Year of the Princess

by Gordon Honeycombe

Captures the highlights of the first year in the marriage of Prince Charles and Lady Diana, from the royal wedding to the birth of their first child, with an extensive collection of full-color photographs

160 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1982

About the author

Ronald Gordon Honeycombe was an author, playwright and stage actor, well known in the United Kingdom as a national television newscaster.

Gordon Honeycombe was born in India, but educated at the Edinburgh Academy and at University College, Oxford, from which he graduated with an MA in English. He undertook National Service with the Royal Artillery, mainly in Hong Kong, where he was also an announcer with Radio Hong Kong. Returning to the UK, he embarked on an acting career which led to television and public prominence as a national newscaster.

As a newscaster, Honeycombe always seemed warm but stern while on-screen. Off camera, he was a flamboyant, fun-loving character with a devilish sense of humour.

He later settled in Perth, Western Australia, where he continued to work in radio, television and theatre, and was regularly engaged in voice-over work for radio and television, and in documentary narrations.

Reviews

[Deb Stratas · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really loved this poignant look back at the first year or so of Princess Diana's life as a royal. Covering the courtship, wedding, and birth of Prince William - it was written at a time of hopefulness about the royal marriage. Quite sweet now, given what happened. It makes you long for the fairytale, that was sadly, never meant to be.

[Martini Martin · Rating 2 out of 5]

I felt this book got bogged down with intricate detail on minutia. Which if I was reading it at the time of events, I would devour the minutia, lol. It was kinda sad to read about the first years of their marriage, there was such hope and the book was written to show few if any flaws and cracks.