The queen : 70 chapters in the life of Elizabeth II / Ian Lloyd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lloyd, Ian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Queens.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham : The History Press, [2022]

Summary:

A fresh look at the full and fascinating life of Queen Elizabeth II in the year of her Platinum Jubilee.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

Foreword

1 Mayfair Baby

2 'My Beloved Papa'

3 Elizabeth and a Flying Ace

4 Grandpapa England

5 A Terrifying Grandmama

6 A Best Friend

7 Granny and Grandpa, Non-Royal

8 Pilgrim's Progress

9 Vic's Chicks

10 'The Most Famous Little Girl in the World'

11 Bobo

12 Crawfie

13 Heir and Spare

14 Manners Maketh the Monarch

15 Phoney Times

16 VE and VJ

17 Sisterly Love

18 Dancing Queen

19 Handbags and Gladrags

20 Traditionally Speaking

21 First Meeting

22 Courting Cousins

23 Tour de Force

24 Elizabeth's Austerity Wedding

25 What Are We Going to Do with all These?

26 A Longed-for Brother

27 'Your Majesty, Mummy': The Queen and Prince Charles

28 Malta and a Normal Life

29 Princess Anne: The Son they Never Had

30 Well-Endowed

31 The Special Relationship

32 Accession

33 The Other Queen Elizabeth

34 And to Crown it All

35 Forever Faithful: The Queen and Religion

36 The Queen and Churchill

37 Dropping the Curtsies

38 TV Queen

39 Four-Legged Friends

40 'It Gives Me Great Pleasure to Declare Open …'

41 Picking a Winner: Two Controversial Elections

42 The Human Side

43 One's Hand-One-Downs

44 The Admirable Perkins

45 Monarch of the Glen

46 Royal Variety - Not Always the Spice of Life

47 A Room with a View

48 Awkward Customers: The Queen and Idi Amin

49 Lights, Camera, Action: Royal Film Performance

50 Regina vs Celebrities

51 Looking after the Pennies

52 'I Name This Ship …'

53 Queen on Screen

54 We Are Amused: The Queen's Sense of Humour

55 Daughters-in-Law

56 Coo, What a Hobby!

57 Jam and Jerusalem: The Queen and the WI

58 The Royal Stamp of Approval

59 Handbags at Dawn: The Queen and Mrs Thatcher

60 The Royal Family on the Queen.

61 Two Awkward State Visits

62 Death of a Princess

63 Her Godchildren

64 How the Queen was Hoaxed

65 Elizabeth and the Other Windsors

66 Techno-Queen 281

67 My Husband and I

68 Anni Horribiles

69 On Being Queen, in Her Own Words

70 A Credit to the Nation

Bibliography.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781803990835

180399083X

OCLC:

1309021486