Morton’s contribution, an article entitled “Diana-Her Life Alone,” appeared in the Dec. 4, 1995, issue of NEWSWEEK, after the princess gave a stunning television interview in which she talked about bulimia, depression and infidelity (her own and her husband’s), and warned that she wouldn’t “go quietly.” Last week, with Diana finally agreeing to a divorce but still arguing over the terms, Cooper and Pedersen deployed the rest of their forces. Dimbleby has not written or spoken publicly about Prince Charles since 1994, when he published his biography, “The Prince of Wales,” and interviewed Charles on television, eliciting a memorable confession of adultery. In this issue of NEWSWEEK, Dimbleby writes, with sympathetic detachment, about the prince’s messy past and what the future might hold for him.
Steadily scouting for talent, Pedersen also signed up author Sarah Bradford, a viscountess whose new book, “Elizabeth, a Biography of Britain’s Queen,” will be published in America next month. She is joined by a distinguished American in London, Harold Brooks-Baker, publishing director of Burke’s Peerage, the definitive guide to the aristocracy. Pedersen marshaled the special contributors while doing his own reporting on the royal family-and coping with the rest of the news, including the resumption of IRA bombing in London and the ensuing negotiations on Nor-them Ireland. His only complaint is that he had to endure “a very embarrassing photo session in front of Buckingham Palace,” where his picture was taken for this article. Pedersens next posting will have its own challenges. He’ll be moving to Atlanta this summer-just in time for the 1996 Olympics.
