What a wonderful book this was to read. I thoroughly enjoyed every page. The Queen's mother must have been a very magical person. I will not spoil this review with too much detail except to say she must have been such a delight for anyone who spent much time around her and I think she enriched the Author's life for her being in it.
It is well known Charles was her favourite grandchild and I can see why.
I smiled and giggled my way through this Book and was sad when I finished it. BUT then a book of 300 odd pages is short for me. I would say I will definitely re-read it again in a few years time.
The Queen Mother was an excellent consort for her Husband, the good but reluctant, King George V1. It is a pity and a tragedy their reign was not much longer than it was for many reasons. They made good Royal Monarch and leaders for Britain but also it would have given the current Queen Elizabeth more time as an ordinary country-woman, wife and mother.
BUT history did not take that course but I can recommend this book for anyone from History buffs to those with a general interest in Monarchs.
The life of the Queen Mother was intensely secret. The most senior and best respected member of any royal family in history, she did not give one media interview in her 101 years. This affectionate and often hilarious glimpse into her world by her former equerry reveals what life was really like living with the most private of all the royals.
In this sharp, funny and evocative memoir, the author draws on his years as the Queen Mother's right-hand man to recount numerous previously untold stories of an extraordinarily long and eventful life. From dancing with Fred Astaire to living through the Blitz; from the time Princess Margaret caught fire at a dinner party to when Prince Charles sought solace from his grandmother as his marriage collapsed, each anecdote and observation provides an historic insight into one of our longest surviving institutions.
Constantly fascinating and packed from start to finish with previously untold stories that lift the lid on the idiosyncrasies of royal protocol, this is also a celebration of a life gone - and a way of life fast disappearing.
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