Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait

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Simply because she would have felt her mother wouldn’t have approved – that it would have been a bit undignified,” a former senior courtier told the author.

Sri Lankan Author Shehan Karunatilaka Wins 2022 Booker Prize Karunatilaka won the prestigious prize on Monday for his second novel ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’, about a dead war photographer on a mission in the afterlife. Brandreth obviously had the opportunity to speak to many people who intimately knew the Queen, and this is definitely a book that could not have been published before her death. When Andrew “was harrumphing about Harry and Meghan’s interview with Oprah Winfrey on American television in 2020, the Queen chipped in gently: ‘Didn’t Sarah [Andrew’s ex-wife] do something similar? And yes, that might be an astute observation of her majesty but to read it as many times as I did made me feel weary. Told with a refreshing dose of humour and moving honesty from a totally unique viewpoint, Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait is the must-have biography of the longest-serving monarch in English history, of a woman who has represented not only her people but stood as an emblem of fortitude and resilience worldwide, throughout her long life.

That was the response from a total stranger when Gyles Brandreth delivered the Happiness Lecture at Birmingham University in June 2013. You certainly don’t need to be a supporter of the Queen or Royal Family (although I am) to read this book, it’s historical detail is very interesting and well worth reading. What Brandreth can uniquely offer us are verbatim replies to the questions he asked the Queen and Philip over many years—The Times[Brandreth] paints a vivid picture of the Queen . Canadian Author Rebecca Eckler to Launch RE:books Publishing House Focused on Female Authors and Fun Reads The former National Post columnist says her tagline is ‘What’s read is good, and what’s good is read.

He claimed: “I had heard that the Queen had a form of myeloma – bone marrow cancer – which would explain her tiredness and weight loss and those ‘mobility issues’ we were often told about during the last year or so of her life. Prince William “Cannot Forgive” Prince Harry, According to ‘The New Royals’ Author Katie Nicholl Prince William “just cannot forgive his brother,” according to Katie Nicholl, author of 'The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth’s Legacy and the Future of the Crown. Enjoy this special edition now featuring an exclusive postscript about King Charles III's Coronation.

This intimate, personal biography of Queen Elizabeth II tells the story of her remarkable life, reign and times, from a perspective unlike any other. I listened to the book on Audible as I love to hear Gyles speak and I knew it would enhance the experience and I was not disappointed.