![]() ![]() ![]() After their marriage in 1923-after Elizabeth, reluctant to leave her free-wheeling social life and in love with another man, refused Bertie twice-the author alternates nuanced accounts of their respective lives within the same aristocratic social set. Though neither demonstrated a keen intellect, they rose to the occasion to become serious British monarchs, which was vital after the shameless irresponsibility of Edward VIII. The author, who was granted “the privilege of working in the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle,” is mostly sympathetic to her flawed but lovable subjects: Bertie, the emotionally diffident second son of George V and the winsome, exuberant young Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. ![]() In her latest investigation of the royal family, former Vanity Fair contributing editor Smith, the bestselling author of Elizabeth the Queen and Prince Charles, leaves no jewel unturned as she recounts the lives of an improbable couple who would do so much to steer their country through the turbulent period of the abdication crisis and World War II. The touching love story of the parents of Elizabeth II. ![]()
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