Game of Crowns

<b>NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER <p/>The #1 <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>William and Kate </i>and <i>The Day Diana Died </i>takes a compulsively readable look into the relationships and rivalries of Queen Elizabeth Camilla Parker Bowles and Kate Middleton.</b> <p/>One has been famous longer than anyone on the planet--a wily stateswoman and an enduring symbol of a fading institution. One is the great-granddaughter of a king's mistress and a celebrated homewrecker who survived a firestorm of scorn to marry her lover and replace her arch rival a beloved twentieth-century figure. One is a beautiful commoner the university-educated daughter of a self-made entrepreneur a fashion idol and wife and mother to two future kings. <p/>Master biographer Christopher Andersen takes readers behind palace walls to examine the surprising similarities and stark differences among three remarkable women--Queen Elizabeth; Camilla Duchess of Cornwall; and Princess Kate. Andersen reveals what transpires within the royal family away from the public's prying eyes; how the women actually feel about each other; how they differ as lovers wives and mothers; and how they are reshaping the landscape of the monarchy in this addictive read that will shock even those who are spellbound by the royal palace.