Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait

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If this book had to be written, then it had to be by Brandreth, a family friend of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. Maybe a little rushed, because while the chapters had some form, we raced from the deep past (all the way back to pre-Victoria) through to 2022 and back again within a couple of sentences at times. To Gyles’ merit, the comparisons of former members of the Royal family (David and Wallis, Meghan and Harry) provided new and interesting food for thought.

It feels as if you're sitting next to someone who is telling you stories from their own memories vs. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Then the Queen, who never said more than was necessary, responded with just one word: ‘Intriguing,’” Brandreth wrote. He also had unparalleled access to his subject, since he first met the Queen in 1968, when he was in his twenties, and he was a friend of Prince Philip’s dating back to the 1970s.

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He has been London correspondent for “Up to the Minute” on CBS News and his books published in the United States include the New York Times best-seller, The Joy of Lex and, most recently, Philip Elizabeth: Portrait of a Royal Marriage. Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist Recognizes 12 Authors Who Demonstrate “the Power of Human Imagination” The 2023 longlist includes the prize's 2005 winner David Bergen and debut novelist Deborah Willis. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. He knew the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh personally so it was nice knowing that what you were listening to was true.

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. Based on Oscar Wilde's real-life friendship with Conan Doyle and the extraordinary but little-known fact that in 1894 the detective in charge of the Jack the Ripper investigations was Oscar Wilde's neighbour in Tite Street, Chelsea. Drawing on records of conversations and meetings the author and raconteur had with Elizabeth II, Brandreth delivers a moving, intimate portrait of the much-missed monarch, laced with his trademark gentle humour and unfailing eloquence. French Author Annie Ernaux, 82, Becomes First French Woman to Win Nobel Prize for Literature The author said, of winning, that "I was very surprised .