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The last queen : Elizabeth II's seventy-year battle to saved the House of Windsor / Clive Irving.

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941.085 ELIZ
 Adult Non Fiction   Double Bay . On Loan . 28 Apr 2024
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ISBN 9781785905551 (hardback)
Author Irving, Clive author.
Title The last queen : Elizabeth II's seventy-year battle to saved the House of Windsor / Clive Irving.
Publisher/Date London : Biteback Publishing, 2020.
©2020
Pagination etc. ix, 357 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Note Unseen behind the throne, two sides of the royal bloodline competed for influence, and egregious family secrets had to be protected. Meanwhile, in public, a succession of family ruptures put the monarchy under unprecedented scrutiny from the world's media. From the turbulent loves of Princess Margaret to the tragic saga of Princess Diana, from the torments of Prince Charles to the arrival of Meghan Markle, tensions gripped the House of Windsor. Through all this, Elizabeth II remained steadfast in her values while many of those around her seemed to lose their moorings. Clive Irving's gripping account casts new light on seventy tempestuous years of British history, exploring how the Queen, uncomfortable with the pace of the social and cultural changes in her nation, and often seeming out of touch, resolutely kept the monarchy stable in a rapidly changing world. With unparalleled insight, Irving examines the pivotal events of the Queen's reign and then steps above them to assess her role in the royal family's Faustian pact with the media. The final irony is, as Irving's carefully measured scrutiny shows, that in the last decades of her reign the Queen endures to become one of the most admired people in the world while remaining one of the least known and understood. She will likely be the last Queen of the United Kingdom.
Subject - Name Elizabeth -- II,Queen of Great Britain,1926-
Subject Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography
Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth II, 1952-
Shelf Location 941.085 ELIZ
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