‘It was my ambitious task to show her extraordinary personality, her sense of humour’
His rapport with the Queen Consort and the Duke of Edinburgh has brought him closer to the royal family than many respected authors, and now Gyles Brandreth’s new book, Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait, which details his conversations and encounters with the Queen from their first meeting in the 1960s, paints a unique picture of the remarkable woman who reigned for seven decades.
From light-hearted reminiscences – singing a duet with Her Majesty and chatting about Paddington Bear – to describing the “twilight” delivery of her three eldest children, the award-winning podcaster offers fascinating insights into her life.
Perhaps his most surprising disclosure is that the monarch could have been suffering from bone cancer when she died in September at the age of 96.
“I had heard that the Queen had a form of myeloma – bone marrow cancer – which would explain her tiredness
