Her Majesty. A Photographic History 1926–2022

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embed_content nid="39404" show_title="true" show_submitted="true" show_meta="true" show_terms="true" show_links="true"][/embed_content] Um es auf den Punkt zu bringen, wäre mein Interesse an der Queen nicht so hoch, hätte ich das Buch abgebrochen, da ich die Aufklärung des Falles uninteressant fand. Besides the mystery, there are appearances by some political figures and members of the Royal Family that add to the feel of the story.

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I loved the fact that the Queen herself had an assistant that was out in the field, gathering clues and talking to people. I think any other alternative would have been far too unrealistic. But the story still felt a bit flat, with a mediocre ending. I expected more plot twists and thriller elements, more uncertainty and higher stakes. But this book felt more like a story where we get to find out more of what the Queen’s daily life looks like, and in this version, she just happens to like solving mysteries as a hobby. The Queen was born Camilla Rosemary Shand on 17th July 1947 at King’s College Hospital London, the daughter of Major Bruce Middleton Hope Shand and the Hon Rosalind Maud Shand (nee Cubitt). Lo cierto es que si lo pensáis tiene sentido ¿no? ¿U os imagináis a la reina a su edad, disfrazándose para no ser reconocida para investigar? Sin duda el libro trasmite el cariño que destila la autora hacia este personaje y las intrigas de esta ahora polémica familia real.Mrs Rosalind Shand was 72 when she died in 1994 as a result of osteoporosis. The Queen's grandmother had died from the same condition eight years earlier. The Queen has served as President of the Royal Osteoporosis Society since 2001, having supported the charity since 1994.

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It’s 2016, and the Queen’s 90th birthday is drawing near. The Castle is abuzz with party planning while Her Majesty is quite busy with her queenly duties. Until, that is, a guest pianist at one of the Queen’s dine and sleeps is found dead in his room. And just like that, in two shakes of a corgi’s tail, the Queen is on the case, discreetly working to solve the mystery of the man's demise. Official overseas visits were also made to Western Samoa, Australia, New Zealand, Tonga, Fiji, Tasmania, Papua New Guinea, Canada and the West Indies. During the year it was estimated that The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh travelled 56,000 miles. The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh undertook extensive tours of the Commonwealth and the UK, leading to an extraordinarily busy year for the royal couple. Of course the Queen cannot do her own investigating, so she enlists her Assistant Private Secretary, Rozie Oshodi, a young British Nigerian woman. Rozie soon discovers that QEII has a habit of drafting her APS in this role, as they will listen to her and actually hear what she's saying. As an earlier secretary tells Rozie, “The Queen solves mysteries. She solved the first one when she was twelve or thirteen, so the story goes. On her own. She sees things other people don't see--often because they're all looking at her. She knows so much about so many things. She's got an eagle eye, a nose for bullshit, and a fabulous memory. Her staff should trust her more." En esta novela, lejos de la superficialidad o el encanto que sugiere la temática, se tratan temas complejos habitualmente presentes en la novela negra: las peliagudas relaciones diplomáticas con terceros países, la amenaza de espías y agentes dobles, el papel de la seguridad nacional en las decisiones estatales… Y, aunque si bien es cierto que se hace siempre desde un enfoque ligero y dándole mucho peso a la fascinación que muchísimos lectores sentimos por la familia real británica, al final es, ni más ni menos, que una buena novela de espías, investigación y asesinatos.

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I looked forward to the comedic relief provided by Prince Phillip and his cheeky, off-the-cuff remarks that he was famously known for. Although I was formerly aware of his pet names for his wife, hearing him call her "Lilibet" and "Cabbage" was so endearing; and,