The Wicked Wit of Queen Elizabeth II
The Wicked Wit of Queen Elizabeth II

Author: Karen Dolby

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2017-11-14

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 0451492277

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A charming collection of quotes and anecdotes celebrating England's Queen Elizabeth II, the incomparable British monarch. When we think of the queen, we probably picture a serious, dignified personage complete with majestic hat and matching handbag. But The Wicked Wit of Queen Elizabeth II reveals a side of the monarch the public rarely sees, her healthy sense of humor: sometimes silly, sometimes sarcastic—and occasionally unintentional (to guitar legend Eric Clapton: “Have you been playing long?”)! This is a delightful celebration of the queen’s humor revealed through her own words on topics from family and travel to pets and hobbies, as well as stories from the royal household of Britain’s longest-serving monarch. In addition to the queen, other royals get in their two cents, including the famously filterless Prince Philip and the acerbic Princess Margaret, as well as Prince Charles and Princess Anne.

The Wicked Wit of Queen Elizabeth II
The Wicked Wit of Queen Elizabeth II

Author: Karen Dolby

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2017-11-28

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0451492269

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A charming collection of quotes and anecdotes celebrating the late Queen Elizabeth II, the incomparable British monarch. When we think of a queen, we probably picture a serious, dignified personage complete with majestic hat and matching handbag. But The Wicked Wit of Queen Elizabeth II reveals a side of the monarch the public rarely saw, her healthy sense of humor: sometimes silly, sometimes sarcastic—and occasionally unintentional (to guitar legend Eric Clapton: “Have you been playing long?”)! This is a delightful celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's humor revealed through her own words on topics from family and travel to pets and hobbies, as well as stories from the royal household of Britain’s longest-serving monarch. In addition to the queen, other royals get in their two cents, including the famously filterless Prince Philip and the acerbic Princess Margaret, as well as Prince Charles and Princess Anne.

Queen Elizabeth II's Guide to Life
Queen Elizabeth II's Guide to Life

Author: Karen Dolby

Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books

Published: 2019-10-17

Total Pages: 151

ISBN-13: 178929178X

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Discover how you, too, could put into practice some of Her Majesty's traits to help overcome adversity, find inner strength and present yourself with composure, even when all about you seems in chaos.

The Wicked Wit of Princess Margaret
The Wicked Wit of Princess Margaret

Author: Karen Dolby

Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books

Published: 2018-05-17

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 1782439595

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Celebrate the rapier-like wit of the royal rebel, the late, great Princess Margaret - or 'Ducky' as she was known behind closed doors.

The Wicked Wit of the Royal Family
The Wicked Wit of the Royal Family

Author: Karen Dolby

Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books

Published: 2019-11-07

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1789291801

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The Wicked Wit of the Royal Family celebrates the flashes of fun and brilliance of the most famous family in the world.

A Queen for All Seasons
A Queen for All Seasons

Author: Joanna Lumley

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Published: 2021-10-28

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 1529375959

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'Lovely... delivers the warmest of glows' - Telegraph 'Who wouldn't love this chocolate-box delight of insights and snapshots of The Queen...A treasure chest' - Good Housekeeping A sparkling celebration of our much-loved Queen Elizabeth II including special writings and illuminating insights around key moments in her 70-year reign, introduced and edited by Joanna Lumley. In 2022 Queen Elizabeth II celebrated seventy years as Queen and Head of the Commonwealth. She was Britain's longest reigning monarch and the very first to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee. A Queen For All Seasons, edited and introduced by Joanna Lumley, is a perceptive, touching and engaging tribute to this unique woman. A treasure chest of first-hand writings, insights and snapshots of the Queen during key moments of her reign to form a vibrant portrait of the woman herself and the extraordinary role she played. Joanna Lumley guides us as we meet Princess Elizabeth in 1952, aged just twenty-five, and about to become Queen, and in more recent times when, as our matriarch, the Queen kept the national ship steady through seven decades, including in moments of crisis and suffering. Here are unique perspectives into some of the most fascinating aspects of the Queen's life - her role as head of state at home and abroad, her private passions and public interests and a bird's-eye look at key events that have held the nation together and the Queen in our affection throughout Britain and beyond. This book is a special and unique portrait of the life of Queen Elizabeth II.

