Description
'The Firm', as the royal family styles itself, judged by real corporate standards, is a mess. Any consultants called in from outside to scrutinise its inner workings would find all the familiar flaws of a family business that has outgrown its original scale and design. There is no overall strategy, just a collection of warring divisions pursuing their own ends. And this will be a profound problem when the Queen dies, because make no bones about it, the Queen's mortality determines the mortality of the monarchy. Under Charles III, the monarchy can never be the same; indeed, its very survival is in doubt. In The Last Queen, pioneering investigative reporter Clive Irving paints a revelatory portrait of Elizabeth II's extraordinary reign, setting it within the dramatic transformation of Britain itself over the same period. Now expanded to include the death of Prince Philip, the fallout from Megxit and the banishment of Prince Andrew, this compelling account asks: how long will the institution survive beyond the second Elizabethan era?
About the Author
CLIVE IRVING is a columnist for the Daily Beast in New York. He has had a long and distinguished career on both sides of the Atlantic, with an unusually wide media experience: as a pioneer of investigative journalism at the Sunday Times; as a colleague of David Frost in transforming live television journalism; as a top magazine editor in London and New York; and as an early contributor to the Daily Beast. Coincidentally, his career in journalism and as a frequent critic of the monarchy has run in parallel with the Queen's entire reign. This gives him a unique insight into how the Queen has dealt with enormous social and cultural changes and, particularly, how the world's perception of the royal family is now, more than ever, decisively shaped by the media.
Reviews
"They are privileged people who represent our past. But how do they - how can they? - represent our present, let alone our future? Turn these pages to revel in a brilliant and gripping analysis of the monarchy and the House of Windsor by Clive Irving, the master of investigative journalism. What a story!" - Robert Lacey, author of Battle of Brothers
Book Information
ISBN 9781785907302
Author Clive Irving
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint Biteback Publishing
Publisher Biteback Publishing
About the Author
CLIVE IRVING is a columnist for the Daily Beast in New York. He has had a long and distinguished career on both sides of the Atlantic, with an unusually wide media experience: as a pioneer of investigative journalism at the Sunday Times; as a colleague of David Frost in transforming live television journalism; as a top magazine editor in London and New York; and as an early contributor to the Daily Beast. Coincidentally, his career in journalism and as a frequent critic of the monarchy has run in parallel with the Queen's entire reign. This gives him a unique insight into how the Queen has dealt with enormous social and cultural changes and, particularly, how the world's perception of the royal family is now, more than ever, decisively shaped by the media.
Reviews
"They are privileged people who represent our past. But how do they - how can they? - represent our present, let alone our future? Turn these pages to revel in a brilliant and gripping analysis of the monarchy and the House of Windsor by Clive Irving, the master of investigative journalism. What a story!" - Robert Lacey, author of Battle of Brothers
Book Information
ISBN 9781785907302
Author Clive Irving
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint Biteback Publishing
Publisher Biteback Publishing
