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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Kristin Contino

Royal Biographer Says Queen Elizabeth’s “Tricky Act” Ended Up Being Her “Greatest Accomplishment”

Queen Elizabeth wearing a blue coat and hat smiling.

Queen Elizabeth would have turned 100 on April 21, and a new biographer about the late monarch has been released ahead of the anniversary. In Elizabeth II: In Private. In Public. Her Story, royal biographer Robert Hardman explores the late Queen’s historic reign, and in a new interview with GB News he said that Queen Elizabeth faced some unique challenges.

“She was the first monarch ever who had to, as it were, manage decline,” Hardman said. “When her father [King George VI] became King, and all before him, it was all about Britain being great and holding onto lots of territory.”

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