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I am re-reading a book about Diana I read years ago (and have found 2nd hand on Amazon) It is by a pair of documentary-makers and is very measured and fair to both Charles and Diana which is why I wanted to re-read it.
They say that in the Andrew Morton book, Diana claims she was in despair and threatened suicide, Charles said he was sick of her threats and was going riding. Diana threw herself down a whole flight of stairs, the Queen was terrified and shaking and called the Doctor, but Charles went riding without even waiting to see if she was OK.
However, someone who was actually there saw Diana trip and fall accidentally down three steps. This was what was reported at the time. Charles was very solicitous and called the Doctor - I think it might have said he went out after the Doctor said Diana and the baby were fine.
Diana later denied saying the above, because she said no pregnant woman would do such a thing due to the risk to her unborn baby. There was accordingly a backlash against Andrew Morton, who then had to produce his tapes and, yeah, she said it.