Andrew Morton is one of the most prolific and celebrated English authors and journalists of all time. He has written biographies of several high-profile celebrities like the late Princess Diana, Tom Cruise, Madonna, Angelina Jolie, and Monica Lewinsky.
His books have often been criticized for being unauthorized. One of the books was especially tough for the 69-year-old to write; it was the book on Princess Diana. Morton thought that he would get killed while writing it. Let’s find out in detail why he felt that way.
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Andrew Morton Was Worried About Getting Killed
Author Andrew Morton has landed into trouble often for his unauthorized biographies of high-profile individuals and celebs. There was a time he was praying for his life.
In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, the author said that he feared for his life while writing the 1992 biography of Princess Diana, ‘Diana: Her True Story.’
“I was looking for danger in the shadows. I was looking for people following me,” Morton said. “It was like a different world and I remember vividly going back home on the subway and standing well way back from the platform edge because I thought I could be followed and someone was trying to assassinate me.”
It was written in a collaboration with Diana under secrecy. He would send questions to the Princess of Wales through her friend Dr. James Colthurst. She then recorded answers to his queries.
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Morton On How He Wrote The Princess Diana Biography
The book was written with the help and collaboration of Lady Diana. “James Colthurst, the intermediary, would go to Kensington palace to interview Diana,” Morton explained.
He continued “..and he would use an old tape recorder, and when he had the tapes finished, he’d put them in his bike, his push bike, and he’d cycle around to my office, and give them to me and I’d work on them.”
The book chronicled Diana’s unhappy marriage to Prince Charles who was cheating on her with his mistress. It also touched upon her battle with bulimia, and her feelings on loneliness and depression.
“My office was broken into,” Morton said talking about the book’s success and its aftermath. “James was knocked off his bicycle. It was a genuinely unnerving time and when Diana had her room swept for bugs, she was totally justified in doing that.”
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