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'''Georgia Arianna Ziadie''', born 17 August 1949), known professionally as '''Lady Colin Campbell''', also as '''Lady C''', is a [[White Jamaicans|British Jamaican]] author, socialite, and television personality who has published seven books about the [[British royal family]].<ref name=spect/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp71804/georgia-ariana-georgie-ne-ziadie-lady-colin-campbell-|title=Lady Colin Campbell|publisher=National Portrait Gallery|quote=Writer and socialite; former wife of Lord Colin Ivar Campbell; daughter of Michael Ziadie. Georgia Ariana ('Georgie') (née Ziadie), Lady Colin Campbell|access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref> They include biographies of [[Diana, Princess of Wales]], which was on [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]] in 1992, [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]], and [[Meghan, Duchess of Sussex]].
'''Georgia Arianna, Lady Colin Campbell''' (''née'' '''Ziadie''', born 17 August 1949), also known as '''Lady C''', is a [[White Jamaicans|British Jamaican]] author, socialite, and television personality who has published seven unauthorised books about the [[British royal family]].<ref name=spect/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp71804/georgia-ariana-georgie-ne-ziadie-lady-colin-campbell-|title=Lady Colin Campbell|publisher=National Portrait Gallery|quote=Writer and socialite; former wife of Lord Colin Ivar Campbell; daughter of Michael Ziadie. Georgia Ariana ('Georgie') (née Ziadie), Lady Colin Campbell|access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref> They include biographies of [[Diana, Princess of Wales]] (which was on [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]] in 1992), of [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]], and of [[Meghan, Duchess of Sussex]] and [[Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex]].


Born into the [[Ziadie family]], a prominent family of Lebanese descent, she grew up in the [[Colony of Jamaica]] as the child of a wealthy department store owner. Campbell was born with a genital malformation and, following the medical advice of that time, was raised as a boy despite being female. She moved to New York City to attend the [[Fashion Institute of Technology]] and began working as a model. In 1970 she had corrective surgery for her congenital vaginal malformation, funded by her grandmother. She legally changed her name from George William Ziadie to Georgia Arianna Ziadie, receiving a new birth certificate. While in the United States, she met and married Lord Colin Ivar Campbell, the second son of [[Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll]] and [[Louise Timpson|Louise Hollingsworth Morris Clews]]. The marriage quickly soured and they divorced nine months later following a scandal surrounding her gender at birth, with Campbell accusing her husband of selling a false story that she had a [[sex reassignment surgery|sex change]] to the papers.
Born into the [[Ziadie family]], a prominent family of Lebanese descent, she grew up in the [[Colony of Jamaica]] as the child of a wealthy department store owner. Campbell was born with a genital malformation and, following the medical advice of that time, was raised as a boy despite being female. She moved to New York City to attend the [[Fashion Institute of Technology]] and began working as a model. In 1970 she had corrective surgery for her congenital vaginal malformation, funded by her grandmother. She legally changed her name from George William Ziadie to Georgia Arianna Ziadie, receiving a new birth certificate. While in the United States, she met and married Lord Colin Ivar Campbell, the second son of [[Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll]] and [[Louise Timpson|Louise Hollingsworth Morris Clews]]. The marriage quickly soured and they divorced nine months later following a scandal surrounding her physical characteristics at birth.


As well as being a royal biographer, Campbell is a television personality who has made appearances on ''[[Comedy Nation]]'', ''[[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (UK TV series)|I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!]]'', ''[[Celebs Go Dating]]'', ''[[Salvage Hunters]]'', ''[[Through the Keyhole]]'', ''[[Good Morning Britain (2014 TV programme)|Good Morning Britain]]'', and ''[[Celebs on the Farm]]''. She is the [[châtelain]]e of [[Castle Goring]] in [[Worthing]], the ancestral seat of the [[Shelley baronets#Shelley baronets, of Castle Goring (1806)|Shelley baronets]], which she runs as a wedding venue and event space.
As well as being a royal biographer and a royal commentator, Campbell is a reality star who has made appearances on ''[[Comedy Nation]]'', ''[[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (UK TV series)|I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!]]'', ''[[Celebs Go Dating]]'', ''[[Salvage Hunters]]'', ''[[Through the Keyhole]]'', ''[[Good Morning Britain (2014 TV programme)|Good Morning Britain]]'', and ''[[Celebs on the Farm]]''. She admits to liking the recognition.<ref name="Herald-16">{{Cite web |date=2016-08-13 |title=Lady Colin Campbell on being raised a boy and why she's 'whoring for Goring' at the Edinburgh Fringe |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/arts_ents/14680451.lady-colin-campbell-raised-boy-whoring-goring-edinburgh-fringe/ |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=The Herald |language=en}}</ref>

She is the [[châtelain]]e of [[Castle Goring]] in [[Worthing]], the ancestral seat of the [[Shelley baronets#Shelley baronets, of Castle Goring (1806)|Shelley baronets]]. She ventured into reality television to cover the castle's renovation costs, which she called "whoring for Goring".<ref name="Herald-16"/> She purchased the mansion in 2013.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Campbell was born in [[Colony of Jamaica|Jamaica]] on 17 August 1949 as George William Ziadie,<ref name=spect/><ref name=telegraph>{{cite news|title=They said she was a boy|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4709919/They-said-she-was-a-boy.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924150934/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4709919/They-said-she-was-a-boy.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 September 2015|access-date=5 January 2023|work=The Telegraph|date=2 August 1997}}</ref> one of four children of department store owner<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/is-nothing-sacred-vol-37-no-20/|title=Is Nothing Sacred?|website=PEOPLE.com}}</ref> Michael George Ziadie and Gloria Dey (''née'' Smedmore).<ref>Contemporary Authors, 1993, Donna Olendorf, p. 67</ref> She said in an interview that her father was a Russian [[count]] and that she is thus a Russian countess in her own right<ref>{{Cite web|title=Interview: Lady Colin Campbell – All about my mother|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/interview-lady-colin-campbell-all-about-my-mother-2443406|access-date=28 March 2021|website=www.scotsman.com|language=en}}</ref> and has stated that her family descends from [[Charlemagne]] and [[William the Conqueror]].<ref>{{cite video|title=Ferne Finds Out About Lady C's Background {{!}} I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7jMK2OlaMw|language=en|website =[[YouTube]]| date = 21 November 2015|access-date=5 January 2022}}</ref> Campbell is a cousin of opera director [[Peter Jonas (director)|Sir Peter Jonas]].<ref>{{cite book|title=A Life Worth Living|author=Lady Colin Campbell|publisher=Arcadia Books Limited|pages=22–23|year=2015|isbn=978-1-910-05086-6}}</ref>
Campbell was born in [[Colony of Jamaica|Jamaica]] on 17 August 1949 as George William Ziadie,<ref name=spect/><ref name=telegraph>{{cite news|title=They said she was a boy|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4709919/They-said-she-was-a-boy.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924150934/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4709919/They-said-she-was-a-boy.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 September 2015|access-date=5 January 2023|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=2 August 1997}}</ref> one of four children of department store owner<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/is-nothing-sacred-vol-37-no-20/|title=Is Nothing Sacred?|website=PEOPLE.com}}</ref> Michael George Ziadie and Gloria Dey (''née'' Smedmore).<ref>Contemporary Authors, 1993, Donna Olendorf, p. 67</ref> She said in an interview that her father was a Russian [[count]] and that she is thus a Russian countess in her own right<ref>{{Cite web|title=Interview: Lady Colin Campbell – All about my mother|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/interview-lady-colin-campbell-all-about-my-mother-2443406|access-date=28 March 2021|website=www.scotsman.com|language=en}}</ref> and has stated that her family descends from [[Charlemagne]] and [[William the Conqueror]].<ref>{{cite video|title=Ferne Finds Out About Lady C's Background {{!}} I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7jMK2OlaMw|language=en|website =[[YouTube]]| date = 21 November 2015|access-date=5 January 2022}}</ref> Campbell is a cousin of opera director [[Peter Jonas (director)|Sir Peter Jonas]].<ref>{{cite book|title=A Life Worth Living|author=Lady Colin Campbell|publisher=Arcadia Books Limited|pages=22–23|year=2015|isbn=978-1-910-05086-6}}</ref>


