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Writing in his recently released biography Kensington Palace: An Intimate Memoir from Queen Mary to Meghan Markle, author Tom Quinn instead makes the case that intra-palace jealousy. A new book, Kensington Palace: An Intimate Memoir From Queen Mary To Meghan Markle by Tom Quinn, aims to lift the curtain on what the royals are like behind closed doors. For the book, Quinn interviewed many former staffers from Kensington Palace —including some who worked at the royal residence when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were living.
Preface vii
Introduction xi
Chapter 1 Bricks and mortar 1
Chapter 2 Built for show 25
Chapter 3 Servants, courtiers and hangers-on 41
Chapter 4 Those mad Georgians 55
Chapter 5 Painted harlots 71
Chapter 6 Gilded wings 89
Chapter 7 Change and decay 105
Chapter 8 Ancestral vices 109
Chapter 9 The Puritan party 117
Chapter 10 Out with the devil 143
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Chapter 11 Marriage à la mode 153
Chapter 12 A nest of gentlefolk 181
Chapter 13 Fat Mary 197
Chapter 14 Fuck you, too! 211
Chapter 15 Love among the ruins 219
Chapter 16 Boy's night out 235
Postscript 253
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Acknowledgements 259
Bibliography 261