Real Royalty

Who was the real Diana? What was it like to be so privileged yet so anguished, so beloved yet so self-loathing, so spoiled yet so despairing? The Princess of Wales was all these things--far more complicated, conflicted, and intriguing a person than the wildly disparate saint or lunatic she is frequently portrayed to be.

A balanced account of game changes, conflicts and ambitions. The fall from popular grace of the previously adulated brother of the heir to the British throne as a consequence of his marriage to a beautiful and dynamic Hollywood starlet of colour makes for fascinating listening in best-selling royal author Lady Colin Campbell's balanced account. Lady Colin knows her royal history and psychology, and as the first seven years of her adult life were spent in the USA, she has a foot in both the American and British camps.

Wallis Simpson is known as the woman at the center of the most scandalous love affair of the 20th century, but in this surprising new biography, best-selling author Anna Pasternak redeems a women wronged by history with new information revealed by those who were close to the couple - presenting Wallis as a convenient scapegoat to rid England of a king deemed unworthy to rule.

È stata una delle più strazianti immagini del Ventesimo secolo: due ragazzini, due principi, che seguono il feretro della madre sotto gli occhi addolorati e inorriditi del mondo intero. Mentre si celebrava il funerale di Diana, principessa del Galles, miliardi di persone si chiedevano quali pensieri affollassero la mente dei principi, quali emozioni passassero per i loro cuori, e come si sarebbero dipanate le loro vite da quel momento in poi. Finalmente Harry racconta la sua storia. Con la sua cruda e implacabile onestà, "Spare. Il minore" è una pubblicazione epocale.

David, King of the Jews, possessed every flaw and failing of which a mortal is capable, yet men and women adored him, and God showered him with many blessings. A charismatic leader, exalted as "a man after God's own heart", he was also capable of deep cunning and bloodthirsty violence.

How does someone become a princess? What do princesses do? Learn about how princesses work for their countries, give back to charity, and more!

You think you know her story. You've read the Brothers Grimm, you've watched the Disney cartoons, you cheered as these virtuous women lived happily ever after. But the lives of real princesses couldn't be more different. Sure, many were graceful and benevolent leaders - but just as many were ruthless in their quest for power, and all of them had skeletons rattling in their royal closets.

Conoció a Letizia Ortiz cuando era presentadora de CNN y, como todos, se sorprendió cuando se convirtió en prometida del príncipe Felipe. Desde entonces comenzó a escribir sobre ella, primero como prometida, luego como princesa de Asturias y, finalmente, como reina. Casi dos décadas en las que ha contemplado en primera línea la evolución de la Letizia periodista a la Letizia reina.

A Princesa de Corsella está noiva. O que ela não está é feliz com isso. Aos vinte e seis anos, Ariana Castro e Florença tinha apenas três desejos: 1.Ser livre. 2.Se tornar uma cientista renomada. 3.Servir ao seu país assumindo o outro legado de sua família, o centro de pesquisa em embriologia. Um príncipe indecente com um sorriso capaz de desmaiar todas as mulheres num raio de cem quilômetros, tesão desmedido e se casar não estavam incluídos, mas toda coroa tem um preço e a de Ariana está cobrando seu coração. Ela só não está disposta a pagar.

La vida de ambos personajes, uno en el más glamoroso y conservador mundo de la realeza, y la otra, en la anónima pero libre existencia de su vida universitaria y de alta sociedad.