At birth, she had a genital malformation (a fused labia and deformed [[clitoris]]). Medical advice at the time was to assign her as a male so that she could live what was deemed a normal life, as that was thought to be "the superior sex" at the time.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gordon|first=Naomi|date=18 July 2016|title=Lady C explains why she was brought up as a boy|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a801691/lady-colin-campbell-brought-up-as-a-boy-superior-sex/|access-date=3 January 2021|website=Digital Spy|language=en-GB}}</ref> Though her family life was otherwise happy, Ziadie has since spoken and written of the many personal issues she faced being raised as a boy when she is biologically female.<ref name="telegraph" />
At birth, she had a genital malformation (a fused labia and deformed [[clitoris]]). Medical advice at the time was to assign her as a male so that she could live what was deemed a normal life, as that was thought to be "the superior sex" at the time.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gordon|first=Naomi|date=18 July 2016|title=Lady C explains why she was brought up as a boy|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a801691/lady-colin-campbell-brought-up-as-a-boy-superior-sex/|access-date=3 January 2021|website=Digital Spy|language=en-GB}}</ref> Though her family life was otherwise happy, Ziadie has since spoken and written of the many personal issues she faced being raised as a boy when she is biologically female.<ref name="telegraph" />


Her family, the [[Ziadie family|Ziadies]], were prominent in Jamaica after emigrating from [[Lebanon]], having grown wealthy from trade.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/inside-stories-1258558.html|title=Inside stories|author= MacDonald, Marianne|date=29 June 1997|work=[[The Independent on Sunday]]|access-date = 5 January 2021}}</ref> Campbell moved from Jamaica to New York City to attend the [[Fashion Institute of Technology]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Interview with Lady Colin Campbell, Author of Daughter of Narcissus|url=http://thewriterslife.blogspot.com/2009/10/interview-with-lady-colin-campbell.html|access-date=28 March 2015|work=The Writer's Life|date=27 October 2009}}</ref> She was not able to have the corrective surgery needed for her congenital vaginal malformation until 1970 when she was 21, when her grandmother discovered what had occurred and gave her the $5,000 she needed. At that time, Ziadie legally changed her name from George William Ziadie to Georgia Arianna Ziadie and received a new birth certificate.<ref name="telegraph"/> "No one ever faced the knife more eagerly than I. You would have thought I was going on a wonderful cruise – which, in a way, I suppose I was," Ziadie wrote in her [[autobiography]]. She had already started working as a model in [[New York City]] prior to her surgery.<ref name="telegraph"/> Besides modelling, she worked at [[Harrods]], served as social secretary to the Libyan ambassador, and organised charity events.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/im-a-celebrity/12023030/Lady-C-raised-as-a-boy-Im-a-Celebrity.html|title=Why was I'm a Celebrity's Lady Colin Campbell raised as a boy?|work=The Telegraph|date=2 August 1997|accessdate=11 April 2023}}</ref>
Her family, the [[Ziadie family|Ziadies]], were prominent in Jamaica after emigrating from [[Lebanon]], having grown wealthy from trade.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/inside-stories-1258558.html|title=Inside stories|author= MacDonald, Marianne|date=29 June 1997|work=[[The Independent on Sunday]]|access-date = 5 January 2021}}</ref> Campbell moved from Jamaica to New York City to attend the [[Fashion Institute of Technology]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Interview with Lady Colin Campbell, Author of Daughter of Narcissus|url=http://thewriterslife.blogspot.com/2009/10/interview-with-lady-colin-campbell.html|access-date=28 March 2015|work=The Writer's Life|date=27 October 2009}}</ref> She was not able to have the corrective surgery needed for her congenital vaginal malformation until 1970 when she was 21, when her grandmother discovered what had occurred and gave her the $5,000 she needed. At that time, Ziadie legally changed her name from George William Ziadie to Georgia Arianna Ziadie and received a new birth certificate.<ref name="telegraph"/> "No one ever faced the knife more eagerly than I. You would have thought I was going on a wonderful cruise – which, in a way, I suppose I was", Ziadie wrote in her [[autobiography]]. She had already started working as a model in [[New York City]] prior to her surgery.<ref name="telegraph"/> Besides modelling, she worked at [[Harrods]], served as social secretary to the Libyan ambassador, and organised charity events.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/im-a-celebrity/12023030/Lady-C-raised-as-a-boy-Im-a-Celebrity.html|title=Why was I'm a Celebrity's Lady Colin Campbell raised as a boy?|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=2 August 1997|access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref>


