Behind Palace Doors

My True Adventures as the Queen Mother's Equerry

Biography & Memoir, Royalty
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Author: Major Colin Burgess, Paul Carter ISBN: 9781782191612
Publisher: John Blake Publication: May 28, 2008
Imprint: John Blake Language: English
Author: Major Colin Burgess, Paul Carter
ISBN: 9781782191612
Publisher: John Blake
Publication: May 28, 2008
Imprint: John Blake
Language: English

She was described as the most dangerous woman in Europe by Adolf Hitler; Noel Coward said people who spent any time with her were always reduced to "gibbering worshippers;" she adored Margaret Thatcher and disliked Germans; and she found the French comical and hankered for the old days of Empire and Commonwealth. Above all, though, she was loved by the nation and in this affectionate and often hilarious inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, her former equerry Major Colin Burgess reveals what life was like living with the most private of all the Royals. A unique and warmly remembered historic insight into a longest-surviving packed with previously untold stories, this is also a celebration of a life gone-and a way of life fast disappearing.

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She was described as the most dangerous woman in Europe by Adolf Hitler; Noel Coward said people who spent any time with her were always reduced to "gibbering worshippers;" she adored Margaret Thatcher and disliked Germans; and she found the French comical and hankered for the old days of Empire and Commonwealth. Above all, though, she was loved by the nation and in this affectionate and often hilarious inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, her former equerry Major Colin Burgess reveals what life was like living with the most private of all the Royals. A unique and warmly remembered historic insight into a longest-surviving packed with previously untold stories, this is also a celebration of a life gone-and a way of life fast disappearing.

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