Princess Diana's ghost biography

8 months ago 09th Feb 14:00

Britain's Princess Diana's ghost is the heroine of a controversial new book.

The tome - titled 'Diana: The Ghost Biography' - sees the late royal rise from her grave to haunt her former husband Prince Charles and his new wife Camilla.

But the book has been described as exploitative and in poor taste by royal biographer Hugo Vickers

Diana's horribly disfigured spirit takes up residence in Balmoral Castle, where she lavishes attention on her sons Princes William and Harry before whisking them away from the "cold" and "unloving" royal family.

Scottish author Emma Tennant says she wrote the book to highlight the Princess of Wales' legacy of warmth and compassion and is not afraid of offending royal sensibilities.

She told Scotland's The Scotsman newspaper: "It is quite wrong to suggest that it is an attack on the Royal Family. It is really a critique of people being stuck in the manners and mores of a bygone age.

"I have had no feedback from Clarence House and don't expect to. I'd be really quite surprised if anybody in that family reads a book."

But the book has been described as "exploitative" and in "poor taste" by royal biographer Hugo Vickers.