This is a well-meaning book about people loved by the author. I enjoyed it for what it is, but as Brandreth himself writes, “sustaining the mystique of the monarchy was essential to its authority – and survival”. He might reflect on that. We all laugh, but I see where the press officer is coming from. There is something pleasingly regal about Mrs Bean. (By happy chance, her maiden name was King.) ‘And what does your job involve?’ I ask, looking around her cluttered office. The desk is dominated by her computer, but there are reference books, folders, papers piled high, on every surface. Rod Stewart is dwarfed by 6ft1 wife Penny Lancaster and 6ft4 Alistair as he takes his son out for his 18th birthday Enjoy this s pecial edition now featuring an exclusive postscript about King Charles III's Coronation with photographs.

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