NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠The âaddictively readableâ (The Washington Post) inside story of the British royal familyâs battle to overcome the dramas of the Diana yearsâonly to confront new, twenty-first-century crises
âThe beach read of the summer . . . juicy, satisfying entertainment.ââTown & Country
âNever againâ became Queen Elizabeth IIâs mantra shortly after Princess Dianaâs tragic death. More specifÂically, there could never be âanother Dianaââa memÂber of the family whose global popularity upstaged, outshone, and posed an existential threat to the BritÂish monarchy.
Picking up where Tina Brownâs masterful The Diana Chronicles left off, The Palace Papers reveals how the royal family reinvented itself after the trauÂmatic years when Dianaâs 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 Queenâs 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 Charlesâs determination to make Camilla Parker Bowles his wife, the tension between William and Harry on âdifferent paths,â the ascendÂance of Kate Middleton, the downfall of Prince AnÂdrew, and Harry and Meghanâs stunning decision to step back as senior royals. Despite the fragile monarÂchyâs best efforts, ânever againâ 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.
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