Prince Charles: In The Shadow Of The Throne

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Bestselling biographer Sally Bedell Smith returns once again to the Royal Family, to give us an unprecedented in-depth look at Prince Charles- the real man, with all of his contradictions, complexities, and ambitions. Beginning with his lonely childhood, and moving through his many love affairs, his intellectual quests, his entrepreneurial pursuits, the tragedy of his marriage to Diana, and his eventual reunion with his true love Camilla-this is a riveting, insightful portrait of a man who possesses a fiercely independent spirit, and yet who has spent his life in waiting for the ultimate role. Smith writes of the women who loved him (including Camilla) and the women who didn't love him enough (including his mother, and Diana); and she writes of the next generation of royals, including the beloved Will, Kate, Harry, and his grandchildren. In this brilliant and sweeping biography, Sally Bedell Smith has created a surprising, multifaceted portrait of Charles and his world-a man more complicated, tragic, and compelling than we knew, until now.Bestselling biographer Sally Bedell Smith returns once again to the Royal Family, to give us an unprecedented in-depth look at Prince Charles- the real man, with all of his contradictions, complexities, and ambitions. Beginning with his lonely childhood, and moving through his many love affairs, his intellectual quests, his entrepreneurial pursuits, the tragedy of his marriage to Diana, and his eventual reunion with his true love Camilla-this is a riveting, insightful portrait of a man who possesses a fiercely independent spirit, and yet who has spent his life in waiting for the ultimate role. Smith writes of the women who loved him (including Camilla) and the women who didn't love him enough (including his mother, and Diana); and she writes of the next generation of royals, including the beloved Will, Kate, Harry, and his grandchildren. In this brilliant and sweeping biography, Sally Bedell Smith has created a surprising, multifaceted portrait of Charles and his world-a man more complicated, tragic, and compelling than we knew, until now.
SALLY BEDELL SMITH is the author of the bestselling biographies of William S. Paley, Pamela Harriman, Diana, Princess of Wales, John and Jacqueline Kennedy, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and Queen Elizabeth II. A contributing editor at Vanity Fair since 1996, she previously worked at Time and The New York Times, where she was a cultural news reporter.