ELIZABETH: Queen & Mother

by Graham & Heather Fisher ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 23, 1964

These authors are no muckrakers among majesties. Under their combined treatment, Elizabeth II & Co. emerge in a manner that would have made Queen Victoria and, yes we dare say it, even Price Albert proud. This, fellow commoners, is a glut of royal minutiae that follows the Queen from the moment good King George died up to her present pregnancy. We are told that years of research went into this chronicle of palace routines, menus, clothing slection, entertainment, hobbies and travelling arrangements. Some may find it hard to believe in the author's claim that Philip is fully as funny as Bob Hope (especially in view of the supporting examples of his humor). Eyebrows may be raised at the assertion that the offspring of legal parents can get just as dirty as ordinary children. The fact that the Queen Mother is addressed as ""Granny"" in the family circle may provoke nervous titlers. Nevertheless, when you lay this book aside, you are left with the unshakeable, if somewhat batty, conviction that it is frightfully noble of the Queen to look after the royal nippers the way she does. We endorse this title. One, good, old-fashioned book of royalty watching per year can often make up for the fact that other titles in mythology are not circulating as briskly as one could wish.

Pub Date: Oct. 23, 1964

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Hawthorn

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1964

Categories: NONFICTION