The palace papers : inside the House of Windsor--the truth and the turmoil

Summary: The author of The Diana Chronicles takes readers inside the British royal family since the death of Princess Diana, showing the Queen's stoic resolve as family drama raged around her.

Record details

ISBN: 0593612515 (paperback)
ISBN: 9780593612514 (paperback)
Physical Description: xvii, 877 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First large print edition.
Publisher: New York : Random House Large Print, [2022]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 765-825) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue: kryptonite -- Never again : the Royals confront a post-Diana world -- Sex and sensibility : why Charles loves Camilla -- The wilderness years : how Camilla hung in -- Mother of the nation : the Queen's twenty-first-century headaches -- A question of independence : how Elizabeth and Philip made it work -- Swan songs : Margaret and the Queen Mother leave the party -- Jubilee girl : the Queen's encore -- Servant problems : what the butler saw -- Camilla's line in the sand : a new duchess in the winners' enclosure -- The princes next door : William's and Harry's competing realities -- The lost boys : how the princes survived their childhood -- Enter Kate : Williams meets an extraordinary, ordinary girl -- Queen in waiting : Kate closes the deal -- The great escape : Harry the hero finds a way -- Snoopers : how the press stalked the Royals -- Gloriana : the Windsors' winning streak -- The duke of hazard : Andrew's money pit -- An inconvenient friend : the lure of Jeffrey Epstein -- Number six on the call sheet : Meghan Markle's world -- Flashman's flameout : Harry confronts his demons -- Smitten : the stars align for Harry and Meghan -- Magic kingdom : a wedding transforms the House of Windsor -- Unraveling : the monarchy's morning after -- Privacy and prejudice : surviving the Windsor fishbowl -- Scorched earth : "Annus Horribilis" redux -- Epilogue: embers.