Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. PART ONE: Royals in Toils
5. 1 Family Monarchy 1
6. 2 Midas Monarchy 11
7. 3 Constitutional Monarchy 19
8. 4 Welfare Monarchy 25
9. 5 Mrs Jordan 33
10. 6 Queen Victoria 39
11. 7 King Edward VIII 48
12. 8 King George VI 59
13. 9 The Prince of Wales 68
14. 10 Diana, Princess of Wales 76
15. PART TWO: Insight's Insights
16. 11 Patriotism 89
17. 12 Privacy 96
18. 13 Divorce 109
19. 14 Suicide 119
20. 15 Victorians 129
21. 16 Empire 143
22. 17 Britons 155
23. 18 Intellectuals 165
24. 19 Class 174
25. 20 Morals 188
26. PART THREE: Persons and Personalities
27. 21 Florence Nightingale 199
28. 22 Cecil Rhodes 208
29. 23 Winston Churchill 216
30. 24 John Buchan 233
31. 25 Lord Beaverbrook 243
32. 26 Harold Macmillan 250
33. 27 Sir Oswald Mosley 259
34. 28 Robert Boothby 269
35. 29 A.J.P. Taylor 279
36. 30 Margaret Thatcher 288
37. Acknowledgements 298
38. Index 300