Elizabeth - Gyles Brandreth

The intimate life story of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch, from the royal biographer and writer who knew her family best. THE No. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERNOW FEATURING EXCLUSIVE MATERIAL ABOUT THE CORONATION OF KING CHARLES III AND QUEEN CAMILLA'The writer who got closest to the human truth about our long-serving senior royals' THE TIMES‘Fascinating…gives a charming insight into the Queen’s remarkable sense of humour.’ DAILY MAIL'The book overflows with nuggets of insider knowledge' TELEGRAPH‘Paints a unique picture of the remarkable woman who reigned for seven decades. Fascinating insights' HELLO!__________Gyles Brandreth first met the Queen in 1968, when he was twenty years old. Over the next fifty years he would meet her many times at both public and private events, his friendship with the Duke of Edinburgh giving him privileged access to Elizabeth II. Based upon his unrivalled access to royal circles, this is the definitive and intimate biography of Queen Elizabeth II. Telling the story of her remarkable life and reign from a perspective unlike any other, it is his observations of the late monarch at close quarters that make this very personal account of her extraordinary life uniquely fascinating. From her childhood in the 1920s and her war years at Windsor Castle, to the era of Harry and Meghan in the 2020s, and her death at Balmoral, this is both a record of a tumultuous century of royal history and a truly
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