War of the Windsors
The Inside Story of Charles, Andrew and the Rivalry That Has Defined the Royal Family
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Narrated by:
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Samuel Hill
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By:
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Nigel Cawthorne
About this listen
Raised for vastly different futures, one burdened with the responsibility of becoming the future king and the other destined to live in his shadow, Charles and Andrew have spent their lives on different sides of the same coin.
War of the Windsors tells, for the first time, the complete story of Charles and Andrew from their diverging childhoods to their current struggles. It looks at the distinct but overlapping stories of the two heirs, from being separated in their early years and the Queen's supposed overindulgence of Andrew to the competition for Lady Diana and finally, Charles' ascension to throne while his brother is stripped of Royal duties. And it explores whether, with the scandals around Andrew still fresh in public memory, Charles will ever let his brother back into the family.
With extensive research and expert sourcing, War of the Windsors is the incredible inside story of a family in turmoil. Recounting the highs and lows of a brotherhood then turned into a rivalry, royal author and journalist Nigel Cawthorne looks at the makings of a decades long feud and questions whether, ultimately, the brothers will one day band together again.©2023 Nigel Cawthorne (P)2023 Welbeck Publishing Group
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- Jane
- 12-04-24
Nigel Cawthorne, The war of the Windsors.
While aspects of this hyperbolic book seem valid, it reads like a patchwork of allegations from The Sun and The Daily Mail. And overly ‘informed’ by The Crown. Or perhaps as Alice, in Alice in Wonderland, cries out in her waking dream at the fantasy’s end, “You’re nothing but a pack of cards”. Not a book to be read more than once, if that.
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- Ben Roberts
- 04-10-23
Leaves a lot out
Well performed and interesting but seems quite biased. Major events in modern royal history are glossed over or only mentioned in passing, without being unpacked to show their broader impact on Andrew and Charles. I was expecting more insight on their own relationship. There is some but not much. The timeline seems to jump around a lot too. The queen's death, the accession and coronation are dealt with in just 11 minutes, with not much insight into what might come next. It just felt a little lightweight.
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- Annie
- 08-09-24
Not worth your attention
Put together with the minimum of effort and depth. You'll lose count of the number of cliches and tropes.
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- Nette. Coventry
- 19-02-24
Wasters
An excuse to run the royals down. Interesting if not harsh !! Sound right soppy pair of wasters
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- Nutritional Therapist
- 14-09-23
Entertaining and informative
Well written insight into Charles and Andrew - most has all been in the public domain but this brings it all together - fuel for anti royalists
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- Davina
- 05-05-24
Riddled with little inacuracies
Riddled with pointless little inaccuracies that undermine any vestiges of credibility. Badly researched and mostly just a rehashed version of stories that have already been printed in the press
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