NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The "addictively readable" (The
Washington Post) inside story of the British royal family's battle to
overcome the dramas of the Diana years--only to confront new,
twenty-first-century crises
****"Frothy and forthright, a kind of Keeping Up with the Windsors
with sprinkles of Keats."--The New York Times (Notable Book of the
Year)
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, Elle, Town &
Country
"Never again" became Queen Elizabeth II's mantra shortly after Princess
Diana's tragic death. More specifically, there could never be "another
Diana"--a member of the family whose global popularity upstaged,
outshone, and posed an existential threat to the British monarchy.
Picking up where Tina Brown's masterful The Diana Chronicles left off,
The Palace Papers reveals how the royal family reinvented itself after
the traumatic years when Diana's blazing celebrity ripped through the
House of Windsor like a comet.
Brown takes readers on a tour de force journey through the scandals,
love affairs, power plays, and betrayals that have buffeted the monarchy
over the last twenty-five years. We see the Queen's stoic resolve after
the passing of Princess Margaret, the Queen Mother, and Prince Philip,
her partner for seven decades, and how she triumphs in her Jubilee years
even as family troubles rage around her. Brown explores Prince Charles's
determination to make Camilla Parker Bowles his wife, the tension
between William and Harry on "different paths," the ascendance of Kate
Middleton, the downfall of Prince Andrew, and Harry and Meghan's
stunning decision to step back as senior royals. Despite the fragile
monarchy's best efforts, "never again" seems fast approaching.
Tina Brown has been observing and chronicling the British monarchy for
three decades, and her sweeping account is full of powerful revelations,
newly reported details, and searing insight gleaned from remarkable
access to royal insiders. Stylish, witty, and erudite, The Palace
Papers will irrevocably change how the world perceives and understands
the royal family.