==Marriage and family==
==Marriage and family==
On 23 March 1974, after having known him for only five days, she married Lord Colin Ivar Campbell, the younger son of the [[Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll|eleventh Duke of Argyll]]. She has said of him, "He had the strongest personality of anyone I had ever met – he simply exuded strength, decisiveness and charm."<ref name=telegraph/> However, their relationship quickly soured. The couple split after nine months over the scandal surrounding her gender at birth, and divorced after 14 months. She successfully sued several publications that claimed she was born a boy and had subsequently undergone a [[Sex reassignment surgery|sex change]], and accused her former husband of selling the untrue story for money.<ref name="telegraph"/><ref name="dailytelegraph2013" /> Her stepmother-in-law was [[Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll]], who was friends with Dame [[Barbara Cartland]], step-grandmother to Diana, Princess of Wales.
On 23 March 1974, after having known him for only five days, she married Lord Colin Ivar Campbell, the younger son of the [[Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll|eleventh Duke of Argyll]]. She has said of him, "He had the strongest personality of anyone I had ever met – he simply exuded strength, decisiveness and charm."<ref name=telegraph/> However, their relationship quickly soured. The couple split after nine months over the scandal surrounding her physical characteristics at birth, and divorced after 14 months. She successfully sued several publications that claimed she was born a boy and had subsequently undergone a [[Sex reassignment surgery|sex change]], and accused her former husband of selling the untrue story for money.<ref name="telegraph"/><ref name="dailytelegraph2013" /> Her stepmother-in-law was [[Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll]], who was friends with Dame [[Barbara Cartland]], step-grandmother to [[Diana, Princess of Wales]].


In 1993, she adopted two Russian boys, Michael ‘Misha’ and Dimitri ‘Dima’,<ref name="dailytelegraph2013"/> both of whom appeared on [[MTV]]'s 2018 reality television show ''[[The Royal World]]'' calling themselves "Count".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/the-royal-world-mtv-cast-contestants-reality-show-whos-who/|title=Who is in the cast of MTV's new reality show The Royal World?|work=Radio Times|first=Kimberley|last=Bond|date=6 November 2018|access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/the-royal-world/articles/the-royal-world-everything-you-need-to-know|title=the royal world: everything you need to know about episode #6|work=MTV|date=7 November 2018|access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref>
In 1993, she adopted two Russian boys, Michael 'Misha' and Dimitri 'Dima',<ref name="dailytelegraph2013"/> both of whom appeared on [[MTV]]'s 2018 reality television show ''[[The Royal World]]'' calling themselves "Count".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/the-royal-world-mtv-cast-contestants-reality-show-whos-who/|title=Who is in the cast of MTV's new reality show The Royal World?|work=Radio Times|first=Kimberley|last=Bond|date=6 November 2018|access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/the-royal-world/articles/the-royal-world-everything-you-need-to-know|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010132129/http://www.mtv.co.uk/the-royal-world/articles/the-royal-world-everything-you-need-to-know|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 October 2018|title=the royal world: everything you need to know about episode #6|work=MTV|date=7 November 2018|access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref>


In 2013, she bought [[Castle Goring]], a [[Listed building|Grade I listed]] country house in [[Worthing]], [[Sussex]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Castle Goring in Worthing's new owner revealed as I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! star|url = http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/14038753.Castle_Goring_in_Worthing_s_new_owner_revealed_as_I_m_a_Celebrity___Get_Me_Out_of_Here__star/|work = The Argus|access-date = 20 November 2015|date= 18 November 2015|publisher=Newsquest Media (Southern)}}</ref> The property is the ancestral family home of the poet [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]] (although he never lived there) and the former seat of the [[Shelley baronets]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vincent |first=Isabel |date=14 July 2018 |title=This aristocrat insists Queen Elizabeth had a steamy sex life |url=https://nypost.com/2018/07/14/this-aristocrat-insists-queen-elizabeth-had-a-steamy-sex-life/ |access-date=10 April 2021 |website=New York Post |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2013, she bought [[Castle Goring]], a [[Listed building|Grade I listed]] country house in [[Worthing|Worthing, Sussex]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Castle Goring in Worthing's new owner revealed as I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! star|url = http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/14038753.Castle_Goring_in_Worthing_s_new_owner_revealed_as_I_m_a_Celebrity___Get_Me_Out_of_Here__star/|work = The Argus|access-date = 20 November 2015|date= 18 November 2015|publisher=Newsquest Media (Southern)}}</ref> The property is the ancestral family home of the poet [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]] (although he never lived there) and the former seat of the [[Shelley baronets]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vincent |first=Isabel |date=14 July 2018 |title=This aristocrat insists Queen Elizabeth had a steamy sex life |url=https://nypost.com/2018/07/14/this-aristocrat-insists-queen-elizabeth-had-a-steamy-sex-life/ |access-date=10 April 2021 |website=New York Post |language=en-US}}</ref>


