Before he met and married Princess Diana, Prince Charles had quite the romantic life.
At the urging of his uncle, Lord Louis “Dickie” Mountbatten, who served as a father figure for Charles, he didn’t hold back when it came to women during his twenties.
“The advice that Dickie Mountbatten gave him was, ‘Have as many affairs as possible, he should sow his wild oats, and then find a sweet, charactered girl to put on a pedestal and marry her,’ ” royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith says in The Story of Diana, a two-night television event from People and ABC.
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At the urging of his uncle, Lord Louis “Dickie” Mountbatten, who served as a father figure for Charles, he didn’t hold back when it came to women during his twenties.
“The advice that Dickie Mountbatten gave him was, ‘Have as many affairs as possible, he should sow his wild oats, and then find a sweet, charactered girl to put on a pedestal and marry her,’ ” royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith says in The Story of Diana, a two-night television event from People and ABC.
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- 8/10/2017
- by Diana Pearl
- PEOPLE.com
Prince Charles knew that when he popped the question, there was no margin for error.
In The Story of Diana, a two-night television event from People and ABC, insiders open up about Charles and and Princess Diana‘s romance, which at one point seemed like a fairy tale — but eventually was revealed to have deep cracks in its foundation.
Even when the couple married, those who knew Charles well — including his former girlfriend Jane Ward — worried that Diana, just 19 when she got engaged, was too young to tackle the often-intrusive life of a royal.
“I watched it on the television,...
In The Story of Diana, a two-night television event from People and ABC, insiders open up about Charles and and Princess Diana‘s romance, which at one point seemed like a fairy tale — but eventually was revealed to have deep cracks in its foundation.
Even when the couple married, those who knew Charles well — including his former girlfriend Jane Ward — worried that Diana, just 19 when she got engaged, was too young to tackle the often-intrusive life of a royal.
“I watched it on the television,...
- 8/8/2017
- by Diana Pearl
- PEOPLE.com
Mary Anne Butler has become the first playwright to win Australia.s richest literary award, the Victorian Prize for Literature, for her emotionally powerful play Broken.
The Darwin-based writer has won $125,000, at the 2016 Premier.s Literary Awards, and also took out the Drama category.
A three-time winner of the Northern Territory Literary Award for scriptwriting, Butler is also co-Artistic Director of Darwin.s Knock-em-Down Theatre Company.
Broken tells the story of three complex lives as they unfold on a single fateful night in the heart of the Northern Territory.s desert country..
The play wrestles with matters of chance, choice, hope and fate.
Selected from a strong field of 21 finalists across five categories, the judges described Broken as an extremely well-crafted work that brings alive Australia.s top end — the land and its people — with tension, sadness and humour.
Miles Allinson, who won the 2014 award for an Unpublished Manuscript, was...
The Darwin-based writer has won $125,000, at the 2016 Premier.s Literary Awards, and also took out the Drama category.
A three-time winner of the Northern Territory Literary Award for scriptwriting, Butler is also co-Artistic Director of Darwin.s Knock-em-Down Theatre Company.
Broken tells the story of three complex lives as they unfold on a single fateful night in the heart of the Northern Territory.s desert country..
The play wrestles with matters of chance, choice, hope and fate.
Selected from a strong field of 21 finalists across five categories, the judges described Broken as an extremely well-crafted work that brings alive Australia.s top end — the land and its people — with tension, sadness and humour.
Miles Allinson, who won the 2014 award for an Unpublished Manuscript, was...
- 1/28/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
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