Do Let’s Have Another Drink!: The Dry Wit and Fizzy Life of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother by Gareth Russell reviewed
By Harry Mount
The early signs are that kingship suits the new monarch
By Harry Mount
The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor — the Truth and the Turmoil by Tina Brown reviewed
By Harry Mount
After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque through Revolution and War by Helen Rappaport reviewed
By Harry Mount
If nasty people want to get on, they should work out that politeness pays
By Harry Mount
I realized afterwards that all his so-called ‘gaffes’ were quite the reverse. They were masterclasses in putting people at their ease
By Harry Mount
Gimson’s Presidents: Brief Lives from Washington to Trump by Andrew Gimson reviewed
By Harry Mount
The Life and Death of Ancient Cities: A Natural History by Greg Woolf reviewed
By Harry Mount
William Woodward had it all — until he met the socially ambitious showgirl Ann Eden
By Harry Mount
Instead of coming away from my accidental meeting with Bernie dazzled, I left feeling sorry for him. He looked like an exhausted old man
By Harry Mount
While I was in Manhattan I was dropped by my New Yorker girlfriend for not being rich enough
By Harry Mount
Prince Harry’s imminent wedding to Meghan Markle will reinvigorate the dying special relationship between Britain and America. It is a boost for the fading American regard for the monarchy. In America, the mother country is increasingly the forgotten country – and it has been fading for a century, ever since the First World War. As […]
By Harry Mount
