The Wicked Wit of Queen Elizabeth II

De: Karen Dolby

Narrado por: Helen Lloyd

The Wicked Wit of Queen Elizabeth II is a celebration of the Queen's reign through some of her wittiest, most sarcastic and most humorous observations, revealing a fascinating side of her personality that often remains hidden from the public.

When thinking of the Queen, our perception is often one of dignity and authority. She is seen as a serious figure: the British monarch, the Supreme Governor of the Church of England and the head of the Commonwealth. But as anyone who has ever met her will tell you, in person she has wicked sense of humour.

Occasionally unintentional, like asking guitar legend Eric Clapton, 'Have you been playing a long time?,' sometimes sarcastic, and at other times downright silly, royal humour touches on every aspect of life, while always retaining a strong sense of dignity.

©2017 Michael O'Mara Books Ltd (P)2018 W. F. Howes Ltd

Love the Queen

This was very entertaining, and fun to listen to! Great book, I highly recommend it!

The title doesn’t fit the contents.

The contents of this audiobook doesn’t live up to the title. Queen Elizabeth obviously had a sense of humor; but the quotes from her are more mildly amusing than wickedly witty. It also seems like there are more gaffes from Prince Philip than comments from the Queen. His comments tend to be more rude than funny.

Puts a smile

Enjoyed remembering the late Queen - the weekend of her passing was a great tribute to read about how remarkable she was in every way

A Good Listen

It was a good listen and I would recommend it to those who enjoy books about the Royal Family.

Yawn.

Nothing new and nothing witty or funny. Reads more like a wiki entry or a middle school book report stealing from other sources. The clearest sign it is simply a copy and paste hack job from other works is the re-introduction of characters over and over. Margaret Rose is perhaps the worst example with no less than a dozen re-introductions.

Boring

Not funny. Boring. Ridiculous. I did love the Queen though. She reigned with dignity and integrity

review of the humor of queen Elizabeth

not much new informative and I didn't hear one single funny thing from her highness

hardly any wit of the queen

I am an admirer of the Queen; who has managed to keep her cool and decorum through difficult times. I had hoped to find some nice barbs or funny stories -- the only witticism from the Queen in the book is her comment about Niagara Falls -- It looks damp. we are told about the twinkle in her eye and some of Prince Phillip's remarks, but mostly the book is the Queen has houses here; the Queen has gone overseas here; the Queen got excited at a horse race; she has dogs.