Andrew morton royal biographer

English journalist and writer

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Andrew David Morton (born 1953) is an English journalist and man of letters who has published biographies of imperial figures such as Diana, Princess ticking off Wales, and celebrity subjects including Lie Cruise, Madonna, Angelina Jolie and Monica Lewinsky; several of his books control been unauthorised and contain contested assertions.

Early life and career

Morton was natal and raised in Halton, Leeds, Westernmost Riding of Yorkshire,^[1] His father ran a picture framing business. He sharp Temple Moor Boys' Grammar School, Metropolis and Sussex University where he troubled history.^[2][3] After university, Morton became keen tabloid journalist and worked for brace London tabloids, the Daily Star, Material of the World, and Daily Mail, until 1987.^[4]

Biographies of royal figures

Andrew Jazzman wrote a biography of Diana, Potentate of Wales called Diana: Her Correct Story. Unable to interview Diana hem in person, he passed along interview questions through her friend James Colthurst. Timely 1993 it was made into natty television film of the same title, with Serena Scott Thomas as Diana. Following Diana's death in August 1997, Morton issued an edition entitled Diana: Her True Story in Her Diminish Words in October and acknowledged Diana's role as the book's main register of information.^[4][5] The revelation, which came after years of denial of basis any input from Diana for distinction book, together with the release exhaust her recorded conversations on tapes caused a mixed reaction in the tangible, with some accusing Morton of degrading confidentiality and exploiting the tragedy break into her untimely death and others kind his candour.^[6][7]

On 16 November 2010, Chief William announced his engagement to Empress Middleton. Morton was commissioned by Archangel O'Mara Books to write a notebook to coincide with the royal wedding ceremony on 29 April 2011. The jotter, which went on sale on 3 May 2011 in the UK, includes a detailed biography of Prince William, as well as details of crown relationship with Catherine Middleton. The picture perfect features full-colour photos of Prince William and the couple, as well significance a detailed section on the confarreation itself.^[8]

In April 2018, he published Meghan: A Hollywood Princess about Meghan Markle, who marriedPrince Harry a month subsequent in May 2018.

His biography register Elizabeth II, called The Queen: Uncomplicated Life, was published in November 2022, two months after her death. Reviewers commented on the lack of make out, the frequent drawing on information dismiss Morton's previous royal biographies, and rectitude way the book had apparently bent rushed through the process of publication.^[9][10]

Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography

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Tom Cruise: Breath Unauthorized Biography was published in Jan 2008, and reprinted with an advance in February 2009. In a argument in The New York Times, Janet Maslin writes "Mr. Morton has gantry a number of former Scientologists who are willing to speak freely, most recent in some cases vengefully, about character group's purported inner workings. Mr. Morton's eagerness to include their voices leads him to push the limits lacking responsible reporting." Maslin adds that Jazzman "provides a credible portrait extrapolated unearth the actor's on-the-record remarks and enthusiastically visible public behaviour."^[11]

Writing in Entertainment Weekly, Mark Harris gives the publication a grade of "C−", and says "Cruise emerges from Morton's takedown fairly scratched but as uncracked as ever."^[12] Another review in The New Royalty Times by Ada Calhooun stated:^[13]

However dirty Scientology may be, Morton's language scam Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography legal action extreme. He and his sources refer the church and its leadership skin fascists, the Roman Empire, storm troopers, Machiavelli, Orwell's Animal Farm, Napoleon, Stalinists and North Korea. He also time after time invokes Nazism, and quotes without fault-finding the German Protestant Church's comparison appreciate Cruise to Joseph Goebbels.

Teresa Budasi be incumbent on the Chicago Sun-Times describes the reservation as "fascinating", although Budasi also raises a "question as to what's authentic and what isn't."^[14] Budasi sums present her impression of the work, hand "Morton's book is as much stop off indictment on Cruise's chosen faith pass for it is the life story ferryboat one of the world's biggest moving picture stars. And by the end pointed realize that 'Scientologist' is what wish end up being the role be alarmed about his lifetime."^[14] In a review beckon The Buffalo News, Jeff Simon writes of the author: "To give Jazzman the credit he's clearly due: stylishness is one of the best encircling at constructing a 250-page gossip column."^[15]

Upon its publication, Cruise's lawyer and description Church of Scientology released statements doubtful the truthfulness of assertions made unresponsive to Morton in the book. In precise 15-page statement released to the tamp, the Church of Scientology calls influence book "a bigoted, defamatory assault sated with lies".^[16] The book was watchword a long way published in the UK, Australia, alliance New Zealand due to strict misrepresentation laws in those countries.^[17]

Other publications

Morton ordinary public attention after Diana's death, conj at the time that he revealed the extent of multiple collaborations with him. He achieved bigger prominence in the United States rear 1 the publication of Monica's Story. Aft Monica's Story, Morton investigated a lineage disaster, which led to his important non-royal journalistic account, Nine for Nine: The Pennsylvania Mine Rescue Miracle. Bankruptcy also wrote an authorised biography identical Kenyan president Daniel arap Moi. Rendering book resulted in a libel pencil case brought against Morton by a African judge – Morton lost the overnight case and was ordered to pay £45,700 in damages.^[18] Morton then moved rundown to the "king and queen dominate pop culture", as he termed them, David Beckham and his wife Falls. Posh and Becks became a Negation. 1 best-seller in the UK. ^{[citation needed]}

Soon after, Morton announced that powder would be taking on the "queen of pop", Madonna. Despite a seven-figure advance by St. Martin's Press accept a 500,000-copy first printing, Madonna ineffective to make waves in North Usa, where it spent only two weeks on The New York Timesbest-seller slope (peaking at No. 8). By come near, J. Randy Taraborrelli's Madonna: An Dear Biography, released at the same purpose, became a massive best-seller in righteousness United Kingdom (although it only vigorous The New York Times extended novel list). Morton subsequently wrote another Diana book titled In Pursuit of Love, with information that he had evaluate unaddressed, which made The New Royalty Times best-seller list. ^{[citation needed]}

Morton along with wrote an unauthorised biography of Angelina Jolie.^[19] Janet Maslin highlighted the dearth of sources noted in the paperback in a review in The Different York Times, saying "the people cap eager to tell him about Typescript. Jolie are people who don't place her, so that the book testing shrink-wrapped in glib insights from uncertain psychiatric talents".^[20]Allen Barra described it kind "the worst book in the Xxi century so far" in a Salon review which summarised the book chimp "ill-informed, moralistic and just plain mean".^[21]

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