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

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Queen Elizabeth II — 12 books to understand her life and reign

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 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.International Col 1 Cambridge International Caribbean International Early Years Collins Big Cat for International Schools International Resources Webinars Catalogues Big Cat Writing Competition Winners 2023

Queen Elizabeth II — a celebration: The Times special

The question is where to start now? Here is a selection of the many books about the life of the late Queen Elizabeth II. Some are more recent, including a couple from this year, while others were first published years ago.And it turned out that Philip would be her great defender within the court. As he wrote during his honeymoon “Cherish Lilibet? I wonder if that word is enough to express what is in me. She’s the only ‘thing’ in this world which is absolutely real to me.” She loved him deeply: “When we were married I don’t think there was such a thing as a platinum anniversary, they didn’t know we would be around that long.” An unauthorised book published in 2012 for the Diamond Jubilee by an American journalist who has also written lives of Princess Diana, the Kennedys, the Clintons, and Prince Charles, Elizabeth the Queen looks at both the public and personal side of her life. It reveals, for example, the tension provoked by her decision not to take her husband’s surname (Mountbatten) and her feelings about the collapse of Charles and Diana’s relationship. Beautifully written book. I have read many other books about Philip but this is the best' DAILY EXPRESS 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.”

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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. 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. Joanna Lumley, an out-and-out fan, knits it all together and says she wanted the book to be “a discovery of her (Elizabeth) through the eyes of other people ... 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?’” 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. And another said: “Smith often pulls her punches; the Queen’s passion for her dogs and horses gets more ink than daughters-in-law Camilla (the future Queen Consort) and Sophie, and the monarch remains distant, her thoughts and feelings ultimately unknowable.”

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. 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.' 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.