Diana The Secret Years: The Diana I knew loved life and men and fun...a far cry from the neurotic creature she was so often portrayed as.(Features) From: Sunday Mirror (London, England) | Date: November 1, 1998| Author: Simmons, Simone | COPYRIGHT 1998 MGN LTD. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

FOR years Simone Simmons was one of Princess Diana's closest confidantes. They saw each other up to five times a week, and frequently spoke on the telephone, sometimes for up to 14 hours in one day. Simone shared Diana's innermost feelings and now she has fulfilled a promise she made to Diana to write the book the Princess wanted the world to read...

IANA asked me to write this book. It was in February 1997, and she was sprawled on one of the sofas in her private sitting...