Behind Palace Doors: My Service As the Queen Mother's Equerry
Major Colin Burgess, Paul Carter, "Behind Palace Doors: My Service As the Queen Mother's Equerry"
English | 2008 | ISBN: 1844544443, 1844542742 | EPUB | pages: 272 | 0.2 mb
English | 2008 | ISBN: 1844544443, 1844542742 | EPUB | pages: 272 | 0.2 mb
The Queen Mother did not give one media interview in her 101 years. This is a brief glimpse into that wonderful world by a man who spent two years constantly at her side from 1994 to 1996 and then as a close friend until her death in 2002. In this sharp, funny, and evocative memoir, Major Colin Burgess draws on his years as her right-hand man to recount numerous stories of an extraordinarily long and eventful life. From dancing with Fred Astaire to living through the Blitz; from the time Princess Margaret caught fire at a dinner party to when Prince Charles sought solace in his grandmother as his marriage collapsed; each anecdote and observation provides an historic insight into one of our longest-surviving institutions. Constantly fascinating and packed from start to finish with previously untold stories that lift the lid on the idiosyncrasies of royal protocol, this is warmly remembered celebration of a life gone—and a way of life fast disappearing.