The Prince of Wales: A Biography, Jonathan Dimbleby's 1994 biography from Little, Brown and Company, is the authorised biography of Charles, then Prince of Wales, written with access to his private papers and correspondence and drawing on a filmed television interview, and is the original published source of his remark that he would rather be seen as defender of faith than Defender of the Faith. Its strength is that it is the original source for that widely quoted remark, drawn from direct access to Charles's own papers. Its limit is that it is a sympathetic authorised biography rather than an independent academic study; use it for what Charles said and when, not as a neutral assessment of his reign.
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Reliability Tier2
Jonathan Dimbleby's The Prince of Wales: A Biography, Little, Brown and Company, 1994, the middle tier reflecting a sympathetic, authorised biography written with the subject's own cooperation rather than an independent academic study, weighed against its unique value as the original published source of Charles's own remark about defender of faith. Cite it for what Charles said and when, never as a neutral assessment of his reign. NotesThe authorised biography of Charles, then Prince of Wales, written with access to his private papers and correspondence and drawing on a filmed television interview; the original published source of his remark that he would rather be seen as "defender of faith" than "Defender of the Faith". A sympathetic authorised biography rather than an independent academic study; use for what Charles said and when, not as a neutral assessment of his reign.
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AuthorJonathan Dimbleby
PublisherLittle, Brown and Company
Publication Year1994
Source Typebiography
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- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Articles, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Historical Figures, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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