The Duchess of Kent: The Troubled Life of Katharine Worsley Book

As possibly the most regal of the Royals, The Duchess of Kent has endeared herself to millions with her cool elegance, her quiet calm, and her touching and heartfelt ability to strive for a cause. But the real Duchess--born into the kind of old-school upper class which deemed itself harsh but fair--has led a troubled life which, despite her enviable ability to bite the bullet and perform her duties with grace and honour has constantly battled with herself and her peers in order to become the woman that the world now loves. Mary Riddell's excellent biography is a sympathetic and intelligent book, immaculately researched and strong on detail, which charts the life of an extraordinary woman through her childhood, the evolution of her high-profile marriage-- only saved by the intervention of the monarchy and the Church of England--the tragic stillbirth of her last child, a nervous breakdown and the ensuing chronicle of ill-health and on to the present day with her strong bonds with UNICEF, her conversion to Catholicism and her persistent battle with ME. The Duchess of Kent: The Troubled Life of Katharine Worsley is a royal biography not to be missed, and explains as much about the life of the Royals and the destructive impact they, and their courtiers, can have on outsiders who are drawn into their inner circle, as it does about the steely determination of a Duchess at odds with her own life. --Susan HarrisonRead More