Britain's Prince Charles is "too old" to attend the Princess Diana memorial concert in July. Charles reportedly thinks the line-up for the Concert for Diana - picked by his sons Princes William and Harry to reflect their mother's tastes and their own - is too young for him.
Acts set to perform include Sir Elton John, Duran Duran, Joss Stone and Pharrell Williams.
A Clarence House spokesman on Thursday said. "The concert is really for the younger generation to enjoy. William and Harry are organizing the guest list.
"There will be a memorial service for Diana on August 31, which will be an event for all generations of the Windsors to come together."
Charles, 58, and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, will stay away from the concert at London's Wembley Stadium, which takes place in the late princess' birthday, July 1.
Lily Allen, Kanye West, Rod Stewart and James Morrison on Thursday were added to the line-up.
It has also been confirmed that Sir Elton, will perform his revised version of "Candle In The Wind" which he sang at Diana's funeral in 1997.
Prince Harry will seek a leave of absence from his Army duties to attend the concert and the two princes plan to pay tribute to their mother from the stage during the event.
Madonna and Genesis have opted not to appear at the Concert for Diana and will instead perform at climate change event Live Earth, which will also be held at Wembley Stadium.
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Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Book claims princess Diana married for fame
Britain's Princess Diana married Prince Charles out of a desire to become famous, it has been claimed. A new unauthorized biography - "The Diana Chronicles" by Tina Brown -alleges the princess pursued the prince despite warnings from her mother that she should marry for love, not status.
Brown - a former editor of The New Yorker and Vanity Fair - has reportedly received a $2 million advance for the book - which reportedly portrays Diana as scheming and ambitious.
Brown wrote an article 20 years ago entitled "The Mouse That Roared" revealing a dark side to Charles' and Diana's marriage.
She has spent years on the new book, speaking to 250 sources, some of whom had never talked about Diana in public before.
Brown opens the book with an anecdote recalling a lunch meeting she had with the late princess in the summer of 1997 at the Four Seasons restaurant at which Diana talked about moving to the U.S. She died in the same year in a Paris car crash on August 31, 1997.
Other revelations in Brown's book - of which extracts have been printed in U.S. Vanity Fair this week - include an allegation that the princess spent two nights with Charles on the royal train, before they were married.
Diana denied these trysts, but Brown claims a royal protection officer was the unimpeachable source of the report.
The book also claims Prince Charles was never unfaithful to Diana until her eating disorders and neurotic behavior drove him back into the arms of Camilla Parker Bowles - his now wife.
Brown also alleges Parker Bowles' true love was not Prince Charles, but her first husband, Andrew, who she alleges was a serial philanderer.
Brown - a former editor of The New Yorker and Vanity Fair - has reportedly received a $2 million advance for the book - which reportedly portrays Diana as scheming and ambitious.
Brown wrote an article 20 years ago entitled "The Mouse That Roared" revealing a dark side to Charles' and Diana's marriage.
She has spent years on the new book, speaking to 250 sources, some of whom had never talked about Diana in public before.
Brown opens the book with an anecdote recalling a lunch meeting she had with the late princess in the summer of 1997 at the Four Seasons restaurant at which Diana talked about moving to the U.S. She died in the same year in a Paris car crash on August 31, 1997.
Other revelations in Brown's book - of which extracts have been printed in U.S. Vanity Fair this week - include an allegation that the princess spent two nights with Charles on the royal train, before they were married.
Diana denied these trysts, but Brown claims a royal protection officer was the unimpeachable source of the report.
The book also claims Prince Charles was never unfaithful to Diana until her eating disorders and neurotic behavior drove him back into the arms of Camilla Parker Bowles - his now wife.
Brown also alleges Parker Bowles' true love was not Prince Charles, but her first husband, Andrew, who she alleges was a serial philanderer.
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