The Queen Mother

The Untold Story of Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, Who Became Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

By: Lady Colin Campbell

Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon

Packed with stunning revelations, this is the inside story of The Queen Mother from The New York Times best-selling author who first revealed the truth about Princess Diana.

Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother has been called the "most successful queen since Cleopatra." Her personality was so captivating that even her arch - enemy Wallis Simpson wrote about "her legendary charm." Portrayed as a selfless partner to the King in the Oscar-winning movie The King's Speech, The Queen Mother is most often remembered from her later years as the smiling granny with the pastel hats. When she died in 2002, just short of her 102nd birthday, she was praised for a long life well lived. 

But there was another side to her story. For the first time, Lady Colin Campbell tells us that the untold life of The Queen Mother is far more fascinating and moving than the official version that has been peddled ever since she became royal in 1923. With unparalleled sources - including members of the Royal Family, aristocrats, and friends and relatives of Elizabeth herself - this mesmerizing account takes us inside the real and sometimes astonishing world of the royal family.

©2012 Lady Colin Campbell (P)2018 Tantor

perfectly enjoyable

I have listed twice!
Amazing content ! The author pulls no punches. Well read. I guess I like this one because the author paints the Queen without admiration.

Wow! & Whoa!

Very interesting and worth a listen. It seems to flesh out the otherwise saccharine biographies of the Queen Mother; I’m inclined to believe a great deal of it… it would at least be a starting point to develop a great, and rather villainous character in a setting not at all royal…

Excellent biography

Learned so much about Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, and have a much greater understanding about the duke of Windsor.

The narration is quite good. Recommend.

A fine history

Well written and much enjoyed. A true valuable batch of information and details of a very long life.

Eh...

I enjoyed all the "dirt" the author dishes but not sure it all can be backed up by facts.