A captivating biography of Katharine, Duchess of Kent. Ideal for readers of Hugo Vickers, Anne de Courcy, Theo Aronson and Christopher Warwick. In this detailed biographical study of Katharine, Duchess of Kent, Helen Cathcart tells an enchanting story of a Yorkshire soldier squire's daughter who grew up to become an admired and popular member of the Royal Family. In this intimate and illuminating account, Cathcart charts the first forty years of the Duchess's life, from her birth during a snowstorm at the family ...
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A captivating biography of Katharine, Duchess of Kent. Ideal for readers of Hugo Vickers, Anne de Courcy, Theo Aronson and Christopher Warwick. In this detailed biographical study of Katharine, Duchess of Kent, Helen Cathcart tells an enchanting story of a Yorkshire soldier squire's daughter who grew up to become an admired and popular member of the Royal Family. In this intimate and illuminating account, Cathcart charts the first forty years of the Duchess's life, from her birth during a snowstorm at the family home, Hovingham Hall, and wartime childhood through to schooldays at Castle Howard and early career working in a children's home. We also learn of her first meeting with Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent and of the affectionate friendship that matured into a royal romance. In The Duchess of Kent we follow the Duchess from Hovingham Hall and Coppins to Hong Kong and Germany as an Army officer's wife. We discover the deep veins of community service in her family, and the author reveals the source of the Duchess of Kent's wide popularity. Praise for Helen Cathcart: 'Wide acclaim as a royal biographer ... objective, uninhibited and penetrating' - Sunday Express 'Helen Cathcart writes about royalty as if she were one of them' - The Daily Mail 'The doyenne of royal biographers' - The Daily Telegraph 'A tireless chronicler of royalty' - The Guardian
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 600grams, ISBN: 0491004389.
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Camera Press Ltd. Very Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. BOOK: Corners, Spine Bumped; Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Previous Owner Markings (Price Clipped); Lightly Creased; Moderately Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. JACKET DESIGN BY: Brian Paul Coope. CONTENTS: Author's Note 1 The Birthday Baby 2 Picking Up Sticks 3 A Wartime Childhood 4 What Kate Did Next 5 London and Yorkshire 6 Man and Maid 7 The Parting 8 Edward and Katharine 9 Wife and Mother 10 The Royal Tasks 11 Today's Duchess of Kent. The chapter sub-headings are from the original lyrics to the tunes played by the chimes of the grandfather clock on the staircase at Hovingham Hall. SYNOPSIS: In this detailed biographical study of the Duchess of Kent, the former Miss Katharine Worsley, Helen Cathcart tells an enchanting story with romantic zest and unique authority. Katharine Worsley was born during a snowstorm and spent her wartime childhood as the daughter of a Yorkshire soldier squire. New information from close relations and friends gives us a picture of the girl who went to school in a palace and forged a strange link with the Queen Mother in the hinterland of royal Norfolk. We follow her to Oxford and discover the Cinderella touch in her personal story when she worked in an orphanage. We also learn how she once worked in a Toronto store and undertook a long-distance journey from Canada to Mexico City by Greyhound coach. However, it is the intimate family story of her first meeting with the Duke of Kent and of the affectionate friendship that matured in this royal romance that truly catches the imagination of the reader. We then follow the Duchess from Hovingham Hall and Coppins to Hong Kong and Germany as an Army officer's wife. We discover the deep veins of community service in her family, and the author revealingly probes the sources of the young Duchess of Kent's wide popularity.
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