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As a child, Princess Elizabeth longed "to live in the country with lots of horses and dogs." That dream came to a crashing end when her uncle, King Edward VII, followed his heart instead of his head, giving up the throne for an American divorcee. The princess's fate was sealed: not only was she destined to become Queen of England, but as Lacey shows in this skillfully constructed biography, nearly every upheaval of her otherwise quiet and dutiful 50-year reign would be the direct consequence of impetuous relatives putting personal needs above royal responsibility. It's all here: the romantic debacles of Di, Fergie, Margaret, Ann, Charles and Andrew, as well as Prince Philip's unfailing ability to insert his foot in his mouth ("How nice to be in a country that is not ruled by its people," he said to Paraguayan dictator Alfredo Stroessner in 1969). Through it all, there have been two constants: the Queen is pragmatic and restrained, and the media is all over every mucky story. Lacey, veteran royal historian and biographer (The Queen Mother's Century, etc.), writes with the cooperation of the Palace, and his portrait is sympathetic, but he also offers an incisive analysis of the development of royal media coverage (which started with Queen Victoria and the invention of the camera) and the relationship between the two powerful entities, setting this apart from and far above the average by-the-numbers royal bio.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Readers made curious by the increasing press coverage here in the U.S and abroad of the celebrations occurring this spring and summer to mark the Golden Jubilee of Britain's queen Elizabeth II will be satisfied by William Shawcross' Queen and Country [BKL Mr 1 02], which provides an excellent overview. This new book by Lacey, a best-selling royal biographer, will please readers wanting a more in-depth look at the reign of the queen. The author tells, as compellingly as if writing fiction, the story of a "private and straightforward woman" who is nevertheless one of the most widely recognized individuals in the world. Exhibiting from childhood "an unflurried capacity to accept her unusual lot in life," the future queen grew up serious and conscientious--and, as she often insists, not as an actress who puts on publicity stunts. She learned the performance of a no-nonsense monarch at the knee of her father, George VI, but just as her mother, the much-loved Queen Mother, brought a certain style to the royal family, so did Prince Philip when he married the future Elizabeth II. Her daughter-in-law Diana also injected new lifeblood into the family, and Lacey is particularly edifying in his look at what went on behind palace doors when the Princess of Wales died and the royal family had to react to the outpouring of public grief. Motherhood may be the queen's weak point; nevertheless, she will be remembered for maintaining the integrity of the crown. A lively, fluid biography certain to be much requested. Brad Hooper
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