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Summary: worth purchasing
Review: I know this book is filled with gossip, questionable resources, etc., but I still really enjoyed it. It is long - which I like, I hate to really get into a book and then it ends too quickly. I don't know, but it seems pretty realistic - just like real people act. It certainly puts no one on a pedestal; everyone is human. Its full of lots of interesting stories - some made me laugh out loud (the Queen and the King of Nigeria riding in the carriage). Anyway, a lot of book for the money; I recommend it to anyone who enjoys reading about royalty/history.
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Summary: Trash, trash and more trash!
Review: This book was definitely a page turner. Some of the gossip is pretty unbelievable but written in a way that is believable! No wonder the Royals banned this in Britain. Maybe most of this stuff is true? A real interesting read and a lot of trashy, gossip (a good book to take to the beach).
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Summary: The worst book I ever read all the way to the end
Review: Miss Kelley's style goes down easily enough. But she mistakes chatting with ill-informed bystanders for research. You don't have to know much about the British royal family to realise that Kelley knows next-to-nothing. The greatest offence is that the book is presented as a piece of serious scholarship. Awful.
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Summary: Totally un-put-downable trash, and worth more than 5 stars!
Review: This is the funniest, most dizzingly crass piece of prose in a long time. But it is an absolute hoot - there are some passages that you have to bore everyone in your vicinity with by reading out loud.Accept it for what it is - gossipy, pacy, replete with errors and inaccuracies (I think there are 2 references to matters Australian, and they are both wrong). It is worth it alone for the alleged comments of the queen,(or was it the queen mum?) after the Di and Fergie debacles, that this is all the thanks one gets for taking in poor gels from broken homes!! Would make a marvellous soap opera. Borrow it or ask someone for it as a present - don't waste your money buying it, but read it if you love a good laugh (it helps if you're not gullible, and apologies to American readers, you really do have to have grown up with the outrageousness of royalty, and been there witnessing their fall from grace all along the way. A passing aquaintance with the work of the sycophant! ic Royal-watching press of the UK would help too!)
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Summary: A Must Read
Review: This is a gossipy, tabloid-like book full of stories about the royals. The stories are probably all true. I'm glad my tax dollars don't support them. The royals are rude, arrogant and out of touch with real life and real people. They need to cut their lifestyle in 1/2 and remember they're "for the people" and start working for their privileges (maybe we Americans are still revolutionists at heart?). Of course they don't want it published in Britain. It would bring force them to answer for their actions. A definite read for anyone who loves the royals or stories of the rich.
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Summary: poor england
Review: I can not understand the english people putting up with these royals. They are sleazy humiliating and rotton acting people with little sense. No wonder so many english people came to america. How much of the book is true who really cares. It was fun reading a book where the royals got smashed but good
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Summary: Revealing but some surprising errors
Review: I found the book interesting and believed most of it. The foibles of the Windsors were not a problem to me, as a Brit living in the USA what bothered me was the supreme arrogance of many members of the family, especially Margaret, and the assumption of some that the country owed them a luxurious living merely through accident of birth. I was surprised by factual errors that hadn't been edited out by the publisher, particularly, (1) "Peers Gaveston" society at Oxford, this is infact "Piers Gaveston" (2) "Royal Highland Fuseliers", whose correct title is "Royal Highland Fusiliers". Having been a student at Oxford and served with that regiment I should know although I,d never have gone near that dining society.
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Summary: A Tabloidography
Review: This book is not a biography but a book-length tabloid of the House of Windsor. The Windsors may be all the negatives that Kitty Kelley reports them to be but people, even royals, are rarely without positive attributes. Tabloid writers aren't interested in the positives or in accuracy, and neither is Kitty Kelley. Ms. Kelley is neither a scholar nor a biographer. Her book is tabloid journalism--full of innuendo and mistakes. Still, one can say this book is a good overview of the worst there is to know about the Windsors. I'd only hope that readers of this book would go on to read other books for a more balanced, and possibly more accurate, view.
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Summary: Excellent Read!
Review: I truly enjoyed this book and it's look at the British Royal Family. I love the way that Kelley did this book and extremely enjoyed it.
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Summary: Irritating style but the research shows.
Review: "The Royals" is not the fascinating read it could have been. The style of the author seems to be to sensationalize, instead of allowing the material speak for itself. I couldn't help feeling that before every small revelation of the English Royals, I could clearly discern a drum-roll! If Kitty Kelley wants to see how to portray a controversial figure, perhaps she should look at the truly wonderful "The Autobiography of Jesus of Nazareth and the Missing Years" by Richard Patton. There, the author delivers extraordinary revelation in a manner that doesn't patronise its readership. If you can look beyond the irritating style, Kitty Kelley's book DOES provide material not already covered by the tabloids. If you are interested in the Royals, this is a must- read.
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