I love our royal family and think they are one of the best things about our country, they work tirelessly for the good of us all and do a wonderful job. It was also honestly written and showed that Prince Philip was, behind his royal title as normal as you or me. It was excellently written and beautifully narrated by Giles Brandreth. I enjoyed this book from the first page until the last. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio. This is a powerful, revealing and, ultimately, moving account of a long life and a remarkable royal partnership.

Philip: The Final Portrait tells the story of two contrasting lives, assesses the Duke of Edinburgh's character and achievement, and explores the nature of his relationships with his wife, his children and their families - and with the press and public and those at court who were suspicious of him in the early days. Elizabeth and Philip met as cousins in the 1930s. The Queen's childhood was loving and secure, the Duke's was turbulent his grandfather assassinated, his father arrested, his family exiled, his parents separated when he was only 10. Philip and Elizabeth were both royal by birth, both great-great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria, but, in temperament and upbringing, they were two very different people. It is also the portrait of a remarkable marriage that endured for more than 70 years. Who was he? What was he really like? What is the truth about those 'gaffes' and the rumours of affairs? This is the final portrait of an unexpected and often much-misunderstood figure. Philip - elusive, complex, controversial, challenging, often humorous, sometimes irascible - is the man Elizabeth II once described as her 'constant strength and guide'. It is an extraordinary story, told with unique insight and authority by an author who knew the prince for more than 40 years. This is the story of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - the longest-serving consort to the longest-reigning sovereign in British history.

Elizabeth, their marriage and their dynasty.

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