Queen Elizabeth II and the Royal Family

By: DK

Narrated by: Carol Jarvis

A dazzling account of Queen Elizabeth II and the royal family.

A magnificent tribute to the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II, and a celebration of the British royal family.

This audiobook is a stunning guide to the world's most famous royals, from the Queen's Norman predecessors to her great-grandchildren. It features events such as the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, and profiles on key people such as Princess Diana and Prince Harry. This new edition is revised to include the most recent events and milestones, such as the retirement of the Duke of Edinburgh, the birth of Charlotte, Louis, Archie, and other new family members, Harry and Meghan's wedding, and their decision to step back as senior members of the royal family.

This audiobook examines the Queen's life in detail from her childhood to today, but also goes back through more than 1,000 years of history to tell the story of the House of Windsor and the entire succession of kings and queens of England and Scotland. This is the perfect book for fans of the Queen and royal family, fans of the Netflix series The Crown, or anyone interested in the history of the British monarchy.

© 2021 Dorling Kindersley © 2021 DK Audio

Presented without any attempt to organize chronologically, at the beginning it’s is a mess

It’s near impossible to make good sense of this history (the 1st part of the book for far too many chapters!) because the author jumps back and forth constantly between dates, events, rulers and their descendants on and on…..its likely due to rare written records.. If you enjoy the Great Courses you might enjoy this. Once it gets to Queen Victoria it gets better and is much easier to follow. For reference, I’m a 65 y/o Yank not a Brit.

Somewhat disappointing

There was too much repetition with the factual timeline. The reader of a British history really ought to get the British pronunciations correct and not try to Americanise them. For me, as a British listener who was brought up speaking the Queen’s English, this rather spoiled the whole book and I was constantly correcting Ms Jarvis. Altogether a rather disappointing book.