While navigating her marital issues and struggles within the Royal Family, Princess Diana often sought comfort and guidance from spiritual advisors and healers like Stephen Twigg, a holistic health practitioner she worked with from 1988 to 1995. In his book Dianaworld: An Obsession, author Edward White wrote that Twigg—who was also a massage therapist—"quickly deduced that there was much more going on with the princess than a few troublesome knots in the neck."
In December 1988, Twigg had his first consultation with Diana, "who told him that her sore muscles made her feel 'so down.'" The princess added that she hated "to disappoint people by not being on top of my game." But the holistic practitioner—who went on to author Diana: Her Transformation and The Kensington Way—said that when he started massaging her body, "turmoil and confusion" began to emanate from Diana's stomach.
