There’s a new book out about Princess Diana. The book is by Tina Brown and is entitled, The Diana Chronicles.

In an interview with Katie Couric, she reveals her inner thoughts on the Princess…

Q. Why do you think the story of a divorced British princess remains so captivating to Americans?

A. Diana’s story is really as a mythic as a Grimm’s fairy story. It is far more than simply being a divorced princess. She was young, beautiful and innocent and found that life behind palace walls was a mesh of lies, intrigue and sexual cynicism. But she refused to let those palace walls contain her and sublimated her pain to become a global force for good.

Q. One theme of the book seems to be your own ambivalence toward the British aristocracy. Did Diana cause any change in the way they operate?

A. Diana was really a revolutionary but the amazing thing about it was that she was born and bred inside the aristocratic system she ultimately rejected. Prince Philip used to call her a fifth columnist because the Royal Family could never understand how a girl from her impeccable noble background could be so disruptive. She changed the Royal Family forever. Today they understand they have to be more accessible, more modern, more communicative in the way they do things, thanks to her. William and Harry’s communications secretary Paddy Harverson was formerly in charge of the image of David Beckham. That says it all.