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Yes, ma'am : the secret life of royal servants
Quinn, Tom, 1956-2025
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Click and Collect for Yes, ma'am : the secret life of royal servants"What really makes the British royal family tick? It's a question that royal watchers have pondered for as long as there has been a royal family ... What really makes the royal family tick is the huge body of servants and staff past and present who feed and clothe the royals, organise their days, polish their shoes, carry the deer and pheasants they shoot, and even put the toothpaste on their toothbrushes. If you want to find out who these servants are, what they do and why, in so many cases, they devote their whole lives to royal service, then this book is for you. Some servants became utterly indispensable to the royals for whom they worked. Elizabeth II's childhood nanny Bobo MacDonald, for example, was closer to the late Queen than anyone in her family, not excepting even her husband Prince Philip and her sister Princess Margaret. At the other end of the spectrum, some members of staff found their royal employers arrogant, overbearing, snobbish and even infantile. As one recent member of the Kensington Palace team put it: 'What you get with one or two members of the royal family is a public angel and a private devil! And only the staff see the private devil!'"-- Provided by publisher.
Main title:
Yes, ma'am : the secret life of royal servants / Tom Quinn.
Author:
Quinn, Tom, 1956-, author
Imprint:
London : Biteback Publishing, 2024.©2025
Collation:
xiii, 279 pages ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781785908460 (hbk)9781785908460 (hbk)9781785908460
Dewey class:
941.0860922941.086
Language:
English
Subject:
Courts and courtiers -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th centuryCourts and courtiers -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st centuryRoyal households -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th centuryRoyal households -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st centuryHousehold employees -- Great Britain -- AnecdotesGreat Britain -- Kings and rulers -- AnecdotesAnecdotes
BRN:
573491
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - Biography | 941.086 QUI | On Reserve Shelf - Awaiting collection within 10 days of this date. (Set: 22 Jul 2025) |
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - Biography | 941.086 QUI | On Reserve Shelf - Awaiting collection within 10 days of this date. (Set: 22 Jul 2025) |
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