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Copyright © Tom Bower 2018
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Source ISBN: 9780008291730
Ebook Edition © March 2018 ISBN: 9780008291778
Version: 2018-09-21
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Contents
14 Shuttlecocks and Skirmishes
16 A Private Secretary Goes Public
This book is the story of Prince Charles’s battle for rehabilitation after Diana’s death, and his refusal to obey the public’s expectations of a future king. Many books have been written about Charles, but none has fully described the crisis he faced after 1997. For nearly ten years, he was buffeted by scandal. His approval rating fell to the lowest figure for any royal in recent