Royal Sisters

Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret

By: Anne Edwards

Narrated by: Corrie James

In Royal Sisters, Anne Edwards, author of the best-selling Vivien Leigh: A Biography and Matriarch: Queen Mary and the House of Windsor, has written the first dual biography of Elizabeth, the princess who was to become Queen, and her younger sister, Margaret, who was to be her subject. From birth to maturity, they were the stuff of which dreams are made.

"I'm three and you're four," the future Queen, then a child, imperiously informed her sister. The younger girl, not understanding this reference to their position in the succession, proudly countered, "No, you're not. I'm three, you're seven."

The royal sisters had no choice in their historic positions, but behind the palace gates and within the all-too-human confines of their personalities, they displayed tremendous individuality and suffered the usual symptoms of sibling rivalry. Royal Sisters provides an unprecedented and intimate portrait of these most famous siblings during their formative and dramatic youthful years. It is also one of the 20th century's most fascinating stories of sisterly loyalty.

©1990 Anne Edwards (P)2017 Tantor

Wonderful to read

It was nice to understand deeper the stories we have watched, read and heard about the royal family. Enjoyed it immensely

Overall well done

Although this story is well known, there was more detail than usual which was well presented. I did think it ended abruptly. Perhaps the title should have explained that it was just the story up to the Peter Townsend Affair.

Loved the book!

My grandparents were from Scotland and had pictures and calendars of the royal famiy. This book was like visiting and becoming acquainted with distant family!

Well done

I wished the story would continue to the time where we lost HRH Princess Margaret.

A Great Listen

It is more about their younger years than the later years as adults when there was more difficulties.