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The Firm: The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor
Penny Junor
It would be hard to invent a group of personalities more extraordinary than the British Royal Family – known as 'The Firm' by Prince Philip. With an eye on the past, present and future, this book takes a look at how the family really operates and reveals how they behave behind closed doors.This ebook is made from the 2009 edition.With showbiz stars and sporting celebrities now attracting the adulation once afforded to royalty, The Firm questions what monarchy is for.Is it a hangover from the past, an expensive anachronism, a relic of a bygone age of deference and hierarchy, or is it an important and relevant part of Britain in the 21st century – something that gives stability and continuity to the country, and richness and glamour to our national life in ways that a republic never could? If so, do the media mock, hound and criticize the Royal Family at their peril? Has Prince Charles sacrificed the throne for love? Could Prince William decide that the long lenses and the scrutiny of his private life is too high a price to pay?Penny will also look at how the dynamics of the royal household have changed over the last year and what repercussions these changes will have. Whilst in the hardback edition Penny Junor was able to discuss the implications of Charles and Camilla's marriage only two months after it was announced, the paperback promises to offer a host of new surprises and implication for the future of the House of Windsor, as well as an inside view of how The Firm have taken in their newest member.Whatever happens over the next year, we can be sure that Penny will update this paperback edition to make it an essential buy for anyone who has even a passing interest in Britain's most dysfunctional and fascinating family.
PENNY JUNOR
The Firm
The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor
For Lupus
Contents
Cover (#u64fb74cc-7a0e-572e-9545-74f7808f3964)
Title Page (#u2aaa33eb-fbe0-5f5d-8644-a4fde48b454a)
Dedication (#uafa43ee2-9c46-5e43-9afd-d28965de61d2)
List of Illustrations (#u4ca041cd-d3ed-5387-84cf-bdb6bbdae2c8)
Introduction (#u9d247835-75ff-5f1c-b646-d774a87b19a4)
1 An Extraordinary Way to Live (#u402639dc-5912-56c5-a2bf-deb0351987b6)
2 Keeping House (#u6228bb4d-72ca-5230-bc2e-77de3911ba03)
3 Winds of Change (#ue930f7eb-ddec-5b94-9533-765f9f7bced3)
4 188 Recommendations (#ud6267628-9800-5c8f-a90d-0174a4ffdd71)
5 Communication (#u69d052a4-39e6-56da-a820-62bd4e5b746f)
6 Lessons Learnt (#ua971c270-7522-5f5f-80fd-c2da8e09064d)
7 Diana (#u6fbd409f-c9e4-551a-b45f-23adc2e8fd49)
8 The Duty of an Heir (#u8cc04b07-bff3-50b2-aea9-58adf7b56bf7)
9 Not Waving: Drowning (#uc90ea8e6-81b3-5a55-bbf3-7f31d560874b)
10 Camilla and the Future (#ua4b24f15-ec26-5019-af8d-33cbed2b61a1)
11 From Bad to Worse (#u499bb2e4-1498-5b0f-b41d-5462bc12e64a)
12 What If? (#litres_trial_promo)
13 Mrs PB (#litres_trial_promo)
14 Lord Blackadder (#litres_trial_promo)
15 Battle of the Palaces (#litres_trial_promo)
16 Master of Spin (#litres_trial_promo)
17 Planes, Trains and Automobiles (#litres_trial_promo)
18 Beyond the Dreams of Avarice (#litres_trial_promo)
19 All the King’s Horses – The Private Queen (#litres_trial_promo)
20 The Sport of Kings (#litres_trial_promo)
21 Representing the Nation to Itself (#litres_trial_promo)
22 Coming to Grief (#litres_trial_promo)
23 Pomp and Ceremony (#litres_trial_promo)
24 Charity Begins at Home (#litres_trial_promo)
25 The Rough with the Smooth (#litres_trial_promo)
26 A Moment of Madness (#litres_trial_promo)
27 The Key to the Door (#litres_trial_promo)
28 Community Spirit (#litres_trial_promo)
29 A Thankless Task (#litres_trial_promo)
30 Changing the World (#litres_trial_promo)
