Morton used six tapes of interviews to write the biography, knowing that he was sitting on revelations that could tear apart the country’s oldest and best-loved institution.
“I was very worried about my own safety and what was going to happen, it was incredibly nerve-wracking,” he said.
“It’s almost how you must feel like before you go over the top in the war… There’s that gnawing fear and worry,” he said.
Although it dealt a serious blow to the royal family, Morton believes the book and Diana’s death five years later forced the institution into some much-needed changes.
“You’ve got a whole new generation taking the reins, William and Harry, and they exemplify many of the qualities and characteristics of Diana…they’ve become more human, more approachable.
After the Grenfell Tower fire in June in which some 80 people were killed, Queen Elizabeth II visited survivors and became “the consoler-in-chief”.
It was a Diana-like public show of empathy.
“In a way, the royal family has come around to the way that she did business,” he said.
Source: Yahoo