Table Of ContentCover Page: v
Title Page Page: v
Copyright Page: vi
Contents Page: vi
Prologue: Kryptonite Page: xi
Part One Page: xv
Chapter 1: Never Again Page: xv
Chapter 2: Sex and Sensibility Page: 24
Chapter 3: The Wilderness Years Page: 54
Chapter 4: Mother of the Nation Page: 72
Chapter 5: A Question of Independence Page: 96
Chapter 6: Swan Songs Page: 110
Chapter 7: Jubilee Girl Page: 136
Chapter 8: Servant Problems Page: 140
Chapter 9: Camilla’s Line in the Sand Page: 157
Part Two Page: 185
Chapter 10: The Princes Next Door Page: 187
Chapter 11: The Lost Boys Page: 204
Chapter 12: Enter Kate Page: 217
Chapter 13: Queen in Waiting Page: 240
Chapter 14: The Great Escape Page: 256
Chapter 15: Snoopers Page: 270
Chapter 16: Gloriana Page: 293
Chapter 17: The Duke of Hazard Page: 316
Chapter 18: An Inconvenient Friend Page: 340
Chapter 19: Number Six on the Call Sheet Page: 355
Chapter 20: Flashman’s Flameout Page: 384
Chapter 21: Smitten Page: 397
Chapter 22: Magic Kingdom Page: 412
Chapter 23: Unraveling Page: 427
Chapter 24: Privacy and Prejudice Page: 446
Chapter 25: Scorched Earth Page: 467
Epilogue: Embers Page: 485
Photo Insert Page: 497
Dedication Page: vii
Acknowledgments Page: 499
Notes Page: 509
Photograph Credits Page: 541
Index Page: 545
Other Titles Page: ii
About the Author Page: 569
Description: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 “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. This ebook edition includes a revised epilogue with updates on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, the ascendance of King Charles III, and more.
