{"product_id":"9781035418817","title":"Power and the Palace : The explosive new royal book that reveals what happens between 10 Downing Street and Buckingham Palace in times of crisis","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Low, Valentine \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eUnited Kingdom, Great Britain\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 11 September 2025 by Headline Publishing Group (Headline Press) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 432 pages, 1x8 page picture section - colour\u003cbr\u003e162 x 242 x 39 | 676g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Lively . . . peppered with entertaining lines. One of [Low's] skills as a journalist is an ability to sift through mountains of archive material and pick out the gems' - TelegraphCovering 200 years of royal history from Queen Victoria to King Charles, and looking forward to the future reign of King William,  Power and the Palace is the gossip-laden and highly revelatory account of the relationship between the sovereign and the prime minister - the real story behind The Crown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePower and the Palace lifts the lid on the mysterious power nexus at the heart of the British state: the secretive and little understood relationship between the monarchy and the government. In vivid, page-turning prose, Valentine Low takes us behind the scenes of the weekly audience to uncover the ever-changing dynamic between sovereign and prime minister - from the romance and flattery that bound Victoria and Benjamin Disraeli, to the personal and political gulf that separated Elizabeth II from Margaret Thatcher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe reveals how the monarchy has gradually ceded political power over the past two hundred years while behind closed doors fighting to keep its finances secure - ensuring the long-term survival of the institution. But it has not all been smooth sailing, and the book includes moments of dramatic tension when the relationship threatened to unravel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on nearly 100 interviews with senior politicians, top civil servants, royal aides and constitutional experts, Power and the Palace rewrites our understanding of the political power of the monarchy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Guisborough Bookshop Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52067970580816,"sku":"9781035418817","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0860\/4988\/2448\/files\/9781035418817_76188efd-5506-4d29-8ccb-797726bc61eb.jpg?v=1765990919","url":"https:\/\/guisboroughbookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781035418817","provider":"guisboroughbookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}