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Royal biographer Helen Cathcarts fascinatingly intimate account charts Elizabeths extraordinary life from her birth and early years growing up in the royal palacessleeping in the dungeons of Windsor Castle during the air raids of the Blitzthrough to her marriage to Prince Philip in 1947 and their life together as new parents
The death of Elizabeths beloved father King George VI in 1952 saw her life change forever when at the age of twentyfive she became Queen
Cathcart vividly brings to life many of the key events during the first thirty years of Queen Elizabeth IIs reign including her spectacular Coronation at Westminster Abbey in 1953 and subsequent sixmonth grand tour of the Commonwealth as well as Her Majestys first televised Christmas broadcast in 1957
Drawing on a wealth of contemporary sources including family letters royal journals and personal recollections The Queen Herself is an exceptionally detailed biography of a loving daughter wife and mother as well as an iconic and celebrated national figurehead devoted to a life of service
The Queen Herself offers a fascinating insight into Her Majesty The Queens remarkable life and reign
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