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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Harriet Addison

OPINION - From Meghan's curtsey to the Queen's odd habits: 21 things we learnt from Craig Brown's new royal book

The royal family do not like to be watched while eating… or walking. Margaret Thatcher was very nervous of the late Queen and was mocked for her curtsey. Meghan Markle was celebrated for hers.

Some of the revelations in Craig Brown’s upcoming biography about the royal family, A Voyage Around The Queen, might be more surprising than others. The book, which is released tomorrow, sees the royal writer turn his attention to the late Queen Elizabeth II and it is packed with fun, fizzy recollections, from anecdotes about washing-up gloves to the late Queen’s go-to beauty hacks.

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