Do let's have another drink! The dry wit and fizzy life of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Book - 2022
This collection of one hundred and one anecdotes about Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, features amusing and fascinating vignettes from her long life, including her coming of age during World War I and the 1936 abdication of her brother-in-law.
- Subjects
- Genres
- Anecdotes
Biographies - Published
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New York :
Atria Books
2022.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- First Atria Books hardcover edition
- Physical Description
- 228 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-218) and index.
- ISBN
- 9781668006931
- Author's Note
- I. East or West, Home is Best (1900-1910)
- 1. Late to her own christening
- 2. The Benjamins
- 3. Bowes
- 4. The Monster of Glamis
- 5. Clipping Lord Crawford
- II. War Wounds (1910-1920)
- 6. The Countess of Rothes's trip to New York
- 7. Honey, jam, buns and tea
- 8. Goodbye to the German governess
- 9. Old Year's Night
- 10. The Mad Hatters
- 11. Miss Poignand's singalong
- 12. Telegrams
- 13. Old Billy-O
- 14. 1917
- 15. Armistice at Glamis
- III. The Delightful Duchess (1920-1930)
- 16. Lord Farquhar's Ball
- 17. Princes to spare
- 18. Dickie, Diamond, and dancing the night away
- 19. Dear old Anne Boleyn
- 20. Cocktails with Fenella
- 21. The Old Ikon
- 22. Belfast
- 23. Drinky-poos
- 24. Naindikwa
- 25. Lilibet
- IV. Queen (1930-1940)
- 26. The Kings Speech
- 27. Just in case
- 28. How do you solve a problem like Marina?
- 29. Wallis from Baltimore
- 30. That's Mummy now
- 31. Send in the cavalry
- 32. An unstable throne
- 33. HRH
- 34. Beaton, Hartnell and Winterhalter
- 35. The Kaiser sends his condolences
- 36. The toilet-trapped Duchess
- 37. Queen Elizabeth
- 38. Have you read Mein Kampf?
- 39. Hot dogs on the Hudson
- 40. Who is this Hitler?
- V. The Most Dangerous Woman in Europe (1940-1950)
- 41. Lizzie, Get Your Gun
- 42. Ah, a German!
- 43. A wee touch of the imp
- 44. The Windsor brothers
- 45. Hi, Your Majesty!
- 46. Grinning Liz
- 47. The worst mistake of my life
- 48. Philip Mountbatten
- 49. Wedding times and conga lines
- VI. Widow (1950-1960)
- 50. Sissinghurst
- 51. I'll see you in the morning
- 52. The House of the Northern Gate
- 53. Prince Paul's chocolates
- 54. Group Captain Townsend
- 55. Dropping out for Dior
- 56. Her Excellency?
- VII. Queen Mum (1960-1970)
- 57. Dear old Edwina
- 58. The Countess of Snowdon
- 59. Mitfords, Marchmains and Mosleys
- 60. Queen of the Mey
- 61. The Zoo
- 62. Save me from good intentions
- 63. Monsieur de Noailles's cocktail parties
- 64. Going self-service
- 65. Communist confetti
- 66. Lochnagar
- 67. The Dry Martini flush
- 68. Sprigs of heather
- VIII. Steel Marshmallows (1970-1980)
- 69. Sir Frederick's bathroom
- 70. The Emperors visit
- 71. Even Hitler was afraid of her
- 72. Do you know who I am?
- 73. Raspberries
- 74. Parlour games
- 75. Devoir and Dubonnet
- 76. The Politburo at the Palace
- 77. Good old Cake
- IX. Glasses Filled with Dubonnet, Gin and Pimm's (1980-1990)
- 78. Old queens
- 79. Nerissa and Katherine
- 80. The ghosts of the Romanovs
- 81. Mrs. Browns marriage licence
- 82. I shall have to look in my book
- 83. A Talent to Amuse
- 84. In Friendship, Elizabeth?
- 85. Blanche, Dorothy, Rose, Sophia and Elizabeth
- 86. The Viscount's handshake
- 87. Highballs at Hillsborough Castle
- X. I Shall Miss Those Laughs (1990-2002)
- 88. A nip in the air
- 89. The salmon's revenge
- 90. Major Burgess's rollerblades
- 91. Back to Spencer House
- 92. Chief leper
- 93. Prize fighter
- 94. Matins and Martinis
- 95. The Captain's House
- 96. William, Harry and a very cunning plan
- 97. My Old Man's a Dustman
- 98. Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
- 99. The Old Icon
- 100. Princess Margaret's Marigolds
- 101. Tay Bridge
- Epilogue
- Further Reading
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Index
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