num_pages: 256
description: Ken Wharfe, for many years a member of Scotland Yard's elite Royalty Protection Department, was the late Princess of Wales's police protection officer from 1987 to 1993. His first-hand, behind-the-scenes account take issue with many of the so-called 'facts' about the Princess that have appeared in books and the media since her death, and provides an intimate and affectionate insight into this complex, troubled, but ultimately deeply fascinating woman. Here is the authentic voice of someone who played an important role in Diana's life. It is the voice of a man who is, above all, an exceptionally perceptive observer of the extraordinary events he watched unfold around the Princess during what was perhaps the most momentous period of her life.  	 Provides the most intimate portrait to date of the Princess of Wales  	 An account of Diana's extraordinary life, by the man who served as her Scotland Yard police protection officer  	 Includes a new chapter that gives a clear-eyed assessment of such controversial figures as Diana's former butler, Paul Burrell   
language: English
title: Diana: Closely Guarded Secret
titlecomplete: Diana: Closely Guarded Secret
genres: Biography, Own, History, British Literature, Autobiography, Politics, Nonfiction, Biography Memoir, Memoir
ratings_count: 1866
publisher: Michael O'Mara Books