girl and a good attentive mother. Lady Colin Campbell, former wife of Lord Colin Campbell, son of the Duke of Argyll, enjoys personal access to many of the first rank of the Royal Family and their immediate circle. She has drawn on her intimate knowledge to write an account of the Princess' life and marriage. In detailing Diana's relationships with members of the Spencer family and with her husband and friends, past and present, Lady Colin Campbell aims to sweep aside the myth of the fairytale princess to make way for the real Diana.