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Summary: An attempt to cash in
Review: This book sounds to me like an attempt to cash in.The fact is that Diana was never a nanny - she merely did a bit of babysitting. She had no nanny/nursery nurse qualifications - these take two years (minimum) to obtain here in England and Diana was not even sufficiently academically qualified to be accepted on to such a course. Consequently no reputable agency would ever have placed her as a nanny. The aura of her as a devoted childcare worker was the invention of the press. All those pictures of her in a nursery with children lead many to believe that she was a nursery nurse - she was not. She was briefly a nursery assistant - employed to do the unskilled jobs under supervision (it would have been illegal to have her work unsupervised in a nursery) She may have been a very nice person (I cannot tell since I never met her) but a nanny she was not. Don't be deceived, potential readers
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Summary: positive
Review: This has to be one of my favorite Diana books. The story is not only Diana's but Mary's too and it makes facinating reading! Mary's observations of the Princess, when she was just Lady Diana show what a special lady the Princess was. True Diana fans do not want to miss out on this one.
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Summary: Great warmth and admiration from a family who knew her well.
Review: This is a wonderful book! A must read for any fan of Diana. It was nice to hear from someone who knew her before she became a Princess known to the world. I can also relate to Diana because I have been a nanny for 2 1/2 years for the same family and want to keep in contact with them after my job is done. I couldn't put it down until I was finished reading it, absorbing every word. Wonderful tribute to a woman who touched so many lives in her all too short life.
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Summary: A warm and loving tribute to a friend
Review: This is one of my favorite books about the princess - it shows a very real side of Diana - yet doesn't appear exploitative.
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Summary: Get to know Lady Diana before she becomes Her Royal Highness
Review: This personal account told by a young American mother truly enables you to get to know Lady Diana Spencer as an unassuming, caring, self-doubting young woman who goes on to become Her Royal Highness and finally a self-assured single mother of two princes. It is fascinating to read how she kept up with the Robertsons over 17 years and the details of their encounters and correspondence. As one who never even saw her in person, I was touched by her death. I can only imagine how the Robertsons, especially Mary, have been affected by her passing. I began this fascinating memoir late one afternoon and read it off and on until the final tear-provoking chapter late that night. I would highly recommend reading it in one or two sessions to truly feel the impact of the changes in Lady Diana's life over seventeen years.
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Summary: Smug, opportunistic drivel.
Review: What a perfectly awful little book -- surely the Diana portrayed within its pages would have loathed it! Written by a self-absorbed, rather strident American woman determined to get her fifteen minutes of fame by exploiting a very modest connexion with the late Princess of Wales.
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Summary: A touching story of an enduring friendship with a princess
Review: When Mary Robertson hired a young Diana Spencer to care for her son two days per week, she had no idea of the relationship she was beginning. From a lavish ball, to a royal wedding to a heartbreaking funeral, this is the tale of a friendship between an american family and the woman who became royalty.
Mrs. Robertson tells the story of her family's friendship with the Princess of Wales with honesy, sentiment and love. It was a friendship which could have been severed at any time had Diana not been so diligent with her correspondence. She never forgot the people who's lives she touched and who had obviously touched hers as well. With so many tell-all books about Diana, it is so nice to read a book with no gossip or inuendo or third hand sources. Mrs. Robertson simply did not recognize the woman she was reading about following Diana's death. So much so that a letter to the editor quickly turned into a loving memoir of a caring and beautiful princess who died too soon.
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