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Two Biographies, Two Lenses
- Andrew Morton's biography records Diana's life in chronological events but adds little psychological insight.
- Tina Brown's The Diana Chronicles supplies cultural analysis that explains royal behaviors and motivations.
Class Manners Shape Emotional Lives
- Upper-class British women of that generation learned emotional reserve and resourcefulness through exclusion from attention.
- That upbringing fostered marriages of manners and emotional emptiness in households like Diana's.
Camels Instead Of Comfort
- For Diana's seventh birthday John Spencer hired camels from Bristol Zoo to impress her.
- Diana later remembered wanting a hug instead of spectacle, showing emotional neglect beneath material provision.