There are moments in life so seminal that we know history is being made as they pass. The glorious solemnity of ’s funeral. The tragically premature death of . Even her divorce from , which paved the way for Camilla to become our Queen Consort: all of them epoch-making.Today Jeffrey Archer — best-selling author, one-time politician and tireless charity auctioneer — is ruminating on them all, recalling the day he chaperoned a disconsolate Diana when she announced she was stepping back from public life a year after she separated from Charles.It is not so much the recollection of her famous speech, calling for ‘time and space’, that day that brings a catch to his voice, as its aftermath: the crushing loneliness of the Princess who returned to a solitary supper at Kensington Palace after informing the nation that she would be scaling back her official engagements, a clear sign that she would never be Queen.
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