And now that her reign is over, you would be right to assume there will be more books to come. People may well open up more about her life and personality, but there are bound to be more assessments of her remarkable reign. Revision Col 3 Collins at Home | Support for schools Home tutors Letts Revision Collins4Parents Collins Book Sale Revision for students Seward’s take is this: “She has always appreciated how difficult it is for someone so obsessed with his masculine image as her husband to have a wife who always takes precedence over him. If compromise is marriage’s essential ingredient, it has been especially vital to the Queen and Prince Philip.” From her childhood in the 1920s to the era of Harry and Meghan in the 2020s, from her war years at Windsor Castle to her death at Balmoral, this is both a record of a tumultuous century of royal history and a truly intimate portrait of a remarkable woman. Brilliant, totally inspiring . . . It's a joy to read a book that comes from a perspective of fondness' KIRSTIE ALLSOPP, THE TIMES

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Wonderful book portraying the Queen's life and role. I gave this as a gift to my mother who was delighted with it. Worth buying as marvellous history of the Queen.' The late Queen played a key role in helping to solve the “Brexit impasse”, which allowed the UK to leave the European Union with a deal in 2019, a new book reveals. This account of the 70-year marriage that ended only with Philip’s death in 2021 is written by British broadcaster and former Conservative politician Gyles Brandreth, whose writings include a life of John Gielgud, books about words, and an account of Prince Charles’ relationship with Camilla Parker-Bowles. Following Philip’s death, the book was revised and updated as Philip: The Final Portrait (Coronet). For many years, this book has been regarded as one of the best and most perceptive of biographies of the monarch. Had Ben Pimlott not died in his 50s in 2004, he would surely have produced another updated edition.The former newspaperman’s biography of the Queen is predicated on the notion that she saved the House of Windsor and therefore monarchy has survived. Indeed, his subtitle refers to her 70-year battle to do just that. Margaret had to find some sort of meaning to her life - read Craig Brown’s 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret for an original take on her life – but her sister, despite perhaps being exasperated by her partying, drinking, and divorce, never really deserted her during her many difficulties. Poor, sad Margaret died only a few weeks before the Queen Mother, a double blow for the Queen. Elizabeth was young when smitten by Philip. They were eventually married in 1947, only two years after the end of the Second World War and remained so until his death in 2021. Who can forget the poignant image of the Queen sitting on her own at his funeral. So readable and refreshing even after the millions of words that have been written about Prince Philip in the past couple of weeks' THE TIMES

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Bedell Smith, a former contribtuing editor to Vanity Fair, told the magazine that “one thing I tried to do was to show how isolated she was in her position as Queen and wife and mother. Even though she’s surrounded by people all the time, she’s always been alone in many ways.” Beautifully written book. I have read many other books about Philip but this is the best' DAILY EXPRESSPaints a unique picture of the remarkable woman who reigned for seven decades. Fascinating insights' HELLO!

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It began as articles for an American magazine, The Ladies Home Journal. The Queen Mother was horrified at the prospect, telling “Crawfie” she must say “No No No to offers of dollars for articles about something as private & precious as our family”. Of course, Crawfie wasn’t the last royal employee to reveal the secrets of the family, but what she wrote now seems mild. How things have changed. But if you want to read an intimate account of the childhood of the devoted sisters, this could be the place to start.Elizabeth is said to have fallen in love with Philip when she met him at the age of 13. After Philip’s death, Philip and Elizabeth was revised to include more material about him, his influence and his legacy. Brandreth certainly interviewed Philip on occasions and noted that while the Duke of Edinburgh showed him friendliness, he did not offer friendship. Dictionaries & language learning Col 1 Dictionaries Paul Noble Easy learning languages Free dictionary resources He is a frequent lecturer on the monarchy and commentator on royal matters for American broadcasters. When Majesty was published, former New Statesman editor Anthony Howard wrote in The New York Times: “Lacey is historian and biographer in his own right as well as being a highly professional journalist – and though authentic source material on the Royal Family is scanty (no one is allowed to know even the names of the Queen’s dogs) he has methodically been through virtually everything that exists.” Over the next fifty years he met her many times, both at public and at private events. Through his friendship with the Duke of Edinburgh, he was given privileged access to Elizabeth II. Robert Hardman rejects the idea that Elizabeth II is a monarch “harassed by one reverse after another” and claims in this most recently published, full biography of the Queen that the “declinist narrative” overlooks one key fact: the monarch “genuinely likes being the Queen”.