Book Alert: The brother tells his story – new book about Princess Diana
21.8.2026
Translation: machine translated
If you have also wondered what Princess Diana was really like, beyond the headlines: starting September 22, 2026, "Swan Song: Diana, My Sister" – written by her brother Charles Spencer – provides the answer.
The whole world listened to him when Charles Spencer stood in Westminster Abbey in September 1997 and shared his grief over the loss of his beloved sister Diana with the world. Now, almost three decades later, he tells you the touching story of his life alongside Diana and reflects on the tragic week of her death.
Source: Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe
As children, Charles and Diana, the two youngest of the Spencer family, were inseparable. They roamed the vast grounds of their family estate together, endured challenging times in various boarding schools, survived frightening nannies, and helped each other through their parents' divorce.
But suddenly, everything changed: when Diana married the Prince of Wales, now King Charles III, she became a global icon overnight. Charles Spencer witnessed his sister dedicate herself to the disadvantaged in society and thrive in her role as a mother of two sons. However, he also saw how she was left completely alone when her marriage fell apart and a barbaric press pursued her. Her brother was always there for her – until that dark night in August 1997.
«Swan Song» will be released worldwide on September 22, 2026. You can pre-order it from us now.
And if the wait until then is too long for you, you can find more reading material about Diana here:
Guidebooks
EUR30,–
Diana. Ihre wahre Geschichte - in ihren eigenen Worten. Die Biografie von Diana, Princess of Wales.
German, Andrew Morton, 2022
Header image: Unsplash, Provincial Archives of Alberta
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