==Writing career==
==Writing career==
[[File:London School of Business and Finance 2018 Arts Panel - 1.jpg|thumb|Campbell (second from left) at the [[London School of Business and Finance]] art panel in 2018]]
[[File:London School of Business and Finance 2018 Arts Panel - 1.jpg|thumb|Campbell (second from left) at the [[London School of Business and Finance]] art panel in 2018]]
Campbell wrote special Radio [[pantomimes]] for the [[BBC]] in 1982 and 1983, entitled ''[[Dick Whittington]]'' and ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]''. She is best known for her books on [[Diana, Princess of Wales]], and [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]]. Her 1992 book, ''Diana in Private: The Princess Nobody Knows'', provided information about Diana's struggle with [[bulimia]] and her affair with [[James Hewitt]] (insights into these matters deriving from the fact that "one of [Campbell's] closest friends was one of [Diana's] closest friends"). Campbell was dismissed as a fantasist, but some of her claims were later vindicated.<ref name="dailytelegraph2013">{{cite news|last1=Llewellyn Smith|first1=Julia|title=Lady Colin Campbell: 'My father said I should take rat poison'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/10422505/Lady-Colin-Campbell-My-father-said-I-should-take-rat-poison.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/10422505/Lady-Colin-Campbell-My-father-said-I-should-take-rat-poison.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=28 March 2015|work=The Telegraph|date=2 November 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ''Diana in Private'' appeared on [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]] in 1992.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news|title=Best sellers: June 21, 1992|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/21/books/best-sellers-june-21-1992.html|access-date=28 March 2015|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=22 June 1992}}</ref> Campbell later claimed that the book initially started as an authorised official biography but later Diana decided to make it an unofficial one and use it as a "get out of jail card" after being "advised by friends that she should play the victim."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/lady-colin-campbells-astonishing-claim-12627616|title=Lady Colin Campbell's astonishing claim 'fake victim' Princess Diana wanted her to tell 'propaganda and LIES' in official book|work=Daily Mirror|first=Emmeline|last=Saunders|date=31 May 2018|access-date=18 December 2022}}</ref>
Campbell wrote special radio [[pantomimes]] for the [[BBC]] in 1982 and 1983, entitled ''[[Dick Whittington]]'' and ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]''. She is best known for her books on [[Diana, Princess of Wales]], and [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]]. Her 1992 book, ''Diana in Private: The Princess Nobody Knows'', provided information about Diana's struggle with [[bulimia]] and her affair with [[James Hewitt]] (insights into these matters deriving from the fact that "one of [Campbell's] closest friends was one of [Diana's] closest friends"). Campbell was dismissed as a fantasist, but some of her claims were later vindicated.<ref name="dailytelegraph2013">{{cite news|last1=Llewellyn Smith|first1=Julia|title=Lady Colin Campbell: 'My father said I should take rat poison'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/10422505/Lady-Colin-Campbell-My-father-said-I-should-take-rat-poison.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/10422505/Lady-Colin-Campbell-My-father-said-I-should-take-rat-poison.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=28 March 2015|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=2 November 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ''Diana in Private'' appeared on [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]] in 1992.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news|title=Best sellers: June 21, 1992|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/21/books/best-sellers-june-21-1992.html|access-date=28 March 2015|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=22 June 1992}}</ref> Campbell later said the book initially started as an authorised official biography but later Diana decided to make it an unofficial one and use it as a "get out of jail card" after being "advised by friends that she should play the victim."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/lady-colin-campbells-astonishing-claim-12627616|title=Lady Colin Campbell's astonishing claim 'fake victim' Princess Diana wanted her to tell 'propaganda and LIES' in official book|work=Daily Mirror|first=Emmeline|last=Saunders|date=31 May 2018|access-date=18 December 2022}}</ref> Her 1993 book, ''The Royal Marriages'', was criticised by [[Lynn Barber]] for lack of verification for her assertions. Barber described her pleasure in encountering "an author so exhilaratingly untrammelled by any fear (or knowledge?) of the libel laws. Nothing is beyond her", concluding "either [Campbell] is the greatest gossip since [[Pepys]] or she is a complete fabulist: one can only read it and gawp ... Lady Colin Campbell never bothers her head with anything so tedious as verification".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/book-review-throne-into-confusion-lynn-barber-on-the-latest-royal-flush-of-palace-gossip-2316527.html|title=Throne into confusion: Lynn Barber on the latest royal flush of Palace gossip|work=The Independent|first=Lynn|last=Barber|date=23 October 2011|access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref>


Campbell's 2012 book, ''The Untold Life of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother'', was met with criticism. Her theorising, including claims quoting the [[Edward VIII|Duke of Windsor]] regarding the Queen Mother's parentage, was dismissed by writers [[Hugo Vickers]] and Michael Thornton as "bizarre" and "complete nonsense". The timing of the publication of Campbell's book, a service of remembrance for the Queen Mother marking the tenth anniversary of her death, was also condemned.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/9177647/Queen-Mother-was-daughter-of-French-cook-biography-claims.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/9177647/Queen-Mother-was-daughter-of-French-cook-biography-claims.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Queen Mother was daughter of French cook, biography claims|date=31 March 2012|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In ''[[The Sunday Times]]'', the journalist [[Lynn Barber]] opined that Campbell's claims ought not to be dismissed out of hand.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/palace-indiscretions-m992dfrc3c5|title=Palace indiscretions|work=The Sunday Times|first=Lynn|last=Barber|date=15 April 2021|access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref> In ''[[The Independent]]'', reviewing Campbell's ''The Royal Marriages'', Barber had described her pleasure in encountering "an author so exhilaratingly untrammelled by any fear (or knowledge?) of the libel laws. Nothing is beyond her", concluding "either (Campbell) is the greatest gossip since Pepys or she is a complete fabulist: one can only read it and gawp... Lady Colin Campbell never bothers her head with anything so tedious as verification".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/book-review-throne-into-confusion-lynn-barber-on-the-latest-royal-flush-of-palace-gossip-2316527.html|title=Throne into confusion: Lynn Barber on the latest royal flush of Palace gossip|work=The Independent|first=Lynn|last=Barber|date=23 October 2011|access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref>
Campbell's 2012 book, ''The Untold Life of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother'', was met with criticism. Her theorising, including claims quoting the [[Edward VIII|Duke of Windsor]] regarding the Queen Mother's parentage, was dismissed by writers [[Hugo Vickers]] and Michael Thornton as "bizarre" and "complete nonsense". The timing of the publication of Campbell's book, a service of remembrance for the Queen Mother marking the tenth anniversary of her death, was also condemned.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/9177647/Queen-Mother-was-daughter-of-French-cook-biography-claims.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/9177647/Queen-Mother-was-daughter-of-French-cook-biography-claims.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Queen Mother was daughter of French cook, biography claims|date=31 March 2012|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In ''[[The Sunday Times]]'', the journalist Lynn Barber opined that Campbell's claims ought not to be dismissed out of hand.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/palace-indiscretions-m992dfrc3c5|title=Palace indiscretions|work=The Sunday Times|first=Lynn|last=Barber|date=15 April 2021|access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref>


In 2020, Campbell released another biography called ''Meghan and Harry: The Real Story'', addressing [[Meghan, Duchess of Sussex|Meghan]] and [[Prince Harry]]'s life, romance and ensuing rift with the royal family.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Campbell|first=Lady Colin|title=Meghan and Harry: The Real Story|publisher=Pegasus Books|year=2020|location=London New York}}</ref> Her other books include a book about her own mother titled ''Daughter of a Narcissus: A Family's Struggle to Survive their Mother's Narcissistic Personality Disorder'', and a book about [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] titled ''The Queen's Marriage''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine|last=Miller|first=Julie|title=Lady Colin Campbell, Author of the Other Harry and Meghan Book, Swears It's Not a Takedown|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/07/lady-colin-campbell-swears-its-not-a-takedown|access-date=10 April 2021|magazine=Vanity Fair|language=en-us}}</ref> Campbell has been called a "polarizing figure" by ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' and an "amusing dinner partner" by [[Tina Brown]].<ref name=":0" />
In 2020, Campbell released another biography called ''Meghan and Harry: The Real Story'', addressing [[Meghan, Duchess of Sussex|Meghan]] and [[Prince Harry]]'s life, romance and ensuing rift with the royal family.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Campbell|first=Lady Colin|title=Meghan and Harry: The Real Story|publisher=Pegasus Books|year=2020|location=London New York}}</ref> Julie Miller in ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' described the book as "aristocratic gossip", and labelled it as deeply subjective.<ref name="vanityfair.com">{{Cite magazine |date=2020-07-30 |title=Lady Colin Campbell, Author of the Other Harry and Meghan Book, Swears It's Not a Takedown |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/07/lady-colin-campbell-swears-its-not-a-takedown |access-date=2024-02-23 |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}</ref> Her other books include a book about her own mother titled ''Daughter of a Narcissus: A Family's Struggle to Survive their Mother's Narcissistic Personality Disorder'', and a book about [[Queen Elizabeth II]] titled ''The Queen's Marriage''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine|last=Miller|first=Julie|title=Lady Colin Campbell, Author of the Other Harry and Meghan Book, Swears It's Not a Takedown|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/07/lady-colin-campbell-swears-its-not-a-takedown|access-date=10 April 2021|magazine=Vanity Fair|language=en-us}}</ref> Campbell has been called a "polarizing figure" by ''Vanity Fair'' and an "amusing dinner partner" by [[Tina Brown]].<ref name=":0" />


