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Never mind that the most sensational parts are among the oldest information. Morton makes much of Diana's bulimia, usually a disease of young girls who follow binge eating with self-induced vomiting in order to stay slender. But Diana's painfully thin phase goes back to the early '80s, after Prince William's birth. Some of the material sounds farfetched, including an account of her throwing herself down a flight of steps in view of the Queen Mother...
What was more shocking was that the Princess of Wales tolerated the cooperation of several intimates and friends with Morton's project. This is virtually unheard of. Anyone with a real royal connection never speaks to reporters, simply because doing so means instant and permanent 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father Earl Spencer, always appealingly proud of his little girl and avid for personal attention, contributed dozens of unpublished pictures.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...
...suicidal "cries for help" did occur, they were in the early '80s, when Diana produced two sons while emerging from her own adolescence as the world watched. At times she burst into tears at photographers' endless prying. They were, of course, quick to pick up that the couple were appearing together less and less. One reason was obvious: the ever more glamorous princess always stole the show from her awkward prince...
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