VanityFairRoyalscorrespondentandbestsellingauthorofWilliamandHarryandKateexplorestheremarkablelifeandlegacyofQueenElizabethII,withnewchapterstoincludethelastfewmonthsofherreign,andtheriseofKingCharlesIII.Forseventyyears,QueenElizabethruledoveraninstitutionandafamily.DuringherlifetimeshewasconstantinherdesiretoprovideasteadypresenceandtobeatrustworthystewardoftheBritishpeopleandtheCommonwealth.Inthefaceofheruncle’sabdication,intheuncertaintyoftheBlitz,andinthetentativeexposureofherfamilyandprivatelifetothepublicviathepress,Elizabethbecamesynonymouswiththecrown.Buttimeschange.RecentyearshavebroughtgriefandturmoiltotheHouseofWindsor,andevenasEnglandcelebratedtheQueen’sPlatinumJubilee,therewerecallsforachangingoftheguard.InTheNewRoyals,journalistKatieNichollprovidesanuancedlookatElizabeth’sremarkableandunrivalledreign,withnewstoriesfromPalacecourtiersandaides,documentarians,andfamilymembers.SheexaminesKingCharlesandQueenCamilla’sdecadesinwaitingandbeyond--where“TheFirm“isheadedasWilliamandKatepresentthemodernfacesofanancientinstitution.InthewakeofHarryandMeghanleavingtheRoyalFamilyandPrinceAndrew’sspectacularfallfromgrace,theroyalfamilymustreckonwithitshistory,thelightandthedark,inordertochartanewcourseforBritainandshowthatitisaninstitutioncapableofleadershipinanever-changingmodernworld.