==Television==
==Television==
Campbell appeared on ''[[Comedy Nation]]'', a British TV show. In November 2015, she took part in the [[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (UK series 15)|fifteenth TV series]] of ''[[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (UK TV series)|I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!]]''. The following month, she left the programme before its conclusion "on medical grounds".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/im-a-celebrity/12026148/What-time-is-Im-a-Celebrity-on-TV-tonight-Lady-Colin-Campbell-jorgie-porter-live.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/im-a-celebrity/12026148/What-time-is-Im-a-Celebrity-on-TV-tonight-Lady-Colin-Campbell-jorgie-porter-live.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=I'm a Celebrity 2015: Lady Colin Campbell is 'fine' after leaving the jungle on 'medical grounds' |publisher=Telegraph Media Group|work=The Telegraph|date=2 December 2015 |access-date=2 December 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In a later interview, Campbell said that she felt bullied into leaving the show by [[Tony Hadley]] and [[Duncan Bannatyne]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/tv-radio/lady-colin-campbell-blasts-tony-6943353|title=Lady C's first interview since quitting I'm a Celebrity jungle|first=Carl|last=Greenwood|date=2 December 2015|work=Daily Record|publisher=Media Scotland|access-date=8 July 2018}}</ref>
Campbell appeared on ''[[Comedy Nation]]'', a British TV show. In November 2015, she took part in the [[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (UK series 15)|fifteenth TV series]] of ''[[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (UK TV series)|I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!]]'' The following month, she left the programme before its conclusion "on medical grounds".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/im-a-celebrity/12026148/What-time-is-Im-a-Celebrity-on-TV-tonight-Lady-Colin-Campbell-jorgie-porter-live.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/im-a-celebrity/12026148/What-time-is-Im-a-Celebrity-on-TV-tonight-Lady-Colin-Campbell-jorgie-porter-live.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=I'm a Celebrity 2015: Lady Colin Campbell is 'fine' after leaving the jungle on 'medical grounds' |work=The Daily Telegraph|date=2 December 2015 |access-date=2 December 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In a later interview, Campbell said that she felt bullied into leaving the show by [[Tony Hadley]] and [[Duncan Bannatyne]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/tv-radio/lady-colin-campbell-blasts-tony-6943353|title=Lady C's first interview since quitting I'm a Celebrity jungle|first=Carl|last=Greenwood|date=2 December 2015|work=Daily Record|publisher=Media Scotland|access-date=8 July 2018}}</ref>


In 2016, she featured in a documentary entitled ''Lady C and the Castle'', which was broadcast by [[ITV (TV Network)|ITV]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/lady-c-reality-tv-show-new-series_uk_5710b6f4e4b0f22f021979db|title=She's Back! Lady C Reveals New TV Show Plans|date=15 April 2016|work=Huffington Post UK|access-date=8 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvfilm/lady-c-and-the-castle-lady-colin-campbell-goes-on-epic-cling-film-rant-in-new-documentary-a3335231.html|title=Lady C goes on epic cling film rant in ITV's Lady C and the Castle|work=Evening Standard|date=2 September 2016 |publisher=ESI Media|access-date=8 July 2018}}</ref> The programme charted her journey in converting her dilapidated castle into a wedding venue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-09-02/lady-c-and-the-castle-is-a-masterclass-in-how-to-have-a-really-good-tantrum|title=Lady C and the Castle is a masterclass in how to have a really good tantrum|work=Radio Times|access-date=8 July 2018|date=2 September 2016}}</ref> In 2017 she appeared at the castle in an episode of ''[[Salvage Hunters]]'' on [[Quest (TV channel)|Quest]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shaw |first1=Amelia |title=Salvage Hunters star Drew Pritchard returns to screens in new series |url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/salvage-hunters-star-drew-pritchard-12474065 |access-date=30 June 2021 |work=North Wales Live |date=18 January 2017}}</ref> She also appeared on ''[[Through the Keyhole]]'', where [[Keith Lemon]] toured [[Castle Goring]].<ref>{{cite episode|series=Through the Keyhole|season=4|number=1|date=7 January 2017|publisher=ITV}} – [https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/through_the_keyhole/episodes/4/1/ via] comedy.co.uk</ref>
In 2016, she featured in a documentary entitled ''Lady C and the Castle'', which was broadcast by [[ITV (TV Network)|ITV]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/lady-c-reality-tv-show-new-series_uk_5710b6f4e4b0f22f021979db|title=She's Back! Lady C Reveals New TV Show Plans|date=15 April 2016|work=Huffington Post UK|access-date=8 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvfilm/lady-c-and-the-castle-lady-colin-campbell-goes-on-epic-cling-film-rant-in-new-documentary-a3335231.html|title=Lady C goes on epic cling film rant in ITV's Lady C and the Castle|work=Evening Standard|date=2 September 2016 |publisher=ESI Media|access-date=8 July 2018}}</ref> The programme charted her journey in converting her dilapidated castle into a wedding venue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-09-02/lady-c-and-the-castle-is-a-masterclass-in-how-to-have-a-really-good-tantrum|title=Lady C and the Castle is a masterclass in how to have a really good tantrum|work=Radio Times|access-date=8 July 2018|date=2 September 2016}}</ref>


In 2017 she appeared at the castle in an episode of ''[[Salvage Hunters]]'' on [[Quest (TV channel)|Quest]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shaw |first1=Amelia |title=Salvage Hunters star Drew Pritchard returns to screens in new series |url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/salvage-hunters-star-drew-pritchard-12474065 |access-date=30 June 2021 |work=North Wales Live |date=18 January 2017}}</ref> She also appeared on ''[[Through the Keyhole]]'', where [[Keith Lemon]] toured [[Castle Goring]].<ref>{{cite episode|series=Through the Keyhole|season=4|number=1|date=7 January 2017|publisher=ITV}} – [https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/through_the_keyhole/episodes/4/1/ via] comedy.co.uk</ref>
In August 2019, Campbell appeared on ''[[Celebs Go Dating]]'', shown on [[E4 (TV channel)|E4]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a28789431/celebs-go-dating-lady-colin-campbell-breaks-rules/|title=Celebs Go Dating agents Anna Williamson and Paul Carrick Brunson break the rules for Lady Colin Campbell|work=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=22 February 2021}}</ref>


