Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words
by Andrew Morton
Narrated by Michael Maloney, Caroline Langrishe
Why Listen to This Audiobook?
Diana handed over the tapes herself — what you're hearing isn't speculation, it's a princess dismantling the fairy tale from the inside.
- Great if you want: intimate royal biography told through primary sources
- Listening experience: revelatory and emotionally charged — grows heavier as it progresses
- Narration: Maloney and Langrishe split the load well; Langrishe carries Diana's voice with restraint
- Skip if: royal family coverage feels exhausted to you by now
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About This Audiobook
When Andrew Morton's biography of Princess Diana was published in 1992, it changed how the public understood the marriage of Charles and Diana and the institution of the monarchy itself. The updated edition reveals the full extent of Diana's cooperation: her recorded voice, speaking candidly about her unhappy marriage, her suicide attempts, her eating disorder, and her isolation within the royal family, is the source of much of what the book contains. Diana: Her True Story is one of the defining biographical documents of the late twentieth century.
Michael Maloney and Caroline Langrishe narrate the dual elements of the audiobook, with Langrishe giving voice to the passages drawn from Diana's own recordings and Maloney providing the biographical context. The contrast between the two voices, Langrishe intimate and direct, Maloney more formal, mirrors the book's fundamental structure: the public record and the private testimony. At just over thirteen hours, this remains a compelling audio experience even decades after its initial publication.