Brothers and Wives
Inside the Private Lives of William, Kate, Harry, and Meghan
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Brothers and Wives
Narrated by:
Nicholas Boulton
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Narrated by:
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Nicholas Boulton
About this listen
Diana’s Boys revealed the powerful bond between the teenaged princes, and how it strengthened even more in the wake of their mother’s tragic death. Now, twenty years later, Queen Elizabeth II is in her mid-nineties, Prince Charles is in his seventies, and all eyes are turned increasingly toward William and Harry again. Christopher Andersen picks up where he left off, covering everything that has happened to the brothers as they have grown up, gotten married to two remarkable women, and had children—all while facing continual waves of controversy and questions about the ways their relationship has shifted.
Andersen examines how the Queen’s behind-the-scenes maneuvering to mold her grandsons in the Windsor image after Diana’s death, and her expectations of William as the future king, played out. He questions whether the brothers’ famously close relationship can survive Harry’s departure from the Royal Family—the first time this has happened since their great-great-uncle King Edward abdicated the throne to marry a divorcée. He delves into the impact sisters-in-law Kate and Meghan have had on each other as well as on their princes, and how marriage and fatherhood have changed the brothers and, in some ways, also driven a wedge between them. Andersen also looks with an honest eye at how the princes and their wives have been continuously buffeted by scandal—including headline-making allegations of bullying, racism, betrayal, and emotional abuse that has pushed more than one royal to the brink of self-destruction.
Based on in-depth research and with his “fascinating and insightful” (The Christian Science Monitor) writing, Andersen leaves no stone unturned in this intimate and riveting look into the private lives of the world’s most famous princes.
This book is obviously written for the North American audience by the choice of words and terminology, phrases not used in the U.K. It’s read by a speaker with a typically upper class British voice.
Throughout the book it shows how different Harry has been treated to his brother William because one day he’ll be king. It made me very sad to hear that Harry from a young age didn’t want to live within the confines of the Royal family, he felt trapped & suffocating. It’s obvious from his deep love for his wife & family that he felt it necessary to forge his own path away from the U.K. to get away from the incessant negative reporting by the press, and who could blame him. He felt his wife was being hounded by the paparazzi in the same way that his mother was. Getting away from the firm was the only way they could speak out about how they were treated and how they felt.
There were a few things in the boom that I hadn’t heard about previously, but there’s really not of new information contained within the book.
Much of the same stories we’ve heard before
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sadly disappointing
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