In November of that year she appeared on ''[[Good Morning Britain (2014 TV programme)|Good Morning Britain]]'' to defend [[Prince Andrew, Duke of York]]'s associations with [[Jeffrey Epstein]], who had been convicted of soliciting a 17-year-old female named [[Virginia Roberts Giuffre|Virginia Roberts]] for prostitution. She said that Epstein was not a [[paedophile]] but an [[Ephebophilia|ephebophile]], and argued that there is a material difference between "a minor and a child" (no legal difference exists where Epstein was convicted).<ref>{{cite news |title=British socialite's shocking defence of Jeffrey Epstein on live TV |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/royals/british-socialite-claims-underage-sex-with-prostitutes-isnt-same-as-paedophilia/news-story/f57b523cb7e9991daa22c88134557faa |access-date=21 November 2019 |work=NewsComAu |date=18 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Prince Andrew latest: Lady Colin Campbell dropped from Christmas lights event after 'defending' Epstein |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/11/20/prince-andrew-latest-lady-colin-campbell-dropped-christmas-lights/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/11/20/prince-andrew-latest-lady-colin-campbell-dropped-christmas-lights/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=21 November 2019 |work=The Telegraph |date=20 November 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She reiterated this defence on the launch of [[GB News]] in June 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ross |first1=Jamie |title='Epstein Wasn't a Pedophile:' How British Fox News Copycat's Launch Turned Into a Disaster |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/gb-news-has-disaster-launch-as-guest-argues-jeffrey-epstein-wasnt-a-pedophile |access-date=21 June 2021 |work=The Daily Beast |date=16 June 2021}}</ref> She subsequently sued the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' after the newspaper accused her in an article of defending "Jeffrey Epstein's right to rape children".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newslondon/lady-colin-campbell-suing-newspaper-over-defending-jeffrey-epstein-claim/ar-BB1eG4px|title=Lady Colin Campbell suing newspaper over 'defending Jeffrey Epstein' claim|publisher=MSN|via=Evening Standard|date=17 March 2021|access-date=16 October 2021}}</ref> The case was later settled and the ''Mirror'' issued a public apology to Campbell.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/for-the-record/lady-colin-campbell-29984504|title=Lady Colin Campbell|work=Mirror|date=16 May 2023|accessdate=19 May 2023}}</ref>
In August 2019, Campbell appeared on ''[[Celebs Go Dating]]'', shown on [[E4 (TV channel)|E4]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a28789431/celebs-go-dating-lady-colin-campbell-breaks-rules/|title=Celebs Go Dating agents Anna Williamson and Paul Carrick Brunson break the rules for Lady Colin Campbell|work=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=22 February 2021}}</ref> In November of that year she appeared on ''[[Good Morning Britain (2014 TV programme)|Good Morning Britain]]'' to defend [[Prince Andrew, Duke of York]]'s associations with [[Jeffrey Epstein]], who had been convicted of soliciting a 17-year-old female named [[Virginia Roberts Giuffre|Virginia Roberts]] for prostitution. She said that Epstein was not a [[paedophile]] but an [[Ephebophilia|ephebophile]], and argued that there is a material difference between "a minor and a child" (no legal difference exists where Epstein was convicted).<ref>{{cite news |title=British socialite's shocking defence of Jeffrey Epstein on live TV |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/royals/british-socialite-claims-underage-sex-with-prostitutes-isnt-same-as-paedophilia/news-story/f57b523cb7e9991daa22c88134557faa |access-date=21 November 2019 |work=NewsComAu |date=18 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Prince Andrew latest: Lady Colin Campbell dropped from Christmas lights event after 'defending' Epstein |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/11/20/prince-andrew-latest-lady-colin-campbell-dropped-christmas-lights/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/11/20/prince-andrew-latest-lady-colin-campbell-dropped-christmas-lights/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=21 November 2019 |work=The Telegraph |date=20 November 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She reiterated this defence on the launch of [[GB News]] in June 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ross |first1=Jamie |title='Epstein Wasn't a Pedophile': How British Fox News Copycat's Launch Turned Into a Disaster |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/gb-news-has-disaster-launch-as-guest-argues-jeffrey-epstein-wasnt-a-pedophile |access-date=21 June 2021 |work=The Daily Beast |date=16 June 2021}}</ref> She subsequently sued the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' after the newspaper accused her in an article of defending "Jeffrey Epstein's right to rape children".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newslondon/lady-colin-campbell-suing-newspaper-over-defending-jeffrey-epstein-claim/ar-BB1eG4px|title=Lady Colin Campbell suing newspaper over 'defending Jeffrey Epstein' claim|publisher=MSN|via=Evening Standard|date=17 March 2021|access-date=16 October 2021}}</ref> The case was later settled and the ''Mirror'' issued a public apology to Campbell.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/for-the-record/lady-colin-campbell-29984504|title=Lady Colin Campbell|work=Daily Mirror|date=16 May 2023|access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref>


In early 2021, she competed in the [[MTV (British and Irish TV channel)|MTV]] series ''[[Celebs on the Farm]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://closeronline.co.uk/amp/entertainment/tv-movies/celebs-on-the-farm-line-up/|title=Kerry Katona and Holly Hagan sign up for Celebs on the Farm|work=[[Closer (magazine)|Closer]]|date=16 December 2020|access-date=22 February 2021}}</ref>
In early 2021, she competed in the [[MTV (British and Irish TV channel)|MTV]] series ''[[Celebs on the Farm]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://closeronline.co.uk/amp/entertainment/tv-movies/celebs-on-the-farm-line-up/|title=Kerry Katona and Holly Hagan sign up for Celebs on the Farm|work=[[Closer (magazine)|Closer]]|date=16 December 2020|access-date=22 February 2021}}</ref>


==Health==
==Health==
In late 2016, Campbell suffered from [[sepsis]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/lady-colin-campbell-reveals-hours-9051915|title=Lady Colin Campbell reveals she was "hours from death" after being struck down by blood poisoning|work=The Mirror|first=Emma|last=Pryer|date=15 October 2016|accessdate=11 April 2023}}</ref>
In late 2016, Campbell suffered from [[sepsis]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/lady-colin-campbell-reveals-hours-9051915|title=Lady Colin Campbell reveals she was "hours from death" after being struck down by blood poisoning|work=The Mirror|first=Emma|last=Pryer|date=15 October 2016|access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref>


