A Royal Marriage
This is the first major biography of the Queen and the Duke
of Edinburgh—both royal, both great-great-great
grandchildren of Queen Victoria, but in temperament and
upbringing very different people. Her childhood was loving
and secure, his turbulent: the Duke's grandfather was
assassinated, his father arrested, his family exiled, his
parents separated by the time he was ten. For almost sixty
years theirs have been among the most famous faces in the
world—yet the personalities behind the image remain elusive,
and the nature of their marriage is an enigma. Gyles Brandreth has met all the principal players in the
story. He quotes no anonymous sources; he has known the Duke
of Edinburgh for twenty-five years and has interviewed him.
This is a unique and revealing portrait of a remarkable
partnership.
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