Guarding Diana - Protecting The Princess Around the World - Protecting The Princess Around The World

An eye-opening book, Wharfe reveals all of the laughs, tears and adventures he shared with Diana over the years, serving as her personal protection officer.

About the author

Inspector Ken Wharfe, MVO, was personal protection officer to the late Diana, Princess of Wales, in charge of round-the-clock security at home and abroad, from 1987 until 1993. His memoir, Diana: Closely Guarded Secret, co-written with Robert Jobson, was a bestseller on its first publication and again when it was reissued in a revised edition in 2016.

Ros Coward is a writer and journalist, and the author of a number of well-received books on subjects ranging from feminism to environmental issues. She was chosen by the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund and the estate to write Diana: The Portrait, published in 2004.

Summary

Whenever she wanted a private holiday it would be to Ken she would turn, who would be despatched in secret to find the idyllic spot. In the six years that Ken was at Diana's side they travelled hundreds of thousands of miles together, sharing secrets, laughter and tears on a truly extraordinary journey.

Foreword

Diana, Princess of Wales - security code name 'Purple Five Two' - travelled all over the world during her incredible life. Wherever she went, in public or in private, she was shadowed by her Scotland Yard personal protection officer, Inspector Ken Wharfe, whose job it was it keep her safe, even to the extent of sacrificing his own life, if necessary.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Jobson, Inspector Ken Wharfe, Ken Wharfe, Wharfe Ken
• Publisher: Kings Road Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9781786063885
• ISBN: 978-1-78606-388-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 234 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 528 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Autobiography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Royalty, Autobiography: royalty, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs