Royal: The Jubilee Edition

Paperback / ISBN-13: 9780751532241

Price: £20

ON SALE: 2nd May 2002

Genre: Biography & True Stories / Biography: General

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In 1977, Robert Lacey’s bestselling MAJESTY was the first serious biography of Elizabeth II, defining the affection for the Queen that underlay the popular success of the Silver Jubilee. Now, on the fiftieth anniversary of her accession, ROYAL brings her remarkable story up to date. It provides a fresh portrait of her relationship with Prince Philip, and its effect on their children; it describes how the Queen has worked to live up to and maintain her strongly held beliefs, shaped over the years by the wishes and dreams – and sometimes the anger and unhappiness – of the people; and it explains how and why the monarchy continues to enjoy such enduring support.
In addition, the Jubilee Paperback edition has been updated to reflect all the fast-changing events of the Jubilee year, specifically:
* The controversy over the work activities of Prince Edward and Sophie
* Prince Harry’s escapades with drink and drugs
* The death of Princess Margaret
* The death of royal critic Lord Altrincham

Reviews

Lacey has arranged his material beautifully; not one of these 400 pages is tiresome or dull
EVENING STANDARD
[Lacey] has an eye for the telling image ... smart, thorough and well crafted, it is absolutely of its time
SCOTSMAN
[ROYAL] has bestseller written all over it
OBSERVER
Compulsively readable
Andrew Roberts, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH