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At Home with the Queen

- Life Through the Keyhole of the Royal Household
Af: Brian Hoey Engelsk Paperback

At Home with the Queen

- Life Through the Keyhole of the Royal Household
Af: Brian Hoey Engelsk Paperback
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Behind the scenes of the private world at the heart of royalty, as revealed by a distinguished royal commentator.This is the real story of what goes on inside the royal palaces, as witnessed by members of the royal staff and household past and present. Buckingham Palace is effectively an independent kingdom with its own rules and customs, now explained by Brian Hoey. Hundreds of anecdotes reveal the conditions in which the staff live and work and also their relationship with the Royals they serve.How does one get a job as personal footman to the Queen? Why does Prince Charles still have to send a note to her Page of the Backstairs requesting a meeting with his mother? How much do members of the household earn? Why does the Queen hate men in three-piece suits? Why are the Queen’s bedsheets six inches longer than Prince Philip’s? Why do her maids have to vacuum walking backwards? Why doesn’t the Queen allow square ice-cubes to be put in her drinks?
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Behind the scenes of the private world at the heart of royalty, as revealed by a distinguished royal commentator.This is the real story of what goes on inside the royal palaces, as witnessed by members of the royal staff and household past and present. Buckingham Palace is effectively an independent kingdom with its own rules and customs, now explained by Brian Hoey. Hundreds of anecdotes reveal the conditions in which the staff live and work and also their relationship with the Royals they serve.How does one get a job as personal footman to the Queen? Why does Prince Charles still have to send a note to her Page of the Backstairs requesting a meeting with his mother? How much do members of the household earn? Why does the Queen hate men in three-piece suits? Why are the Queen’s bedsheets six inches longer than Prince Philip’s? Why do her maids have to vacuum walking backwards? Why doesn’t the Queen allow square ice-cubes to be put in her drinks?
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 320
ISBN-13: 9780007126194
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0007126190
Kategori: Sociale klasser
Udg. Dato: 18 aug 2003
Længde: 23mm
Bredde: 113mm
Højde: 174mm
Forlag: HarperCollins Publishers
Oplagsdato: 18 aug 2003
Forfatter(e): Brian Hoey
Forfatter(e) Brian Hoey


Kategori Sociale klasser


ISBN-13 9780007126194


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 320


Udgave


Længde 23mm


Bredde 113mm


Højde 174mm


Udg. Dato 18 aug 2003


Oplagsdato 18 aug 2003


Forlag HarperCollins Publishers