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Londoner's Diary | Evening Standard
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Sources in the book world tells me copies ofQueen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: The OfficialBiographybyWilliam Shawcrossare having to be sent back to the publishers from a handful of booksellers because they are said to be falling...
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In the International Papers
France24
... which is reacting to a biography of the Queen Mother that came out in the past week.The Daily Telegraph reviewed the book, written by William Shawcross. ...
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San Francisco Sentinel » Blog Archives » MERRY QUEEN MUM WAS A ...
By The San Francisco Sentinel
A strange case study is the new, authorised, 1000-plus pages biography of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (the “Queen Mother”) by William Shawcross. He is a smart man: his study of the secret bombing of Cambodia by Henry Kissinger is extraordinary ...
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The Queen Mother: The Official Biography « FiFi
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The FiFi Report 274. The Queen Mother: The Official Biography… by William Shawcross. If you love an historical biography as I do (give me a story of glamoro us heiresses and the Royal Family any day than a book called The Slap ! ...Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was born on August 4, 1900, and, certainly, no one could have imagined that her long life (she died in 2002) would come to reflect a changing nation over the course of an entire century. Now, William...
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Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, By William Shawcross
Independent
Berlin's appraisal, consigned to a footnote, is untypical of William Shawcross's official biography but overlaps to some extent with the Queen Mother's own ...
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Gaea Times (blog)
The book 'Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: The Official Biography', written by William Shawcross, tells that she was successfully treated for colon cancer ...
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Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother The Official Biography by W ...
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother The Official Biography by W Shawcross...William Shawcross was given access to it after being chosen by the Queen to write ...
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
How's William Shawcross's 1094-page biography of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, going down in the shires? 'Too big to read in bed without lifting ...
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Sneak peek: October 2009 royalty books « World of Royalty Blog
The Queen Mother by William Shawcross. The official biography of Britain's Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, consort of King George VI, mother of Queen Elizabeth II. The Lady Queen: The Notorious Reign of Joanna I, Queen of Naples, ...
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The Queen Mother, William Shawcross, Book - Barnes & Noble
BARNES & NOBLE - Find The Queen Mother by William Shawcross. ... The official and definitive biography of Queen Elizabet h the Queen Mother: consort of King ...
Princess Diana - Lady Diana Spencer > News
William Shawcross's book, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: The Official Biography, was condemned as a whitewash last week after airbrushing out the senior royal's views on Dian a's death and other family crises. ...
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QUEEN ELIZABETH TH E QUEEN MOTHER: THE OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY BY ...
Daily Mail
This is only one of thousands of new things in this, the official biography of Queen Elizabeth. William Shawcross has been given access to the Royal ...
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=2 0 American Monarchist: Queen Elizabeth: The Queen Mother
By American Monarchist
Or so it would seem from the reaction to William Shawcross's biography of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. It is a totally absorbing and highly readable account of a remarkable life. But its arrival has been greeted in some quarters ...
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Queen Mother revealed in new biography by William Shawcross | The ...
Sep 18, 2009 ...Queen Mother revealed in new biography by William Shawcross.... or her new title, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother - "horrible name", ...
Queen Mum's Caustic Voice, Racetrack Habit Spice Up Biography
Bloomberg
While some mysteries inevitably endure, “Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: The Official Biography” paints a portrait of a remarkable life lived in step with ...
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Woodstock Literary Festival: Magic words
Independent
On publication day of his vast biography of the Queen Mum, William Shawcross appeared on stage to explain how it came about. Shawcross put the idea of his ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Diary: the day Bill Smith nearly mowed down the Queen Mother
Telegraph.co.uk
In the official biography of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother by William Shawcross – snippets of which appeared in the Daily Telegraph last week – the < b>...
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Stargazing | Joe Perry's blues, the Queen Mum's real thoughts
Kansas City Star
According to “Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother,” her official biography that's more than 1000 pages long, the elder queen hated being called the Queen...
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=2 0 The House of Beauty and Culture: Through the keyhole
By HOBAC
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother: The Official Biography - judging the book by its covers - At over 1000 pages, William Shawcross' *Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother: The Official Biography* is more heavy collectible than an actual read, ...
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Beattie's Book Blog
By Bookman Beattie
William Shawcross's authorised biography of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother shows the steely character beneath the pearls and parasols, says John Adamson writing in The Telegraph, 20 Sep 2009. When Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother died ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother by William Shawcross: review
Telegraph.co.uk
By John Adamson When Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother died in 2002, at the age of 102, it was widely thought that her passing would arouse scant public ...
