'Robert Lacey makes you feel like you're right there, in the palace, in the castle.' --Vanity Fair

'Incredibly readable...captures her qualities of fun, kindness and true grit' --Jilly Cooper

The Queen Robert Lacey talks about the Queen and what she really thought about Diana View on YouTube

Death of Diana Robert Lacey talks about what happened in the week following Diana's death View on YouTube

I have been writing about the Queen now for nearly forty years, and this little book is intended to distil and re-shape what I’ve learned into one pleasant afternoon’s reading – a summary of its predecessors Majesty (1977) and Monarch (2002, Royal in the UK), with further research and thoughts on Elizabeth II in the year of her Diamond Jubilee.

‘Lege feliciter’, as the Venerable Bede used to say – May you read happily!