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Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch
by Sally Bedell Smith (Goodreads Author)
by Sally Bedell Smith (Goodreads Author)
Lesa Parnham's review
bookshelves: 2012-books-read
Jan 26, 12
bookshelves: 2012-books-read
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Royal Watchers
Read from January 18 to 22, 2012, read count: 1
Parts were fascinating, parts were boring (one Prime Minister after another), I have read enough about the royal family to have doubts about how much of this is true. Quite possibly the author didn't want to make the queen angry. What happened to the c/c bracelet that Charles had for Camilla right before he was married to Diana? It is a proven fact that Charles carried on a relationship with Camilla throughout the marriage, Smith skipped over the part where while being interviewed on tv said he never loved Diana? I think Diana got a really bad rap in this book albeit she was not a completely innocent party.
As for Prince Phillip, his philandering has also been well documented.
As this book is written, the Queen is fascinating although a lot of the pomp and circumstance is ridiculous and should have been done away with a long time ago.
In the books favor, it was interesting to glimpse a private view of the Queen, the Queen Mum, Winston Churchill.
BTW all US presidents were mentioned with the exception of Jimmy Carter, whats that about???
As for Prince Phillip, his philandering has also been well documented.
As this book is written, the Queen is fascinating although a lot of the pomp and circumstance is ridiculous and should have been done away with a long time ago.
In the books favor, it was interesting to glimpse a private view of the Queen, the Queen Mum, Winston Churchill.
BTW all US presidents were mentioned with the exception of Jimmy Carter, whats that about???
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Feb 02, 2012 09:54pm
Jimmy Carter was mentioned. Said he told the Queen Mother she reminded him of his mom and kissed her on the lips (which shocked her).
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Must have been a 1-2 line mention, she goes on about the Bush family and the Reagans for quite a while and even gave a paragraph or 2 to Clinton.
There has never been any documentation about Philip having affairs. Just speculation. We will probably never know for sure, but to me, the lack of evidence indicates it's just rumors -- unlike Clinton, Kennedy, and so forth.
Speaking o charity,s response regarding the Kennedy,s and the Clinton,s affairs, the reason you never heard of Philip,s affairs is because he is not in a political seat he holds no electoral or voting position so no one cares what he does so no one bothers to out him to benefit their own cause. Which if u look at the royal family as it really is which is a "figure head" then no one really has cared bout them until Diana and look what the "establishment did to her to Try to make her conform. Being a descendant of the" Urquhart" Clan does not make me hate or certain other clans because they say I have to my family is steeped in British history. I just choose to accept people on their value as a human being not a monetary figure head.
OR it means any speculation about Philip cheating on his wife is just that -- speculation. Without proof, there is no guilt. Don't you think that is a juicy enough story that SOMEONE would come up with some evidence if only to humiliate the royal family further? I do, so the fact that there is no evidence to me suggests maybe we shouldn't assume otherwise.
