The Times Queen Elizabeth II: Commemorating her life and reign 1926 – 2022

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Of course, no one knows the truth of a marriage except the two people in it, so although this book promises the full story, naturally we don’t get it.

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His book has much about the dealings of the family with the media and, of course, their various scandals. Irving rates Elizabeth’s greatest achievement as having preserved the meaning of the monarchy during her reign. A former chairman of the Fabian Society — and biographer of Harold Wilson and Labour MP Hugh Dalton — Pimlott’s account of the Queen’s life is unsentimental.I think Brexit reduced British soft power in much of the world, in terms of influence, but it did not affect the cultural attraction of the Queen. Drawn from seven decades of detailed and fascinating reporting by The Times, discover insights and memories of the extraordinary period of social change that was our nation's second Elizabethan age. Some are more recent, including a couple from this year, while others were first published years ago.

The Times Queen Elizabeth II: Commemorating her life and

Dennison describes her as a “cautious innovator”, “a still point in the vortex of change”, someone who has outlived “national habits of deference and ignored the culture of celebrity, evanescent and meretricious”. Features the Queen’s obituary, as published in The Times, a collection of essays and articles written by leading royal historians, and full-colour images from The Times archives.Hardman has an easy style as befits a long-time journalist and former royal correspondent, author of three previous books about the Queen and a documentary filmmaker with a number of television documentaries on the royals. this book is as if I had been let loose with my microphone and wandered about among people I met at random, asking ‘What do you remember of the Queen? 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. Brandreth certainly interviewed Philip on occasions and noted that while the Duke of Edinburgh showed him friendliness, he did not offer friendship.