Biography & Autobiography
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The gripping inside story of the British royal family’s battle to overcome the dramas of the Diana years—only to confront new, twenty-first-century crises “Never again†became Queen Elizabeth II’s mantra shortly after Princess ...Synopsis
The gripping inside story of the British royal family’s battle to overcome the dramas of the Diana years—only to confront new, twenty-first-century crises “Never again†became Queen Elizabeth II’s mantra shortly after Princess Diana’s tragic death. More specifÂically, there could never be “another Dianaâ€â€”a memÂber of the family whose global popularity upstaged, outshone, and posed an existential threat to the BritÂish monarchy. Picking up where Tina Brown’s masterful The Diana Chronicles left off, The Palace Papers reveals how the royal family reinvented itself after the trauÂmatic years when Diana’s blazing celebrity ripped through the House of Windsor like a comet. Brown takes readers on a tour de force journey through the scandals, love affairs, power plays, and betrayals that have buffeted the monarchy over the last twenty-five years. We see the Queen’s stoic reÂsolve after the passing of Princess Margaret, the Queen Mother, and Prince Philip, her partner for seven decades, and how she triumphs in her Jubilee years even as family troubles rage around her. Brown explores Prince Charles’s determination to make Camilla Parker Bowles his wife, the tension between William and Harry on “different paths,†the ascendÂance of Kate Middleton, the downfall of Prince AnÂdrew, and Harry and Meghan’s stunning decision to step back as senior royals. Despite the fragile monarÂchy’s best efforts, “never again†seems fast approaching. Tina Brown has been observing and chronicling the British monarchy for three decades, and her sweeping account is full of powerful revelations, newly reported details, and searing insight gleaned from remarkable access to royal insiders. Stylish, witty, and erudite, The Palace Papers will irrevocaÂbly change how the world perceives and underÂstands the royal family.Book Details
Published
April 26, 2022
Publisher
Crown
Pages
592
ISBN
9780593138106