==Selected publications==
==Selected publications==
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* {{cite book|year=2016|title= A Woman's Walks |isbn= 9781782273233 |last1= Campbell |first1= Lady Colin|publisher= Pushkin Press }}
* {{cite book|year=2016|title= A Woman's Walks |isbn= 9781782273233 |last1= Campbell |first1= Lady Colin|publisher= Pushkin Press }}
* {{cite book|year=2018|title= The Queen's Marriage |isbn=9781527209848 |last1= Campbell |first1= Lady Colin|publisher= Dynasty Press, Limited }}
* {{cite book|year=2018|title= The Queen's Marriage |isbn=9781527209848 |last1= Campbell |first1= Lady Colin|publisher= Dynasty Press, Limited }}
* {{cite book|year=2019|title= People of Colour and The Royals |isbn=9781916131705|last1= Campbell |first1= Lady Colin |publisher= Dynasty Press Limited }}
* {{cite book|year=2019|title= People of Colour and The Royals |isbn=9781916131705|last1= Campbell |first1= Lady Colin |publisher= Dynasty Press }}
* {{cite book|year=2020|title= Meghan and Harry: The Real Story |isbn=9781643136752|last1= Campbell |first1= Lady Colin |publisher= Simon and Schuster }}
* {{cite book|year=2020|title= Meghan and Harry: The Real Story |isbn=9781643136752|last1= Campbell |first1= Lady Colin |publisher= Simon and Schuster }}
** {{cite book|year=2024|title= Meghan and Harry: The Real Story: Persecutors or Victims |isbn=9781916131781|last1= Campbell |first1= Lady Colin |publisher= Dynasty Press }}


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Jamaican writers]]
[[Category:Jamaican writers]]
[[Category:Wives of younger sons of peers]]
[[Category:Wives of younger sons of peers]]
[[Category:Women autobiographers]]
[[Category:British women autobiographers]]
[[Category:British women biographers]]
[[Category:British women biographers]]
[[Category:Fashion Institute of Technology alumni]]
[[Category:Fashion Institute of Technology alumni]]

Latest revision as of 09:10, 8 December 2024

For Lady Colin Campbell (1857–1911), see Gertrude Elizabeth Blood.

Lady Colin Campbell
Campbell in 2013
Born
George William Ziadie

(1949-08-17) 17 August 1949 (age 75)[1]
St Andrew, British Jamaica
Other namesGeorgia Arianna Ziadie
Citizenship
  • United Kingdom
  • Jamaica
Alma materFashion Institute of Technology
Occupations
  • Author
  • socialite
  • television personality
Spouse
Lord Colin Campbell
​
​
(m. 1974; div. 1975)​
Children2 (adopted)
RelativesSir Peter Jonas (cousin)
Family

Georgia Arianna, Lady Colin Campbell (née Ziadie, born 17 August 1949), also known as Lady C, is a British Jamaican author, socialite, and television personality who has published seven unauthorised books about the British royal family.[1][2] They include biographies of Diana, Princess of Wales (which was on The New York Times Best Seller list in 1992), of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex.

Born into the Ziadie family, a prominent family of Lebanese descent, she grew up in the Colony of Jamaica as the child of a wealthy department store owner. Campbell was born with a genital malformation and, following the medical advice of that time, was raised as a boy despite being female. She moved to New York City to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology and began working as a model. In 1970 she had corrective surgery for her congenital vaginal malformation, funded by her grandmother. She legally changed her name from George William Ziadie to Georgia Arianna Ziadie, receiving a new birth certificate. While in the United States, she met and married Lord Colin Ivar Campbell, the second son of Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll and Louise Hollingsworth Morris Clews. The marriage quickly soured and they divorced nine months later following a scandal surrounding her physical characteristics at birth.

As well as being a royal biographer and a royal commentator, Campbell is a reality star who has made appearances on Comedy Nation, I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, Celebs Go Dating, Salvage Hunters, Through the Keyhole, Good Morning Britain, and Celebs on the Farm. She admits to liking the recognition.[3]

She is the châtelaine of Castle Goring in Worthing, the ancestral seat of the Shelley baronets. She ventured into reality television to cover the castle's renovation costs, which she called "whoring for Goring".[3] She purchased the mansion in 2013.

Early life

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Campbell was born in Jamaica on 17 August 1949 as George William Ziadie,[1][4] one of four children of department store owner[5] Michael George Ziadie and Gloria Dey (née Smedmore).[6] She said in an interview that her father was a Russian count and that she is thus a Russian countess in her own right[7] and has stated that her family descends from Charlemagne and William the Conqueror.[8] Campbell is a cousin of opera director Sir Peter Jonas.[9]

At birth, she had a genital malformation (a fused labia and deformed clitoris). Medical advice at the time was to assign her as a male so that she could live what was deemed a normal life, as that was thought to be "the superior sex" at the time.[10] Though her family life was otherwise happy, Ziadie has since spoken and written of the many personal issues she faced being raised as a boy when she is biologically female.[4]

Her family, the Ziadies, were prominent in Jamaica after emigrating from Lebanon, having grown wealthy from trade.[11] Campbell moved from Jamaica to New York City to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology.[12] She was not able to have the corrective surgery needed for her congenital vaginal malformation until 1970 when she was 21, when her grandmother discovered what had occurred and gave her the $5,000 she needed. At that time, Ziadie legally changed her name from George William Ziadie to Georgia Arianna Ziadie and received a new birth certificate.[4] "No one ever faced the knife more eagerly than I. You would have thought I was going on a wonderful cruise – which, in a way, I suppose I was", Ziadie wrote in her autobiography. She had already started working as a model in New York City prior to her surgery.[4] Besides modelling, she worked at Harrods, served as social secretary to the Libyan ambassador, and organised charity events.[13]

Marriage and family

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On 23 March 1974, after having known him for only five days, she married Lord Colin Ivar Campbell, the younger son of the eleventh Duke of Argyll. She has said of him, "He had the strongest personality of anyone I had ever met – he simply exuded strength, decisiveness and charm."[4] However, their relationship quickly soured. The couple split after nine months over the scandal surrounding her physical characteristics at birth, and divorced after 14 months. She successfully sued several publications that claimed she was born a boy and had subsequently undergone a sex change, and accused her former husband of selling the untrue story for money.[4][14] Her stepmother-in-law was Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, who was friends with Dame Barbara Cartland, step-grandmother to Diana, Princess of Wales.

