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Diana, Princess of Wales
reflecting on her school days

"Actually I loved being at school".

"I always wanted to laugh and muck about rather than sit tight looking at the four walls of the schoolroom".

"I remember school plays and the thrill of putting on make-up".

"I always won all the swimming and diving cups".

"There was an enormous hall, I used to sneak down at night when it was all dark and put on my music and do my ballet there for hours on end and no-one ever found me. It always released tremendous tension in my head. I recognise it now but at the time it just seemed a good idea".

"I liked all subjects".

"I didn't shout out the answers in class because I didn't think I knew them".

"there was a time to be quiet and a time to be noisy".

"I wasn't any good at anything. I felt hopeless, a dropout" (comparing herself academically with her sisters and brother).

She loved books like 'Pride and Prejudice'.

She had a natural aptitude... in working with teenagers... it did wonders for her sense of self esteem.

She had a great sensitivity to the needs of others - a quality noticed by Miss Rudge the Headmistress.

'Diana - Her True Story In Her Own Words'
Completely revised edition by Andrew Morton