{"product_id":"9780241825594","title":"Swan Song: Diana, My Sister","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Spencer, Charles | Biography: arts \u0026amp; entertainment \u003cbr\u003ePublished 22\/09\/2026 by Penguin Books Ltd (Michael Joseph Ltd) in the United Kingdom \u003cbr\u003eHardback | 384 pages\u003cbr\u003e264 x 164mm | 64g\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeautiful. Beloved. Hunted. The extraordinary life and death of Diana, as told by her brother, Charles – available to pre-order now.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘When asked, ‘What was it like, growing up with Diana?’, my first thought is always, But I don’t know what it was like\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003enot\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eto grow up with her…’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn September 1997, Charles Spencer stood in Westminster Abbey before a watching world and shared his grief at losing his beloved sister, Diana. Now, nearly thirty years later, he tells the astonishing story of his life with Diana and the tragic week of her death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn childhood, Charles and Diana, the youngest Spencers, were inseparable – secretly calling one another Duch and Carlos. As each other’s closest confidantes, they roamed the family estate, endured extremely challenging boarding schools, survived terrifying nannies and helped each other through the agony of their parents’ divorce.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYet everything changed when Diana married the Prince of Wales, now King Charles III, and overnight became a global icon. Charles saw his older sister serve the world’s marginalized and relish being mother to her treasured sons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut, pursued by a barbaric press as her royal marriage crumbled, she was left desperately alone. Charles always tried to be there for Diana – until that black night in August, 1997.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSwan Song\u003c\/i\u003e, Charles Spencer provides the most intimate, loving and honest portrait yet of his sister.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for Charles Spencer’s writing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Top marks for its searing frankness, framed in wistfully beautiful prose’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Acutely observant, his turn of phrase is often delightful'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A moving, heartbreaking memoir’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A tour de force'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THE CLEEVE BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57391424569719,"sku":"9780241825594","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/0729\/3737\/files\/9780241825594.jpg?v=1787057855","url":"https:\/\/thecleevebookshop.co.uk\/products\/9780241825594","provider":"The Cleeve Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}