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Above all, she relied on Buckingham Palace for entree. A "royal rota pass" granted her temporary access to view the prince and princess in action. Such observations only reinforced Duffy's respect for Diana. "If someone tells me she's stupid, I stop the conversation," she says. "Diana is not; she is as savvy as she is incandescent." Palace aides helped fill out Duffy's firsthand impressions so long as her inquiries skirted personal matters...
...Elizabeth, now 66, could reign another decade or two. By that time she could skip a generation and name Prince William, now 10, to the throne. There has even been speculation in the tabloids that Prince Charles has already asked his mother to be permitted to step aside, though Buckingham Palace strongly denies this...
Barring the electronic media entirely would probably not have worked, but giving them access has been a debacle. Buckingham Palace -- meaning the largely blue-blooded coterie of managers who run the affairs of the royal family -- has been stampeded in the TV and tabloid rush to invade every area of formerly forbidden turf. The palace guidelines approving appropriate press coverage of family pageants, such as Charles' investiture as Prince of Wales and the royal weddings, have failed to keep curiosity about other royal activities off limits. But a family that promotes its triumphant moments on TV cannot expect that...
...ostracism at court. But Diana's late father Earl Spencer, always appealingly proud of his little girl and avid for personal attention, contributed dozens of unpublished pictures. Her brother and a sister apparently spoke to Morton, as did an ex- roommate, Carolyn Bartholomew, and a couple of her buddies. Buckingham Palace at once snapped that the princess in no way cooperated with the book...
...When the tabloids were not feasting on rumors of marital stresses between Diana and Prince Charles, heir to the throne, they were sniping at Andrew's spouse for her idleness, her "materialism" and, well, her behavior that was Not Quite His Class, Dear -- reproofs that were said to reflect Buckingham Palace's views. Britons high and low agreed: their revered sovereign and her family deserved better...