{"product_id":"philip-the-final-portrait-paperback","title":"Philip: The Final Portrait - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGyles Brandreth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - the longest-serving consort to the longest-reigning sovereign in British history. It is an extraordinary story, told with unique insight and authority by an author who knew the prince for more than forty years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Philip - elusive, complex, controversial, challenging, often humorous, sometimes irascible - is the man Elizabeth II once described as her 'constant strength and guide'. Who was he? What was he really like? What is the truth about those 'gaffes' and the rumours of affairs? This is the final portrait of an unexpected and often much-misunderstood figure. It is also the portrait of a remarkable marriage that endured for more than seventy years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Philip and Elizabeth were both royal by birth, both great-great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria, but, in temperament and upbringing, they were two very different people. The Queen's childhood was loving and secure, the Duke's was turbulent; his grandfather assassinated, his father arrested, his family exiled, his parents separated when he was only ten. Elizabeth and Philip met as cousins in the 1930s. They married in 1947, aged twenty-one and twenty-six. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Philip: The Final Portrait tells the story of two contrasting lives, assesses the Duke of Edinburgh's character and achievement, and explores the nature of his relationships with his wife, his children and their families - and with the press and public and those at court who were suspicious of him in the early days. This is a powerful, revealing and, ultimately, moving account of a long life and a remarkable royal partnership.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGyles Brandreth is a writer, performer, former MP and Government Whip, now Chancellor of the University of Chester and probably best known these days as a reporter on BBC1's \u003ci\u003eThe One Show\u003c\/i\u003e and having been a regular on Radio 4's \u003ci\u003eJust a Minute. \u003c\/i\u003eOn TV he has featured on \u003ci\u003eHave I Got News For You, QI, Room 101, Countdown, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThis is Your Life. \u003c\/i\u003eAs a journalist he writes for the \u003ci\u003eTelegraph \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail \u003c\/i\u003eand is a columnist for \u003ci\u003eThe Oldie. \u003c\/i\u003eThe founder of the National Scrabble Championships, his books about words and language include four best-sellers, \u003ci\u003eThe Joy of Lex\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWord Play\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHave You Eaten Grandma?\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDancing by the Light of the Moon. \u003c\/i\u003e His novels include seven Victorian murder mysteries featuring Oscar Wilde as his detective and he has published two volumes of diaries and two acclaimed royal biographies.In 2020 he published \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Book of Theatrical Anecdotes.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.33 x 7.81 x 5.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 14, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42695616528447,"sku":"9781444769593","price":21.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/e990abb07154ceb3a2f77ed901846173.webp?v=1765004433","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/philip-the-final-portrait-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}