The Queen Mother: The Untold Story of Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, Who Became Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

The Queen Mother: The Untold Story of Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, Who Became Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

by Colin Campbell
The Queen Mother: The Untold Story of Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, Who Became Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

The Queen Mother: The Untold Story of Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, Who Became Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

by Colin Campbell

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Overview

Packed with stunning revelations, this is the inside story of The Queen Mother from the New York Times bestselling author who first revealed the truth about Princess Diana

Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother has been called the "most successful queen since Cleopatra." Her personality was so captivating that even her arch-enemy Wallis Simpson wrote about "her legendary charm." Portrayed as a selfless partner to the King in the Oscar-winning movie The King's Speech, The Queen Mother is most often remembered from her later years as the smiling granny with the pastel hats. When she died in 2002, just short of her 102nd birthday, she was praised for a long life well lived.
But there was another side to her story. For the first time, Lady Colin Campbell shows us that the untold life of the Queen Mother is far more fascinating and moving than the official version that has been peddled ever since she became royal in 1923. With unparalleled sources--including members of the Royal Family, aristocrats, and friends and relatives of Elizabeth herself—this mesmerizing account takes us inside the real and sometimes astonishing world of the royal family.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781250018960
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date: 04/24/2012
Sold by: Macmillan
Format: eBook
Pages: 512
Sales rank: 417,112
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

LADY COLIN CAMPBELL, who is connected to the royal family through mutual ancestors and marriage, is the author of the New York Times bestseller Diana in Private--which was the first book to reveal the truth behind the "fairytale" marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales--as well as The Royal Marriages: What Really Goes on in the Private World of the Queen and Her Family, and The Real Diana.


LADY COLIN CAMPBELL, who is connected to the royal family through mutual ancestors and marriage, is the author of the New York Times bestseller Diana in Private--which was the first book to reveal the truth behind the "fairytale" marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales--as well as The Royal Marriages: What Really Goes on in the Private World of the Queen and Her Family, and The Real Diana.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Much Wanted Angel 1

Chapter 2 An Enchanted Childhood 21

Chapter 3 The Great War 47

Chapter 4 Love and Marriage 77

Chapter 5 The Making of a Star 137

Chapter 6 The Smiling Duchess 161

Chapter 7 Motherhood and Its Perks 187

Chapter 8 The Fairest of Us All 215

Chapter 9 Compulsion and Abdication 247

Chapter 10 The Warrior Queen 315

Chapter 11 Peace and Death 347

Chapter 12 And Let There Be Fun 377

Chapter 13 Covered in Glory 415

Appendices 453

Genealogical Tables 463

Selected Bibliography 471

Chapter Notes 475

Index 489

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