Wine and canapes with a sprinkling of old friends is not Tina Brown's style. The awesome social networker and queen of New York's media scene - who once famously said, 'You don't make friends, you make contacts' - is about to use every weapon at her disposal for a promotional tour for her book on Diana, the Princess of Wales. You have been warned - Project Tina is about to commence. The Diana Chronicles, for which Brown is thought to have received a £1m advance, is published this week featuring a wealth of detail about the life of Princess Diana, gleaned with the help of Brown's substantial contacts book. The revelations began yesterday with the first published extracts and the claim that Camilla Parker Bowles never wanted to marry Prince Charles.
As might be expected of a former editor of The New Yorker and Vanity Fair magazines, the British-born journalist has masterminded a campaign unprecedented in scale - and glamour.
It includes Tony and Cherie Blair, Conservative leader David Cameron and MP Boris Johnson, Madonna, Kate Moss, shoe designer Jimmy Choo, film director Stephen Frears, TV cook Nigella Lawson, former News of the World and Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan and the actors Rupert Everett, Helen Mirren and Kevin Spacey.
As might be expected of a former editor of The New Yorker and Vanity Fair magazines, the British-born journalist has masterminded a campaign unprecedented in scale - and glamour.
It includes Tony and Cherie Blair, Conservative leader David Cameron and MP Boris Johnson, Madonna, Kate Moss, shoe designer Jimmy Choo, film director Stephen Frears, TV cook Nigella Lawson, former News of the World and Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan and the actors Rupert Everett, Helen Mirren and Kevin Spacey.
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