Living with the Queen
By: Malcolm J. Barker with T.C. Sobey.
Contributors: Sobey, T. C.
Publisher: Barricade Books; Distributed by Publishers Group West
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Fort Lee, N.J; Emeryville, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-; Buckingham Palace (London, England); Royal households -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Description: Malcolm J. Barker, once an official at Buckingham Palace, has written this revealing memoir of his days there, laying bare the sexual shenanigans, strange characters, and boozy behavior of the not-so-devoted servants who surround Queen Elizabeth II and her family. These hilarious and shocking no-holds-barred recollections of a Buckingham Palace official take the reader behind the scenes of the British Royal household.

Filled with anecdotes, revelations and gossip, this book casts aside the public perception of how British royalty lives and substitutes the gritty reality that Barker witnessed in his four years of service. It's not a pretty picture.
Notes: "Published in Canada by McClelland & Stewart Inc. as Courting more disaster, 1991"--T.p. verso.