In honour on King Charles’ Coronation, May 6, the aristocratic Vision Australia Library team have compiled a stately selection of 14 books from the royal catalogue.
From everyone’s favourite Queen to scandal behind the thrones, there's sure to be something to suit our monarchy loving library members.
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Queen Elizabeth ll
The Reign: Life in Elizabeth’s Britain. Part 1, The Way It Was, 1952-79 by Matthew Engel
She came to the throne in 1952 when Britain had a far-flung empire, sweets were rationed, mums stayed home and kids played on bombsites. Seventy years on, everything has changed utterly - except the Queen herself,. How did we get from there to here in a single reign? Matthew Engel tells the story with his own light touch and a wealth of fascinating, forgotten, often funny detail.
Long Live the King
The Prince of Wales by Jonathan Dimbleby
As well as spending many hours in wide ranging and candid conversations with Prince Charles, the author has interviewed scores of people, including his personal staff and close friends. The author has also drawn freely from the prince's own archives, including more than 10,000 letters, private journals and diaries, none of which has hitherto been made public.
Mum’s the word
The Queen Mother: The Untold Story of Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, Who Became Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother by Lady Colin Campbell
Lady Colin Campbell shows us that the untold life of the Queen Mother is far more fascinating and moving than the official version that has been peddled ever since she became royal in 1923.
The Trouble With Harry
Spare by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
With its raw, unflinching honesty, Spare is a landmark publication full of insight, revelation, self-examination, and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief.
Battle of Brothers: William & Harry and the Inside Story of a Family in Tumult by Robert Lacey
The untold details of William and Harry’s closeness and estrangement, asking what happens when two sons are raised for vastly different futures: one burdened with the responsibility of one day becoming king, the other with the knowledge that he will always remain spare.
Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand
Finding Freedom is an honest, up-close, and disarming portrait of a confident, influential, and forward-thinking couple who are unafraid to break with tradition
Meghan and Harry: The Real Story by Lady Colin Campbell
An analysis of the most unexpected royal story since the Abdication and the implications of the actions of a young and ambitious couple.
Royal Romances
Prince Philip's Century 1921-2021: The Extraordinary Life of the Duke of Edinburgh by Robert Jobson
Telling the the full story of his remarkable life and achievements, and how, after his marriage in 1947 to Princess Elizabeth, this dedicated military man spent so much of his life dutifully supporting his wife, and a loving father and grandfather.
The Duchess: Camilla Parker Bowles and the Love Affair that Rocked the Crown by Penny Junor
Although Camilla played a central role in the darkest days of the modern monarchy she also played a central role in restoring the royal family’s reputation, especially that of Prince Charles.
Royal Mistresses by Charles Carlton
Over the centuries, members of British royalty have enjoyed illicit sexual relationships with people of the same and opposite sexes. Carlton focuses not so much on the amorous activities of the mistresses of British monarchs as on their influence on the monarchs and on the society at large.
Behind the throne
Life with Queen Victoria: Marie Mallet s Letters From court 1887-1901 by Marie Mallet
A charming account by one of Victoria's ladies in waiting. Shows a warm and personal woman who was always regal.
A Prescribed Life: Royalty, Romance and Medicine by Tony Atkinson with Lynn Smailes
A warm and engaging chronicle about love, medicine and royalty spanning almost a century of great change.
A Royal Duty by Paul Burrell
While remaining true to Palace and Princess alike, Paul Burrell reveals the extraordinary story of his royal duty.
Theirs is the Kingdom: The Wealth of the Windsors by Andrew Morton
Describes the fabulous wealth of the British royal family, from their vast holdings in land, stocks, and investments to their huge private art collection, jewels, racehorse, and real estate.