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Whose life is it anyway?
Independent
Last week two very different subjects renewed the 20debate: William Shawcross's official life of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, authorised by the Queen...
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I don't especially enjoy the sight of feral youths off their heads ...
Times Online
The Queen Mother, who is often singled out for her devotion to Dubonnet and gin, was of a generation and class that was permanently half cut: the quantities ...
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ROYAL AUTHOR DENIES HIS BOOK IS A WHITEWASH
UK Express
His book, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother: The Official Biography, was panned by reviewer Anthony Howard, who said it was too tactful to get to the heart ...
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Video: Official Biography of the Queen Mother » British Royal Wedding
By BRW
The Queen Mother Biography available from Amazon.comQueen Elizabeth's long life spanned the whole of the twentieth century and this official biography tells not only her story but, through it, that of the country she loved so devotedly. ... Drawing on her private correspondence and other hitherto unpublished material from the Royal Archives, William Shawcross vividly reveals the qualities that endeared her to those who knew and loved her personally and to t he nation as a ...
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The Royal : The gulf between a Princess and a Queen | US Post Today.
By US
The lives of Queen Elizabeth, the late Queen Mother, and Diana, Princess of Wales, reflected a differing understanding of the Royal=2 0role, says Simon Heffer. Since we are thinking a great deal at the moment about the cultural impact of the late Queen Elizabeth on our national life, thanks to William Shawcross's new official biography of her, perhaps we should think about her interaction with another British cultural icon, the late Diana, Princess of Wales. Queen Elizabeth...
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Telegraph.co.uk
The gulf between a Princess and a Queen
Telegraph.co.uk
The lives of Queen Elizabeth, the late Queen Mother, and Diana, Princess of Wales, reflected a differing understanding of the Royal role, says Simon Heffer. ...
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The Girl Who Would Be Queen › Vogue's Click to View: The Latest ...
... from his new biography, The Queen Mother, William Shawcross reveals the ..... Reeling from the events of the last few months, Elizabeth's mother wrote ...
The Queen Mother? That spiteful old soak dedicated herself to ...
Mail on Sunday
But, yes, Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) was rather fonder of me than she ought to have been. And after I married Wallis, her attitude towards me changed. ...
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CBC.ca
Mum's the word
CBC.ca
... 1100-page book, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, the Official Biography. Royal biographer William Shawcross says that he wa s surprised by "the fluency ...
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Queen Elizabeth backs mother's biography
Monsters and Critics.com
The royal has endorsed 'Queen Elizabeth the=2 0Queen Mother: the Official Biography', in a move which has shocked many as she has previously never publicly ...
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As biography, the Queen Mother died of colon cancer » Darmacare.us
Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mother: The Official Biography “is the title of this book by William Shawcross who will go on sale tomorrow, but extracts of which are developed by the British media today. The biographer, chosen by Queen...
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Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother The Official Biography by William...
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother The Official Biography by William Shawcross. William Shawcrosss biography the first official royal life since 1990 has ...
Queen Mum's Words Shed New Light On Royals
CBS News
At the core of William Shawcross' "The Queen Mother: The Official Biography" are letters from the "Queen Mum" herself, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. ...
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Queen abhorred Charles, Diana marriage row: Biography
Peninsula On-line
LONDON: Queen Elizabeth the queen mother thought it was “utterly abhorrent” when Prince Charles and princess Diana went public on their marriage failings, ...
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San Francisco Sentinel » Blog Archives » QUEEN MUM 'ABHORRED BY ...
By The San Francisco Sentinel
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother thought it was “utterly abhorrent” when Prince Charles and Princess Diana went public on their marriage failings, according to her official biography. The biography, released today, ... The royal matriarch regretted her grandson's decision to admit adultery durin g a 1994 television interview, said the biographer William Shawcross, who was chosen by Queen Elizabeth II to write an account of her mother's life. The Queen Mother, widow of king ...
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Diana's letters to Quee n Mother were burned - TODAY: Book news
Sep 17, 2009 ...Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother," a new royal biography to be released ...William Shawcross runs past 1000 pages and divulges the Queen...
Princess Diana letters destroyed
Monsters and Critics.com
In a new biography of the Queen Mother, William Shawcross writes: "No doubt Princess Margaret felt that she was protecting her mother and other members of ...