The Queen
The Queen

Author: Orange Hippo!

Publisher: Orange Hippo!

Published: 2020-06-11

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781911610472

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Queen Elizabeth II's reign has embraced 14 British prime ministers, 13 US presidents and seven popes. This is a revealing insight into the Queen's public and private personas.

LIFE Jubilee! Queen Elizabeth II
LIFE Jubilee! Queen Elizabeth II

Author: The Editors of LIFE

Publisher: Life

Published: 2012-07-10

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781618930293

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In April of 2011 LIFE ventured to London for our bestselling book The Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. This June we return to capture all the pomp and circumstance as England celebrates its queen's 60th year on the throne. All of the best photography from the festivities will be in these pages — as will so much else. Directly descended from Victoria, Elizabeth is now on the verge of supplanting that great queen as Britain's longest serving monarch ever — and LIFE has had its cameras trained on her since she was a little girl. We were there to record her precocious courage during World War II, her splendiferous marriage to Prince Philip, her glittery coronation, her travails and dramas in the modern age. The other characters that come and go in these pages are equally famous and compelling: Wayward Uncle Edward who had to abdicate the throne, the Queen Mum and her hats, Elizabeth's father George VI who overcame his stammer to rally his countrymen during the war, Prince Charles, Lady Diana, the grandsons Will and Harry — and on and on. We see these people move through palaces opulent beyond belief (Buckingham, Windsor), and estates that dwarf Downton Abbey (Sandringham, Balmoral). We learn of their lives, their loves, their scandals. Ever with her head held high, there is Elizabeth II. Here is her royal story, told in its entirety. This book will include not only grand photography of the Jubilee but of prior House of Windsor celebrations, including Victoria's own 60th anniversary celebration, Elizabeth's wedding, the so-called "Wedding of the Century" (Charles and Di's), and the recent marriage of Elizabeth's grandson to Princess Kate. It is a splashy, festive book. It fairly shouts: "Long live the queen!"

Do Let's Have Another Drink!
Do Let's Have Another Drink!

Author: Gareth Russell

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2022-11

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1668006936

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For fans of The Crown and Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret, a deliciously entertaining collection of 101 fascinating and funny anecdotes about Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother—one for each year of her life. During her lifetime, the Queen Mother was as famous for her clever quips, pointed observations, and dry-as-a-martini delivery style as she was for being a beloved royal. Now, Do Let’s Have Another Drink recounts 101 (one for each year of her remarkable life) amusing and astonishing vignettes from across her long life, including her coming of age during World War I, the abdication of her brother-in-law and her unexpected ascendance to the throne, and her half century of widowhood as her daughter reigned over the United Kingdom. Featuring new revelations and colorful anecdotes about the woman Cecil Beaton, the high society photographer, once summarized as “a marshmallow made on a welding machine,” Do Let’s Have Another Drink is a delightful celebration of one of the most consistently popular members of the royal family.

Counting One's Blessings
Counting One's Blessings

Author: William Shawcross

Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

Published: 2012-11-27

Total Pages: 1509

ISBN-13: 1466827742

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William Shawcross's official biography of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, published in September 2009, was a huge critical and commercial success.One of the great revelations of the book was Queen Elizabeth's insightful, witty private correspondence. Indeed, The Sunday Times described her letters as "wonderful . . . brimful of liveliness and irreverence, steeliness and sweetness." Now, in Counting One's Blessings, Shawcross has put together a selection of her letters, drawing on the vast wealth of material in the Royal Archives and at Glamis Castle. Queen Elizabeth was a prolific correspondent, from her early childhood before World War I to the very end of her long life at the beginning of the twenty-first century, and her letters offer readers a vivid insight into the real person behind the public face.