Biography of Caroline Flack will be released in April and promises to reveal ‘much that is unknown’ about her death with a share of the profits donated to cyber bullying charities
- The Short, Sweet And Tragic Life of Caroline Flack will be released on April 30
- Publisher John Blake said writer Emily Herbert will ‘reveal much that is unknown’
- Announcement of the new biography’s publication was met with fierce criticism
A Caroline Flack biography is being prepared following the ex-Love Island presenter’s death.
Flack took her own life at her London home on Saturday after she was told she would face trial for the alleged assault of her boyfriend Lewis Burton.
Caroline: The Short, Sweet And Tragic Life of Caroline Flack, written by Emily Herbert, is set to be released on April 30, with part of the profits being donated to cyber bullying charities, according to The Book Seller.
Publisher John Blake, who announced the new Ad Lib Publishing outfit last month to be run in partnership with Palazzo Editions, said Ms Herbert will ‘reveal much that is unknown about this sad, sad story’.
‘Emily is a wonderful writer who has serious and important things to say about this terrible tragedy,’ he said.
Announcement of the new biography’s publication was met with fierce criticism on social media, with Twitter users calling the work ‘cynical’ and ‘ghoulish’.
Flack took her own life after a worried friend who was staying with her went to the shops, leaving her alone at her London flat
Caroline: The Short, Sweet And Tragic Life of Caroline Flack, written by Emily Herbert, is set to be released on April 30, with part of the profits being donated to cyber bullying charities
One user, Jenny, wrote: ‘Ghoulish is the perfect description. That’s partly why I questioned the speed, can it really be handled with any sensitivity so soon after her death?
‘She promises new details, but who is going to speak to her? It just feels wrong on every level.’
Flack took her own life after a worried friend who was staying with her went to the shops, leaving her alone at her London flat.
Lou Teasdale, 36, couldn’t get back into the flat when she returned. She called Flack’s father Ian who gained entry to the flat where he found the star’s body.
Her management team described her as ‘vulnerable’ and criticised the CPS for pushing ahead with the case despite her boyfriend Lewis Burton saying he did not want to press charges.
Announcement of the new biography’s publication was met with fierce criticism on social media, with Twitter users calling the work ‘cynical’ and ‘ghoulish’
He had said she hit him with a lamp at her former home in Islington in December and as part of her bail conditions the pair were banned from contacting each other.
Flack had already released a 2014 memoir called Storm in a C Cup where she revealed how she became ‘Prince Harry’s bit of rough’ after spending an evening ‘chatting and laughing’ with the duke when they first met.
Harry, who was 25 at the time, was still serving in the Armed Forces while Caroline was making a name for herself as the co-host of Gladiators.
Her friend, Caroline Pinkham, set the pair up after she had previously dated the royal herself.
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In her memoir, Flack wrote: ‘I knew (Caroline Pinkham) was friends with Prince Harry, and I’d never met him, so I thought, ”Oh that’s quite exciting”, and for a moment I perked up.
‘So I was just sitting there and he arrived with a few others in tow and we all spent the evening chatting and laughing.’
However, the intense scrutiny from the media forced the pair to stop dating.
Caroline wrote: ‘Once the story got out, that was it. We had to stop seeing each other.
‘I was no longer Caroline Flack, TV presenter, I was Caroline Flack, Prince Harry’s bit of rough.’