Me and My Shadows: A Family Memoir (58 page)

HRH Prince Albert of Monaco greeting me after singing at the closing ceremonies of the Special Olympics. (Collection of the author)

With Vanessa Redgrave in London, 1992. (Collection of the author)

Backstage in Tokyo with one of the great voices, Whitney Houston. (Collection of the author)

With Uncle Frank—my favorite male singer—backstage at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 1992. (Photo by Maria Weisman)

With HRH Princess Diana after a charity luncheon at the Mayfair Hotel in London. She made the world a better place. On my left is Colin, my future husband, and in the background is ballet star Wayne Sleep. (Photo © Richard Young)

Colin and me right after our wedding ceremony, September 14, 1996. (Collection of the author)

My beautiful Vanessa. (Collection of the author)

My son Jesse. Is this a petulant look, or what? (Collection of the author)

Me and Liza snuggling with Lily aboard Pia Zadora’s private plane on the way to Paris to celebrate my birthday. (Collection of the author)

All grown up now: my childhood friend Leslie Bogart, her mom Lauren Bacall, and her brother Steve Bogart, after a performance of mine at New York’s elegant Rainbow and Stars. (Collection of the author)

Joey, me, Vanessa, Liza, and Liza’s stepmother Lee Minnelli on Hollywood Boulevard after Liza received her star of the “Walk of Fame.” (Photo © Michael Jacobs)

Vanessa holding a photograph of her guardian angel. (Collection of the author)