Do Let’s Have Another Drink: The Singular Wit and Double Measures of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

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In addition, Bertie’s decadeslong struggle with stuttering, and her ceaseless supprt of him, warranted half a page.

There are some fascinating bits about her ancestral home, the much-haunted Glamis Castle in Scotland. Many people who had meetings with the Queen mum missed later appointments as she convinced them, quite cheerfully, to just have one more. This is not a collection of quips and quotes but a loving biography by someone who clearly admired her. Altogether, you might as well read a magazine article for all you learn about the personality of the late Queen Mother. King George VI died fifteen years later, at which point his daughter Elizabeth, became Queen Elizabeth II, and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon became known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.This book is a totally delightful, humorous, and compelling collection of 101 vignettes about the Queen Mother during her lifetime. Those in their fifties might say that the life and death of Diana created an unprecedented media storm. It’s all here- her support of George VI, her antipathy toward the Duke of Windsor, her love for her family and her daughters- what is apparent in this book vice others is her kind, generous, witty personality and her ability to put anyone at ease from the residents of the east end of London whose houses were bombed in the Blitz to the members of the British aristocracy. The author clearly has an affection for the Queen Mother, but this is definitely not a saccharine-loaded memoir.

But when I first delved into the book my expectations were upended, for this was an actual biography.Instead, the book was a very in-depth look at the life of the woman who was born while Queen Victoria was still on the throne and died a century later.