In 1993, she adopted two Russian boys, Michael 'Misha' and Dimitri 'Dima',[14] both of whom appeared on MTV's 2018 reality television show The Royal World calling themselves "Count".[15][16]

In 2013, she bought Castle Goring, a Grade I listed country house in Worthing, Sussex.[17] The property is the ancestral family home of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (although he never lived there) and the former seat of the Shelley baronets.[18]

Writing career

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Campbell (second from left) at the London School of Business and Finance art panel in 2018

Campbell wrote special radio pantomimes for the BBC in 1982 and 1983, entitled Dick Whittington and Sleeping Beauty. She is best known for her books on Diana, Princess of Wales, and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Her 1992 book, Diana in Private: The Princess Nobody Knows, provided information about Diana's struggle with bulimia and her affair with James Hewitt (insights into these matters deriving from the fact that "one of [Campbell's] closest friends was one of [Diana's] closest friends"). Campbell was dismissed as a fantasist, but some of her claims were later vindicated.[14] Diana in Private appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list in 1992.[19] Campbell later said the book initially started as an authorised official biography but later Diana decided to make it an unofficial one and use it as a "get out of jail card" after being "advised by friends that she should play the victim."[20] Her 1993 book, The Royal Marriages, was criticised by Lynn Barber for lack of verification for her assertions. Barber described her pleasure in encountering "an author so exhilaratingly untrammelled by any fear (or knowledge?) of the libel laws. Nothing is beyond her", concluding "either [Campbell] is the greatest gossip since Pepys or she is a complete fabulist: one can only read it and gawp ... Lady Colin Campbell never bothers her head with anything so tedious as verification".[21]

Campbell's 2012 book, The Untold Life of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, was met with criticism. Her theorising, including claims quoting the Duke of Windsor regarding the Queen Mother's parentage, was dismissed by writers Hugo Vickers and Michael Thornton as "bizarre" and "complete nonsense". The timing of the publication of Campbell's book, a service of remembrance for the Queen Mother marking the tenth anniversary of her death, was also condemned.[22] In The Sunday Times, the journalist Lynn Barber opined that Campbell's claims ought not to be dismissed out of hand.[23]

In 2020, Campbell released another biography called Meghan and Harry: The Real Story, addressing Meghan and Prince Harry's life, romance and ensuing rift with the royal family.[24] Julie Miller in Vanity Fair described the book as "aristocratic gossip", and labelled it as deeply subjective.[25] Her other books include a book about her own mother titled Daughter of a Narcissus: A Family's Struggle to Survive their Mother's Narcissistic Personality Disorder, and a book about Queen Elizabeth II titled The Queen's Marriage.[26] Campbell has been called a "polarizing figure" by Vanity Fair and an "amusing dinner partner" by Tina Brown.[26]

Television

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Campbell appeared on Comedy Nation, a British TV show. In November 2015, she took part in the fifteenth TV series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! The following month, she left the programme before its conclusion "on medical grounds".[27] In a later interview, Campbell said that she felt bullied into leaving the show by Tony Hadley and Duncan Bannatyne.[28]

In 2016, she featured in a documentary entitled Lady C and the Castle, which was broadcast by ITV.[29][30] The programme charted her journey in converting her dilapidated castle into a wedding venue.[31]

In 2017 she appeared at the castle in an episode of Salvage Hunters on Quest.[32] She also appeared on Through the Keyhole, where Keith Lemon toured Castle Goring.[33]

In August 2019, Campbell appeared on Celebs Go Dating, shown on E4.[34] In November of that year she appeared on Good Morning Britain to defend Prince Andrew, Duke of York's associations with Jeffrey Epstein, who had been convicted of soliciting a 17-year-old female named Virginia Roberts for prostitution. She said that Epstein was not a paedophile but an ephebophile, and argued that there is a material difference between "a minor and a child" (no legal difference exists where Epstein was convicted).[35][36] She reiterated this defence on the launch of GB News in June 2021.[37] She subsequently sued the Daily Mirror after the newspaper accused her in an article of defending "Jeffrey Epstein's right to rape children".[38] The case was later settled and the Mirror issued a public apology to Campbell.[39]

In early 2021, she competed in the MTV series Celebs on the Farm.[40]

Health

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In late 2016, Campbell suffered from sepsis.[41]

Selected publications

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  • The Substance and the Shadow.
  • Campbell, Lady Colin (1986). Lady Colin Campbell's Guide to Being a Modern Lady. Heterodox. ISBN 9781851730025.
  • Campbell, Lady Colin (1988). How to Master Any Social Situation. Eagle Publishing Corporation. ISBN 9780931933677.
  • Campbell, Lady Colin (1992). Diana in Private: The Princess Nobody Knows. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9780312081805.
  • Campbell, Lady Colin (1993). The Royal Marriages: What Really Goes on in the Private World of the Queen and Her Family. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9780312952792.
  • Campbell, Lady Colin (1997). A Life Worth Living. Warner. ISBN 9780751516609. (Autobiography)
  • Campbell, Lady Colin (1998). The Real Diana. Macmillan. ISBN 9780312193492.
  • Campbell, Lady Colin (2005). Empress Bianca. ISBN 9781900850902. (Withdrawn after legal threats from Lily Safra and subsequently reissued in 2008 with amendments)
  • Campbell, Lady Colin (2009). Daughter of Narcissus: A Family's Struggle to Survive Their Mother's Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Dynasty Press, Limited. ISBN 9780955350733. (Autobiography, profile of her mother)
  • (Dog), Tum Tum (2011). With Love from Pet Heaven by Tum Tum the Springer Spaniel. Dynasty. ISBN 9780955350795. (Ghostwritten by the author on behalf of her dog)
  • Campbell, Lady Colin (2012). The Untold Life of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Dynasty Press. ISBN 9780956803818.
  • Campbell, Lady Colin (2016). A Woman's Walks. Pushkin Press. ISBN 9781782273233.
  • Campbell, Lady Colin (2018). The Queen's Marriage. Dynasty Press, Limited. ISBN 9781527209848.
  • Campbell, Lady Colin (2019). People of Colour and The Royals. Dynasty Press. ISBN 9781916131705.
  • Campbell, Lady Colin (2020). Meghan and Harry: The Real Story. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781643136752.
    • Campbell, Lady Colin (2024). Meghan and Harry: The Real Story: Persecutors or Victims. Dynasty Press. ISBN 9781916131781.

References

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  2. ^ "Lady Colin Campbell". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 17 July 2021. Writer and socialite; former wife of Lord Colin Ivar Campbell; daughter of Michael Ziadie. Georgia Ariana ('Georgie') (née Ziadie), Lady Colin Campbell
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