Crown & Sceptre Quotes

“His first Christmas speech was written for him by Rudyard Kipling”
― Tracy Borman, Crown & Sceptre: A New History of the British Monarchy, from Willam the Conqueror to Elizabeth II

“Had Victoria been on the throne, instead of George III, or if we had postponed our rebellion until Queen Victoria resigned, it would not have been necessary,’ remarked the American secretary of state, William M. Evarts, in 1878.”
― Tracy Borman, Crown & Sceptre: A New History of the British Monarchy, from Willam the Conqueror to Elizabeth II

“Elizabeth has often been hailed as a feminist icon. In fact, she shared the general belief in the inferiority of women and saw herself as a shining exception.”
― Tracy Borman, Crown & Sceptre: A New History of the British Monarchy, from Willam the Conqueror to Elizabeth II

“The apparent ease with which he was able to instantly move on from someone he had been close to – whether minister, wife or confidant – bordered on the pathological.”
― Tracy Borman, Crown & Sceptre: A New History of the British Monarchy, from Willam the Conqueror to Elizabeth II