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Over the last century Britain has witnessed a royal family saga compelling, tumultuous and heartwarming. With full-page illustrations from the Daily Mirror s archives and illuminating explanatory text, this book looks at one hundred years of royalty in Britain.Over the last century Britain has witnessed a royal family saga compelling, tumultuous and heartwarming. The constitution has been thrown into crisis by an abdication, royal divorces have become commonplace, coronations and jubilees have brought the nation together – and though Princess Diana s death precipitated perhaps the most serious turn in public opinion yet, the Windsors place in our hearts was confirmed beyond any doubt by Elizabeth II s Diamond Jubilee and the birth of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge s son, Prince George. With full-page illustrations from the Daily Mirror s archives and illuminating explanatory text, this book is a unique look at one hundred years of royalty in Britain. The British Royal Family: beloved worldwide, poised and gracious, and above all resilient. With striking images from the Daily Mirror s famous archive and expert text from Ed West, A Century of Royalty looks from unexpected angles at these fascinating lives, controversies and traditions, from Edward VII s coronation to the birth of Prince George in 2013.Edward West is a regular columnist for The Daily Telegraph and a features editor for The Catholic Herald. He is a social historian with interest in broad trends in British identity and society and the author of an overview of British immigration policy to be published in 2013.