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An eye-opening, monumental biography of Prince Harry by a veteran journalist on royal affairs who accompanied the prince on his royal duties for a year and was granted privileged access to his home in Kensington Palace.
Once a reckless rebel and now a respected role model, Prince Harry is one of the world's most popular royals and the force behind giving the British royal family a twenty-first century makeover. How has he done it? This insightful new biography is a three-dimensional look at what Harry is really like as a person, both on and off royal duty. It is written by distinguished journalist and author Angela Levin, who accompanied Prince Harry on many of his engagements and had exclusive access to him at Kensington Palace.The book unwraps the real man behind the camera, and his own perceptive insights. It delves into his troubled childhood and the lasting effect of losing his adored mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, so young. It explores his rebellious teenage years and the key defining moments that have enabled him to face his demons and use this experience to help others who struggle with mental, emotional and physical pain. Angela Levin found a complex man who has inherited his late mother's extraordinary charisma and is determined to "make a difference."After finding the love of his life in Meghan Markle, and in anticipation of their marriage this year, this is an investigation into the real life of Prince Harry.
Author Notes
Angela Levin, the author of nine books, writes for The Daily Mail and Newsweek. Her profile of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall was a cover story for Newsweek worldwide in 2015. This was followed by a substantial profile and cover story on Prince Harry for Newsweek. The feature on Price Harry appeared in June 2017 and appeared in headlines worldwide. She will appear on major media for Harry: A Biography of a Prince. Please visit her website www.angelalevin.co.uk.
Reviews (2)
Publisher's Weekly Review
Journalist Levin (Diana's Babies), who interviewed England's Prince Harry for a Newsweek cover story in 2017, provides an admiring, if not all that revealing, look at the popular royal's life from the tragic death of his mother to his romance with actress Meghan Markle. Much of the material will be familiar to anyone who has followed the history of the royal family. Levin describes Harry as a withdrawn child. Alongside his elder brother, William, he endured what Levin calls a "troubled, toxic" home life prior to the divorce of their parents in 1996 when Harry was 11; the boys had to mourn the death of their mother in the public eye the following year. Levin portrays Harry's difficulty fitting in with his peers at Eton College boarding school, where he felt "stupid" in the shadow of his brother. She glosses over some of Harry's rough edges-the drinking, the vandalism, the Nazi costume party attire-and posits that these were evidence of emotional disturbance rather than simple bad behavior. Levin provides fresh and nuanced coverage of the prince's military career, his mental health issues (including frequent panic attacks), and his ideas for modernizing the institution of the royal family. This is a sympathetic glimpse of the personality and personal demons of the vulnerable man behind the handsome smile and royal title. (May) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Booklist Review
To date, the story of Prince Harry, the younger son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and the late Princess Diana, she of intense public adulation, is meticulously and knowledgeably recorded in this substantial biography as a story of redemption. The soon-soured marriage of Charles and Diana, the misery of which had been on public display for years, had a lasting effect on their younger son. Journalist Levin, whose research included shadowing Harry for a year, affirms that he was very close to his mother, and it becomes perfectly clear that her violent death when he was 12 shattered him. Levin also reveals the extent to which his bad-boy behavior as a willful, impulsive pre-teen can be lain at the door of his pent-up inner turmoil over his ongoing longing to please his mother. Once he realized that he needed to open up to people and express his stifled feelings, Harry was able to abandon his destructive ways, and now, by carrying on his mother's good works, he has taken his place as a productive member of the royal family.--Hooper, Brad Copyright 2018 Booklist
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Chapter 1 Welcoming Meghan | p. 11 |
| Chapter 2 Diana's Second Boy | p. 21 |
| Chapter 3 In His Brother's Footsteps | p. 45 |
| Chapter 4 A Broken Home | p. 71 |
| Chapter 5 The Loss of a Mother | p. 89 |
| Chapter 6 School Rebel | p. 109 |
| Chapter 7 Gap Year Surprises | p. 127 |
| Chapter 8 Soldier and Prince | p. 143 |
| Chapter 9 Harry's War | p. 165 |
| Chapter 10 Pilot Officer Wales | p. 189 |
| Chapter 11 Ups and Downs | p. 211 |
| Chapter 12 Heads Together | p. 229 |
| Chapter 13 The Meghan Effect | p. 247 |
| Chapter 14 Harry's Vision | p. 275 |
| Acknowledgements | p. 295 |
