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This is a new biography published in 2007 about Prince Charles. The author is Howard Hodgson.The book is quite objective but it is a pity that the author focused on Prince Charles and Diana. His book focused on 1945-1997. He said that his motivation was to correct the untrue facts in Morton's book Diana: Her true story and to present a fairer account about Prince Charles to avoid any history whitewashing.

In some parts,he is quite harsh about Diana especially about her decisions involving with Morton's book and the BBC interview. But equally he is quite strainght about the flaws in the characters of Prince Charles and Diana.He crticised solely Charles for the decision to marry Diana but acknowledging Diana has hided the other side of herself from the Prince and certainly her family did not give any warning before the proposal. He seems to rather believe that Diana's prblems are rooted with an insecure childhood and her unknown metal problems rather than her natural character of manuplation and other possible negative personalities. He mentions the possibility of Diana suffering from BPD or other unknown mental problems.

Some of his parts are quite controversial since he studied about Diana, Princess of Wales. The information probably from Charles: Victim or Villian by Penny Junor, The Real Diana by Lady Colin Campell, Diana: the life of a troubled princess by Sally Beddell Smith, and Diana: story of a princess by Tim Clayton and Phil Craig.

I want to know more about Prince Charles and Camilla. But I am dispointed. The author failed to notice the publications of Diana by Sarah Bradford and Portrait of a love affair by Gyles Bradreath which also dispointed me.

But I still find this book provoking deep thinkings. The author actually wants to use the lives of Charles and Diana to present the images of British society in past five decades rather than focusing on the two people. He said he used five years to try to do the research and write the books. I guess using clear sources are always difficult because Prince Charles is still alive and many people still have their resevervations in this matter.

For me, I hope that someone can help me evaluate the realibility of sources of these books I list above.