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    Not in Front of the Corgis: Secrets of Life Behind the Royal Curtains

    By Brian Hoey

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    The Windsors are England's most famous family, but what are they really like when they're out of the public gaze? Behind closed doors in every Royal residence, from Buckingham Palace to Clarence House, there are two families - one upstairs and one down - and nobody knows a Royal quite like a Royal servant, intimately acquainted as they are with every quirk, foible and eccentricity. And there are a fair few! This is the inside story of the Royal Family through the eyes of those who know them best, a sneak peek behind the ermine-trimmed curtains to reveal what they really get up to in their spare time. Are they just like us? Or are they are a world apart? Here are the answers to everything we've ever wondered about the Royals: which programmes does the Queen watch on TV? What music did the Queen Mother listen to? Who can drive and who can't? What is it like to attend a dinner party thrown by Charles and Camilla? Who are the most popular (and most unpopular!) Royals to work for and why? Not in Front of the Corgis is the real Upstairs Downstairs - a unique and fascinating collection of all the secrets you ever wanted to know about the Royal Family.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBiteback Publishing
    Release dateOct 13, 2011
    ISBN9781849542487
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    Not in Front of the Corgis: Secrets of Life Behind the Royal Curtains
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    Brian Hoey

    Brian Hoey is the author of thirty-six books about royalty, including Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Celebration. He has interviewed many members of the Royal Family including Prince Charles and the Princess Royal, the late Duke of Edinburgh and Diana, Princess of Wales. An experienced broadcaster, he was one of the BBC’s first royal newscasters and contributes to newspapers and magazines throughout the world on royal matters.  

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    • 3/5
      cute, but not really about the secret life, and not really about the corgis LOL.

      This book gives interesting information about the palace, people who work there, old customs, and some stories.

      If you're looking for gossip you're going to be disappointed. If you want to know about the rooms, the layout, who does what, the ranking of the staff and stuff like that, you are in for a treat.
    • 3/5
      This is a so-so discussion of the royal family and the royal household, based largely on anonymous third-party speculation. Hoey seems obsessed with other people's salaries, which from an economic standpoint are merely the intersections between value added and market availability. I would hate to think he makes his living doing this. Knowing what's in it, I wouldn't have read it if I hadn't gotten it free with a subscription. I skipped over a lot of the tedious reportage of people's incomes.
    • 3/5
      No one knows more about the Royal Family than their 1,200 staff. They know which royal is most popular below stairs, who the Queen gives her cast-off clothes to, who has his shoelaces ironed, and what goes on behind a trick mirror at Buckingham Palace. Some of the more interesting stories include:

      The Prince of Wales has never picked up his own clothes or undressed himself. He has three valets to take care of his clothes. If he has several engagements in one day, his valet places several ties in the car so he can change en route. He likes to wear the tie of the organization or military establishment he is visiting. The record is five changes of tie in one day. A valet’s other duties include ironing the Prince’s shoelaces whenever his shoes are taken off.

      Regarded as the most warm and welcoming state room in the palace, the White Drawing Room (actually painted yellow) has a secret ante-chamber. In one corner of the drawing room is a large fixture containing a full-size mirror. During functions a footman is stationed alongside it and at a signal he presses a button and the entire fitment swings open to reveal the Royal Family, who have been waiting in the Royal Closet, a small drawing room hidden behind the mirror, having their own per-function drinks.

      William Tallon, page of the backstairs for the late queen mother, and his lifelong friend Reg Wilcock, page of the presence, were openly gay. The queen mother, like most of the royal family, was relaxed about their relationship. Rumor has it that on one occasion, her majesty was waiting for her usual gin and Dubonnet, when she heard sounds of a loud argument coming from the page’s pantry. Finally losing her patience she shouted, “When you two old queens have quite finished, this old Queen would like her cocktail.” After Tallon’s death, a handwritten note from the queen mother asking him to pack two bottles of Dubonnet and gin for a picnic fetched £16,000.

      This is an interesting behind the scenes, gossipy look at what goes on in the Royal Household. There's really not lots about the corgis, much to my disappointment.