As the divorces of three of her four children played out publicly throughout the 1990s, Queen Elizabeth remained as stern as ever. But there was a separate tale going on behind the scenes.
Author Robert Hardman delves into the Queen’s private anguish as the marriages of Prince Charles, Prince Andrew, and Princess Anne came to an end in his upcoming biography, Queen of Our Times: The Life of Queen Elizabeth II.
Hardman writes in his book, “Outwardly stoical, as ever, the Queen was finding the divorce talks deeply upsetting. Another former member of the Household recalls that every now and then, there would be a glimpse of her despair.”
Despite her mental turmoil, the Queen never lost her cool during her calamitous year, or “annus horribilis,” in 1992. The year saw a fire demolish a portion of Windsor Castle, as well as the breakdown of Charles, Anne, and Andrew’s marriages, as well as the ongoing scandals involving Princess Diana and Prince Charles.
“I don’t remember a single occasion when I went to see her and she exclaimed, ‘No! What next?’ ” her former press secretary Charles Anson tells Hardman in Queen of Our Times, out April 5. “The issue was sometimes embarrassing, but she got on with it. It is immensely reassuring in those situations to work for someone who isn’t knocked back.”
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