The conversation moved swiftly to a recent edition of Have I Got News For You. 'Oh, Mummy, it was hilarious,' laughed William. 'They had a photo of Mrs Parker-Bowles and a horse's head and asked what the difference was. The answer was that there isn't any!' Diana absolutely exploded with laughter. We talked about which is the hottest photo right now. `Charles and Camilla is still the really big one,' I said, 'followed by you and a new man, and now of course William with his first girlfriend.' He groaned. So did Diana. Our 'big ones' are the most intimate parts of their personal lives. It was a weird moment. I am the enemy really, but we were getting on well and sort of developing a better understanding of each other as we went along.At the tender age of 28, PIERS MORGAN was made editor of a national newspaper. So began a career at the epicentre of Britain's media over one of the most tumultuous and scandalous decades of modern times.We were rocked by the death of Diana and saw the Royal Family brought to its knees by scandal and tragedy; we witnessed the implosion of the Tories and the rise of New Labour; we found ourselves enthralled by a stream of celebrity gossip. And then, on 11 September 2001, the world changed forever. Within months Britain was at war.These are the diaries of a true insider and the cast of characters is endless: Diana, William and Charles; Tony Blair, Cherie, Gordon Brown; Paul McCartney, George Michael and Elton John; Rupert Murdoch, Richard Branson and Al Fayed; Fergie, Paul Burrell, James Hewitt, Earl Spencer; Jeremy Clarkson, Paula Yates, Paul Gascoigne; Jeffrey Archer, Alastair Campbell and Alan Clarkto name but a few.In a world of indiscreet dinners, private meetings, and gossipy lunches, Piers Morgan found himself in the thick of it. Often laugh-out-loud funny and at times nothing less than shocking, to read THE INSIDER is to experience first-hand the secret deals, plotting and power-games that make Britain what it is today.
