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It's
a question that royal watchers have pondered for as long as the monarchy has
existed. And who better to ask than the army of servants and staff past and
present who feed and clothe the royals, organise their days, polish their
shoes, carry the deer they shoot and even put the toothpaste on their
toothbrushes?
From
medieval times, when the Groom of the Stool oversaw the monarch's lavatorial
exploits, and courtiers accompanied the king and queen to bed on their wedding
night and made bawdy remarks until ushered out of the room, below-stairs staff
have had a unique insight into the lives of their royal masters.
In
this lively and colourful history, now updated in paperback, royal expert Tom
Quinn goes behind palace doors to give a compelling glimpse of Britain's
royals, ancient and modern. Here you will find the tales of the equerry who
threatened to throw Queen Victoria out of her own stables, the junior footman
who had to change his name on the orders of the queen, and the lady in waiting
who, with Prince Philip's mother Princess Alice, regularly set fire to her
rooms at Buckingham Palace.
Perhaps most intriguing of all, we see, through
the eyes of serving and recently retired staff, how today's royals live -
including how the relationship between Meghan and Harry and William and Kate
started with high hopes and descended into bitterness and anger, and how the
former Prince Andrew's life has changed since being cast out by the royal
family.
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