Queen

IAN LLOYD has spent twenty years as a full-time writer and photographer, specialising in the British Royal Family. He has had two books in the Sunday Times bestseller list (both 2011) and writes regular features for the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, Hello and Majesty. Ian is also the Royal Correspondent for The Sunday Post and a regular royal pundit on Sky News, BBC News and BBC Radio 5 Live. For the death of the Queen, he appeared in over 50 hours of TV coverage for Sky News, as well as two appearances on BBC Breakfast and three on GB News. He was also interviewed on BBC Radio 5 Live, Times Radio and TV networks in the USA, Australia, Italy, Mexico, Brazil and Qatar.

• TitleCopyrightContentsForeword1 Mayfair Baby2 ‘My Beloved Papa’3 Elizabeth and a Flying Ace4 Grandpapa England5 A Terrifying Grandmama6 A Best Friend7 Granny and Grandpa, Non-Royal8 Pilgrim’s Progress9 Vic’s Chicks10 ‘The Most Famous Little Girl in the World’11 Bobo12 Crawfie13 Heir and Spare14 Manners Maketh the Monarch15 Phoney Times16 VE and VJ17 Sisterly Love18 Dancing Queen19 Handbags and Gladrags20 Traditionally Speaking21 First Meeting22 Courting Cousins23 Tour de Force24 Elizabeth’s Austerity Wedding25 What Are We Going to Do with all These?26 A Longed-for Brother27 ‘Your Majesty, Mummy’: The Queen and Prince Charles28 Malta and a Normal Life29 Princess Anne: The Son they Never Had30 Well-Endowed31 The Special Relationship32 Accession33 The Other Queen Elizabeth34 And to Crown it All35 Forever Faithful: The Queen and Religion36 The Queen and Churchill37 Dropping the Curtsies38 TV Queen39 Four-Legged Friends40 ‘It Gives Me Great Pleasure to Declare Open …’41 Picking a Winner: Two Controversial Elections42 The Human Side43 One’s Hand-One-Downs44 The Admirable Perkins45 Monarch of the Glen46 Royal Variety – Not Always the Spice of Life47 A Room with a View48 Awkward Customers: The Queen and Idi Amin49 Lights, Camera, Action: Royal Film Performance50 Regina vs Celebrities51 Looking after the Pennies52 ‘I Name This Ship …’53 Queen on Screen54 We Are Amused: The Queen’s Sense of Humour55 Daughters-in-Law56 Coo, What a Hobby!57 Jam and Jerusalem: The Queen and the WI58 The Royal Stamp of Approval59 Handbags at Dawn: The Queen and Mrs Thatcher60 The Royal Family on the Queen61 Two Awkward State Visits62 Death of a Princess63 Her Godchildren64 How the Queen was Hoaxed65 Elizabeth and the Other Windsors66 Techno-Queen67 My Husband and I68 Anni Horribiles69 On Being Queen, in Her Own Words70 A Credit to the NationBibliography

‘Ian Lloyd lovingly crafts each chapter into an intimate look at her life.’