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The Royals Paperback – October 1, 1998
They are the most chronicled family on the face of the globe. Their every move attracts headlines. Now Kitty Kelley has gone behind the scenes at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Kensington Palace to raise the curtain on the men and women who make up the British royal family. Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles, Princess Diana...here are the scandals of the last decades: the doomed marriages and the husbands, wives, lovers and children caught in their wake and damaged beyond repair. No one is spared.
- Print length784 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherGrand Central Publishing
- Publication dateOctober 1, 1998
- Dimensions4.5 x 1.5 x 6.75 inches
- ISBN-100446605786
- ISBN-13978-0446605786
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"Salacious...irreverent...juicy details...the product of four years' research...Regarded as the most sensational of her scandal-packed oeuvre...Gripping." - Chicago Sun Times
"Miss Kelley is a fine writer and indefatigable researcher...She has lost none of her edge here in The Royals...A delightful read...As early as the second page, Miss Kelley is referring to the royal family's 'secrets of alcoholism, drug addiction, insanity, homosexuality, bisexuality, adultery, infidelity and illegitimacy' in this century. None of this is exaggerated, none of it is false." - Washington Times
"Kelley's pen is mightier than the sword." - Houston Voice
"The larger, hotter rumors are as interesting for the way they are presented and justified as for what they contain." - The New Yorker
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- Publisher : Grand Central Publishing (October 1, 1998)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 784 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0446605786
- ISBN-13 : 978-0446605786
- Item Weight : 13.6 ounces
- Dimensions : 4.5 x 1.5 x 6.75 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,456,860 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2,079 in Royalty Biographies
- #4,129 in Rich & Famous Biographies
- #15,694 in Contemporary Literature & Fiction
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Among the awards that Kitty Kelley has been honored with by her professional peers are the Outstanding Author Award from the American Society of Journalists and Authors for her "courageous writing on popular culture," the Philip M. Stern Award for her "outstanding service to writers and the writing profession," the Medal of Merit from the Lotos Club in New York City, and the 2005 PEN Oakland Literary Censorship Award. She has also been selected as a member of Vanity Fair magazine's Hall of Fame. Her articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, People, Ladies' Home Journal, McCall's, the Los Angeles Times, and the Chicago Tribune.
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It's a fun, fast read. The photos are good. And the research Kelley chooses to quote verbatim is insightful--and entertaining! "The Royals" is a good compliment to more detailed, serious and high minded histories of the Royal Family. In all seriousness, it humanizes this vast, prominent, proper family and therein makes them far more interesting.
The Royal divorces, Diana's death, The Princes Wm & Harry, the lovers, Camilla, etc. Worth reading just to know how much $$$$$$$$$$$$$ the Firm really has and makes from British taxpayers. None of this would fly in the US.
The Royals by Kitty Kelley was such a fascinating look at the Royal family. I felt like reading all of the dirt that the other books are afraid to write. I will say I am taking a lot of the info with a grain of salt because I think sometimes people want to sensationalize royalty and anyone with fame to make their stories even more dramatic. That being said I would still recommend this book to anyone interested in the Royal family. I give the book 4 stars.
“Those who had spent childhood nights huddled in London’s underground during World War II looked to royalty as a beacon. But those who grew up listening to the Beatles, not to the bombs, viewed the royal family as a relic.”
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This book is wonderful - it gives you a great insight view into the British Royal Family ... and i promise you, you won't be disappointed !!!
Kitty Kelley has done an amazing job with all the details and stories she has brought together to write this book, and i was so impressed that I ordered two more copies to give as presents.....
From the first page to the last you are spellbound and you never stop thinking "WOW" ...as there are so many new details your learn about the British Royal Family ...
I am so pleased with this book that i shall now order my next Kitty Kelley book - as she has found in me a new fan to her style and knowledge as how to put a story together.