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Brisbane Times
Qu een Mother shocked by Diana's dirty linen
Brisbane Times
And according to her official biography, she detested it. ''Horrible name,'' she wrote in a 1953 letter to her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II. ...
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Mirror.co.uk
Queen Elizabeth flogs mum's biography
Mirror.co.uk
Shawcross also reveals how the Queen Mother learned of Princess Diana's death. He writes: "In the early hours of Sunday morning, 31 August, the Queen wrote ...
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Queen Mother, official biography, William Shawcross, Margaret ...
Sep 17, 2009 ...Queen Elizabeth had a habit, much enjoyed by her friends, ... /6198120/Queen- Mother-official-biography-William-Shawcross-Margaret-Thatcher. . ..
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Queen Mother's anger at Charles-Diana divorce: biography
AFP
She bought and trained dozens of horses at great expense and had to take up Queen Elizabeth's offers to bail her out. Shawcross wrote: "The queen mother...
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Media blitz for Shawcross
The Bookseller
William Shawcross' official biography of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, published today (17th September), is set to prove The Lost Symbol isn't the only ...
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The Queen Mother was right to criticise Prince Charles and ...
By Will Heaven
Diana, Princess of Wales was at the receiving end of some damning criticism from the Queen Mother, whos e official biography is published today. The late Queen Elizabeth, William Shawcross informs us, was “deeply shocked” that the ...
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Royal Secre ts Revealed in Queen Mother Bio
ABC News
"The Queen Mother" is the official biography of Queen Elizabeth by William Shawcross. "It all happened so quickly, that we had only time to look foolishly ...
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Queen Mother revealed in new biography by William Shawcross | The ...
Queen Mother revealed in new biography by William Shawcross.... like Clarence House or her new title Queen Elizabeth the Queen Motherhorrible name she said ...
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Queen Mother on racing
Telegraph.co.uk
The new biography details how Queen Elizabeth set aside her own frustration as she left the stands to console Dick Francis, the jockey. ...
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British royal destroyed Diana letters: Book
By Ians
The book, “Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: The Official Biography”, by journalist William Shawcross, says Princess Margaret went through her mother's papers in 1993, several months after Prince Charles and Diana had announced their ...
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British royal destroyed Diana letters: Book
Zee News
The book, 'Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: The Official Biography', by journalist William Shawcross, says Princess Margaret went through her mother's...
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Newsvine - Biography reveals Queen Mum's private letters
Sep 16, 2009 ...Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, died in 2002 at the advanced age of 101 ...William Shawcross runs past 1000 pages and divulges the queen...
Biography reveals Queen Mother's life through private letters and ...
By JENNIFER QUINN
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, died in 2002 at the advanced age of 101. The official account of her life by royal biographer William Shawcross runs past 1000 pages and divulges the queen mother's opinions on topics ranging from ...
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News Summary Royalblog.nl: Queen Mother? 'Horrible name' she wrote...
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She was known for much of her life as the Queen Mother. And according to her official biography, she detested it. "Horrible name", she wrote in a 1953 letter to her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II, Jennifer Quinn (AP) reports. Queen . ...QueenElizabeth, the Queen Mother, died in 2002 at the advanced age of 101. The official account of her life by royal biographer William Shawcross runs past 1000 pages and divulges the Queen Mother's opinions on topics ranging from feminism ...
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THE QUEEN MOTHER'S SECRET WORLD
UK Express
In his biography, William Shawcross wrote: “After one very disappointing year, the Queen offered to pay her mother's bill from Peter Cazalet. ...
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A Queen and her castle
Scotsman
As William Shawcross has written in the official biography: "She loved the fresh air and the open space that the castle offered, with the ever-changing view ...
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Times Online
The Queen Mother's letters
Times Online
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother: the Official Biography, by William Shawcross, is published tomorrow, RRP £19.95. To buy a copy from Times Booksfirst for ...
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Biography reveals Queen Mum's private letters
NewsOK.com
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, died in 2002 at the advanced age of 101. The official account of her life by royal biographer William Shawcross runs past ...
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guardian.co.uk
The queen of unkindness
guardian.co.uk
William Shawcross's authorised biography of the late 20Queen Mother is ready – let the raising of the dead queen begin. On Sunday the papers rolled out the ...
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Queen Mother's letter tells of brush with Luftwaffe bombing - The ...