Courtiers Courtiers

Courtiers

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Publisher Description

This program is read by the author.

The gripping account of how the Royal family really operates, from the journalist who has spent years studying them. Who really runs the show and, as Charles III begins his reign, what will happen next?


Throughout history, the British monarchy has relied on its courtiers - the trusted advisers in the King or Queen's inner circle - to ensure its survival as a family and a pillar of the country. Today, as ever, a carefully selected team of people hidden from view steers the royal family's path between public duty and private life. Queen Elizabeth II, after a remarkable 70 years of service, saw the final seasons of her reign without her husband Philip to guide her. Now, a newly ascended Charles seeks to define what his future as King, and that of his court, will be.

The question of who is entrusted to guide the royals has never been more vital. Yet, as the tensions within the family are exposed to global scrutiny like never before, the task these courtiers face has never been more challenging. With a dark cloud hanging over Prince Andrew as well as Harry and Meghan's controversial departure from royal life, William and Kate - equipped with a very 21st century approach to press and public relations - now hold the responsibility of making an ancient institution relevant for the decades to come. In fascinating and explosive detail, Valentine Low explores the previously unknown relationship between modern courtiers and the royal family.

Courtiers pulls back the veil to reveal an ever-changing system of complex characters, shifting alliances, and a battle of ideas over what the future of the institution should be. This is the inside story of how the monarchy really works, at a pivotal moment in its history.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
NARRATOR
VL
Valentine Low
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
10:02
hr min
RELEASED
2023
January 24
PUBLISHER
Macmillan Audio
SIZE
634.3
MB

Customer Reviews

ViQu33n ,

Hard to understand. Sound is not clear.

I was so looking forward to this book but it’s so hard to understand. The sound is very muffled. I wish a different person would have done the audio. I don’t know if it’s because I’m not British but it’s hard for me to understand a lot of it.

Cheese and Chalk ,

Tedious bordering on exhausting

Hard to listen to this guy. The book probably has a lot of interesting information but I’m not gonna be able to get through it.

Unaha-Closp ,

Entitled Garbage

Not journalism. Not remotely journalism. Just gossip and nonsense. More whining from leeches in the press who remain convinced that the personal and private lives of other people belong to them.

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