31 Maundy Thursday and Fixtures in the Calendar (#litres_trial_promo)
32 Pressing the Flesh (#litres_trial_promo)
33 Crossing Continents (#litres_trial_promo)
34 Gongs and Garden Parties (#litres_trial_promo)
35 Voluntary Service (#litres_trial_promo)
36 Media Menace (#litres_trial_promo)
37 Temporary Stand-off (#litres_trial_promo)
38 Burrell (#litres_trial_promo)
39 Allegations and Denials (#litres_trial_promo)
40 Bear Traps (#litres_trial_promo)
41 In the Genes (#litres_trial_promo)
42 Conclusions (#litres_trial_promo)
43 The Way Ahead (#litres_trial_promo)
44 The Camilla Factor (#litres_trial_promo)
Plates (#litres_trial_promo)
Bibliography (#litres_trial_promo)
Index (#litres_trial_promo)
Acknowledgements (#litres_trial_promo)
Keep Reading (#litres_trial_promo)
About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)
Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)
About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)
List of Illustrations (#ulink_817d458c-806c-5474-afb1-a589aec2ace2)
The King, Queen and Princess on the balcony (Rex) (#litres_trial_promo)
Lady Diana Spencer in see-through skirt (Rex) (#litres_trial_promo)
The Royal Family on the balcony with Diana and young Princes at Trooping the Colour (Tim Graham) (#litres_trial_promo)
The Family on the balcony during the Golden Jubilee (Tim Graham) (#litres_trial_promo)
The Party at the Palace (Tim Graham) (#litres_trial_promo)
The Prince of Wales shooting with Michael Fawcett (Eddie Boldizsar/Rex) (#litres_trial_promo)
Paul Burrell carrying a corgi (Tim Graham) (#litres_trial_promo)
The Queen arriving in Saudi Arabia on Concorde (Tim Graham) (#litres_trial_promo)
The Queen and Prince Philip in the Gold State Coach (Tim Graham) (#litres_trial_promo)
Prince Philip in bearskin (Les Wilson/Rex) (#litres_trial_promo)
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother with Irish Guards and wolfhound (Tim Graham) (#litres_trial_promo)
The Queen at the Windsor Horse Show (Les Wilson/Rex) (#litres_trial_promo)
The Kiss on the balcony (Tim Graham) (#litres_trial_promo)
Charles and Diana in Korea (Tim Graham) (#litres_trial_promo)
The Princess of Wales with children in her arms (Tim Graham) (#litres_trial_promo)
Princess Anne standing by a cot (Tim Graham) (#litres_trial_promo)
Diana crouching to talk to hospice patient (Tim Graham) (#litres_trial_promo)
Diana in surgical mask (Rex) (#litres_trial_promo)
Prince William with hand to mouth for 18
birthday (Rex) (#litres_trial_promo)
Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation (Rex) (#litres_trial_promo)
Queen Mother’s funeral (Tim Graham) (#litres_trial_promo)
Prince William over a hot stove (Rex) (#litres_trial_promo)
Prince William in school uniform with Union Jack waistcoat (Rex) (#litres_trial_promo)
Prince Edward with Sir Cliff Richard at It’s a Royal Knockout (Rex) (#litres_trial_promo)
Princes William and Harry playing polo on bicycles (Les Wilson/Rex) (#litres_trial_promo)
The Queen wrapped up against the weather with a labrador and spaniel (Greaves/Rex) (#litres_trial_promo)
The Queen with Princess Anne and Zara Philips, all on horseback (Tim Graham) (#litres_trial_promo)
A tearful Queen leaving the 9/11 memorial service (Tim Graham) (#litres_trial_promo)
The Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles on the evening their engagement was announced (Rex) (#litres_trial_promo)
Prince Charles with Lady Diana Spencer after their engagement (Tim Graham) (#litres_trial_promo)
Prince Charles and Prince William on the 50th anniversary of VJ Day (Tim Graham) (#litres_trial_promo)
Prince Charles and Prince William with cows on the Home Farm (Les Wilson/Rex) (#litres_trial_promo)
Prince Harry being restrained outside a London nightclub (David Abiaw/Rex) (#litres_trial_promo)
The Princess of Wales during the Panorama interview (Rex) (#litres_trial_promo)
