HUNDRED YEARS OF ROYAL S

HUNDRED YEARS OF ROYAL S

"Of picture books about the Royal Family there is no end. They have become a considerable industry, and press photographers have grown rich by servicing it. These books clearly fulfil a demand: like modern icons, they fuel the faith of the royal worshippers. This book aims to get behind the hagiography. It has been written on the assumption that many readers who are interested in modern royalty and its appearance would like their interest fed with something more substantial. Although it includes photographs and drawings, these are carefully designed to illustrated and compliment the text. In a sense it is a complete reversal of the normal approach. The Queen and the rest of the Royal Family would be as remote as the portraits in Hampton Court were it not for their public appearances and what we see of their way of life - in short their style - which gives us glimpses of who they are and what they stand for. As the title indicates, the subject is style: that is, an attitude of mind which affects clothes and appearance but which is also an approach to life. Style involves things other than dress and one of the most characteristic aspects of royal style is its smoothness of operation. The book examines how this is achieved. The discussion of royal style is confined to crowned heads, but it includes Mrs. Simpson, later Duchess of Windsor, who quite possibly might have become Queen and, in a special chapter, the Princess of Wales, the Queen of the future. The fact that other princesses, royal duchesses and the male members of the Royal Family are not included is not to suggest that they lack style but rather that they do not represent royal style in the same distinct and all-embracing way as do those we have concentrated upon. The following brief biographical details are included to show the changes of title involved in 'promotion' up the royal ladder towards monarchy passing through hierarchical positions on the royal chess board. The Duchess of...." [from introduction]
Country USA
Manufacturer Muller, Blond & White
Binding Hardcover
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780584110715
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Muller, Blond & White
Binding	Hardcover
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780584110715
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

HUNDRED YEARS OF ROYAL S

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