Product Description

From the day they were born, Prince William and Prince Harry have been the focus of attention in Britain and around the world. Their parents' fairytale wedding, followed swiftly by the arrival of two sons, seemed like the perfect happy ending. Growing up in Highgrove and at Kensington Palace, the two young princes were successfully sheltered from the pressures that drove their parents apart and, ultimately, led to their divorce. Following the tragically early death of their mother, Diana, William and Harry attracted massive public sympathy, a sentiment that still attaches to them to this day. But as well as sympathy, the public now respects them as outgoing, hard-working and competent young men, who have honoured their mother's legacy in their charity work and in their determination to protect her memory. The world has also seen that their relationship with their father is a loving and happy one, and that in this, at least, the Royal family appears to have learnt a lesson from Diana.As they move into their adult roles - whether in the form of official Royal duties or those on the front line, fighting alongside their fellow countrymen - they are both developing into a new breed of Royal, as much at home organising a pop concert or taking a gap year in Africa or South America, as they are at State occasions or in full regimental dress uniform.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #198650 in Books
• Published on: 2008-10-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 192 pages

About the Author
Ingrid Seward has been writing about the royal family for 17 years since becoming editor of Majesty magazine in 1983 and she is internationally acknowledged as a leading expert in the field. Diana: Portrait of a Princess; By Royal Invitation; Royalty Revealed; Sarah, Duchess of York; Royal Children of the 20th Century; Prince Edward, The Last Great Edwardian; Lady: The Life and Style of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother; and The Queen and Di have kept her in the bestselling lists over the past 12 years, and she is in the unique position of being able to write about her subjects while knowing many of them personally. Ingrid Seward makes regular television appearances in the UK, Australia and North America and commented on the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales for CBS television with Dan Rather and Professor David Starkey.

Customer Reviews

The best book on the Princes to date
Ingrid Seward is one of the most famous royal biographer. All her books are written with deep inside, understanding, passion and loyalty. She understands the ins and outs of royal life and is able to transmit this to her readers.

This book is no exception from this rule. So one learns and awful lot about the two princes and of course of the whole Royal Family. Even tough the princes are often labelled as "Diana's boys" they are very much as well "Windsor boys". She makes that cristal clear. I believe she is right about this. The controversy of the War of the Wales play into the whole biography, especially in the first years of the lives of the two princes. And there is much to think about what they had to endure. It seems to me that Ingrid Seward is less a fan of Diana and sometimes one feels that she in not fair on her. On the other hand one has to admit that Charles who had the reputation of a "bad father" cannot be described as that. Maybe he is a rather traditional or better a traditional royal father but without a shadow of a doubt he is a father who deeply cares for his sons. However, this is a book on the future king and his younger brother and she manage in her final chapters to work out what William and Henry (Harry) are about. Of course, much is still not finalized in these young princes but one realiazes that especially William is a strong,intelligent and sensitive character. Harry seems to be the more playful but not a man to underestimated.

As usual Ingrid Seward' s style of writing is elegant, with a great flow, ensuring that the reader does not get bored. I enjoyed it a very much, eventough I found it a bit too loyal (if you know what I mean). In any case one of the best books on the princes to date.

Great book about the royal princes!
This book give us information not only on the young princes, but also on the British Monarchy since Diana and Charles. The writing style it's very descriptive, but not too much. For just a few pounds I could learn more, much more than I ever thought about them. The book gives us a good insight into the world of a modern princes in an incomplete family. Very good photos. The author probes the many sides of them, from the gilded childrens who had every opportunity in life. The most important: a lot of new information! Enjoy!