num_pages: 288
description: She was described as the most dangerous woman in Europe by Adolf Hitler; Noel Coward said people who spent any time with her were always reduced to "gibbering worshippers;" she adored Margaret Thatcher and disliked Germans; and she found the French comical and hankered for the old days of Empire and Commonwealth. Above all, though, she was loved by the nation and in this affectionate and often hilarious inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, her former equerry Major Colin Burgess reveals what life was like living with the most private of all the Royals. A unique and warmly remembered historic insight into a longest-surviving packed with previously untold stories, this is also a celebration of a life gone—and a way of life fast disappearing.
language: English
title: Behind Palace Doors: My True Adventures as the Queen Mother's Equerry
titlecomplete: Behind Palace Doors: My True Adventures as the Queen Mother's Equerry
characters: Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
genres: Biography, British Literature, Memoir, Nonfiction, History
ratings_count: 898
publisher: John Blake