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Book SynopsisFEATURING A BRAND NEW CHAPTER ON KING CHARLES III AND HIS CORONATION
''Fascinating'' The Times
''Tantalising'' Telegraph
The gripping account of how the royal family really operates. Valentine Low, royal correspondent for The Times, asks the important questions: who really runs the show and, with Charles now crowned as King, what will happen next?
Today, as ever, a vast team of people hidden from view steers the royal family''s path between public duty and private life. The question of who is entrusted to guide the royals has never been more vital, and yet the task those courtiers face has never been more challenging.
With the departure of both Harry and Meghan and the disgraced Prince Andrew from royal life, the complex relationship between modern courtiers and royal principals has been exposed to global scrutiny. William and Kate - equipped with a very twenty-first-century approach to pr
Trade Review
Low's enjoyable account... chronicles, and explains, the role of those courtiers whose role comes closest to public accountability... [and] there are tantalising unattributed snippets from private interviews... Low's conclusion is a valuable one * The Telegraph *
Fascinating * The Times *
This book is riveting. Extraordinarily well written, it canters along, packed with impeccable inside information. Low . . . is one of the exceptional minds writing about the British monarchy today -- Thomas Blaikie * Literary Review *
Courtiers is an excellent royal romp based on fact. -- Sphere
Courtiers is a suave history of the monarchy over the past century, seen through the prism of those who serve it . . . a remarkable insight . . . and an important addition -- Mark Bolland * The Spectator *
