Andrew Morton

“It was a cry of pain, an anguished plea for help from a woman who felt she was drowning.”

“She had this ability to connect with people on an emotional level.”

“The book was a game-changer. It changed the way the media reported on the Royal Family.”

“The monarchy is a brand, and it has to adapt to survive.”

“The biography is a conversation between the dead and the living.”

“She wasn't just a clothes horse. She used her clothes to send a message.”

“Everybody has a story, and it's my job to find it and tell it.”

“The story of Diana, Princess of Wales is the story of a fairytale that went wrong.”

“History is written by the victors, but biography is written by the survivors.”

“Diana was a superstar, and I was the right person at the right time.”

“She was a woman who was finding her voice, finding her own way in life.”

“Diana effectively kick-started a revolution that has been rumbling on inside the Royal Family ever since.”

“Celebrity is the religion of the 21st century.”

“You have to have a degree of empathy with the person you're writing about.”

“The Crown is a historical soap opera, but it's not history.”

“Meghan Markle is a disrupter; she is a woman who has her own agenda.”

“What I tried to do is to give a voice to somebody who was voiceless.”

“My job as a biographer is to be a detective.”