ROBERT HARDMAN
Award-winning journalist, broadcaster and bestselling royal biographer Robert Hardman is one of the world’s leading authorities on the British monarchy. For more than thirty years he has specialised in royal history and current affairs, earning acclaim for his deeply researched books, documentaries and commentary on major royal events. The only biographer to have interviewed all senior members of the Royal Family, Robert has written several bestselling works including Queen of Our Times and the No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Charles III: The Inside Story.
A familiar face and voice across television, radio and print, he has been part of the BBC commentary team for royal weddings, jubilees, state funerals and the Coronation of King Charles III. Robert joins the Isle of Wight Literary Festival to discuss his fascinating new book, Elizabeth II: In Private. In Public. The Inside Story.
Elizabeth II: In Private. In Public. The Inside Story
Published in the centenary year of Queen Elizabeth II’s birth, Robert Hardman’s compelling new biography offers an intimate and authoritative portrait of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch. Drawing on unique access to royal insiders, family friends, advisers and world leaders, the book explores both the public figure and the private woman behind the Crown. Rich with fresh anecdotes, revealing insights and behind-the-scenes stories, Elizabeth II: In Private. In Public. The Inside Story examines the triumphs, crises and personal challenges that shaped her remarkable reign. Insightful, entertaining and deeply human, it paints a vivid portrait of a monarch whose sense of duty, resilience and quiet strength defined an era.
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