Campbell, Lady Colin (1949–)
Campbell, Lady Colin (1949–)
Jamaican-born writer. Born Georgia Ariana Ziadie in 1949 in Jamaica; dau. of Michael Ziadie (Lebanese emigre) and Gloria Ziadie (Jamaican); m. Lord Colin Ivar Campbell (son of 11th duke of Argyll), Mar 23, 1974 (div. 1975); children: (adopted) 2.
Born with a genital deformity, was brought up as a boy (George William Ziadie) though she was not; had an operation at 21; had a brief and acrimonious marriage; wrote the controversial book on the Princess of Wales, Diana in Private, as well as The Royal Marriages.
See also autobiography A Life Worth Living (1997).
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