Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait

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We have had, and will have, more intellectual and exciting monarchs than Elizabeth II, but that little insight into the way she thought gives you a glimpse, I think, of why she was probably our most loved. He continued: "By late afternoon, however, rumour is rife. I have a call from my son-in-law (a former Coldstream Guards officer) to say that he is at the Cavalry & Guards Club in Piccadilly, where groups are gathering to discuss the detail of Operation London Bridge—the codename for the action-plan that comes into being the moment the sovereign dies. Love Island's Gemma Owen SPLITS from boxer Prince Naseem Hamed's son Aadam as star confirms she's single again: 'I'm not in a relationship' Bradley Cooper reacts to Brooke Shields calling him her 'guardian angel' after he helped her survive terrifying seizure

The title ‘Queen Consort’ was a useful halfway house. Apart from anything else, it helped differentiate Camilla from her late mother-in-law.

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Harry and Meghan will get some coverage but not as much as they're used to. They will be sharing the spotlight somewhat.' In those days,’ she reminds me, ‘girls didn’t all go to university. It was nursing or teaching or shorthand and typing. I really took to secretarial work. I could do 160 words per minute. Mrs Hoster said, “My dear, the world is your oyster.” And that’s how it felt. The College supplied “gels” for the establishment and, before I came here, my first job was working under Lord Hunt at the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme.’

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