William, Kate and Harry - Behind the Palace Walls
This revised and expanded edition of William and Harry: Behind the Palace Walls includes fresh details on the romance and engagement of Prince William and Kate Middleton –from the ABC News Special Royal Correspondent Katie Nicholl.
More than a decade has passed since princes William and Harry watched in grief as their mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, was laid to rest. Then just fifteen and twelve years old, William and Harry have since grown into extraordinary young men. Today they are modern princes poised to shape the Royal Family in their own image, and determined to carry the legacy of their beloved mother Diana into the twenty-first century.
The royal brothers have been the subjects of intense scrutiny since birth, but until now, no journalist has delved as successfully into their lives as Katie Nicholl. Through her unprecedented network of sources, some of whom have agreed to speak for the very first time, Nicholl provides fascinating insight into the lives William and Harry, following them from childhood to present day, chronicling the difficult period after their mother's tragic death, their college years, their love lives, their careers as front-line soldiers, and William's struggles with his destiny as the future King.
Now, as William gets set to assume a more prominent role in the monarchy, and a royal wedding between he and Kate Middleton seems probable, Nicholl has spoken to a wealth of contacts close to the couple who reveal how their love affair really started at the University of Saint Andrews, the hurdles the pair overcame and the challenges they still face. She recounts the story of Harry's time at Eton, his relationship with Chelsy Davy, and the three months he spent on the front line in Afghanistan. She analyzes William and Harry's complex relationship with their father, and the woman who will one day become Queen Camilla.
In this new, expanded edition of William and Harry, Nicholl interviews a wealth of sources close to William and Kate –some of whom have agreed to speak for the very first time –and recounts in fascinating detail how their love affair really started, the hurdles the pair overcame over the course of their romance, and the challenges they’ll face as newlyweds and as the future King and Queen.
If you want to know what really happens behind those closed palace doors, then this is the book for you.”
The definitive account of this modern day love story. Nicholl reveals in amazing detail William’s romance with his bride-to-be and details William’s close bond with his brother and how together they are reshaping the future of the British Monarchy.”
An entertaining, richly-photographed book…Chattily and fondly, Nicholl chronicles the boys’ lives, and gives Kate ample and generous treatment, suggesting (and as it turns out, correctly) that a ‘royal engagement could be announced by the end of the year.”
