—WHEN A QUEEN SUCCEEDED A KING
Civil servants at the Treasury were still wiping their bottoms with hard, abrasive, old-fashioned toilet paper marked ON HIS MAJESTY’S SERVICE. When it was time to restock, it was thought indelicate to change this wording to HER MAJESTY. The next batch just said.

BOOK OF THE YEAR: "Engel’s masterly portrait ... is consistently entertaining, frequently surprising and sometimes provocative." - PETER WILBY, New Statesman

My literary Quality Street..., like the best assortment boxes, it encourages dipping, each chapter short and tasty enough to make you say, “Oh, just.

• One of Waterstones Best Books of 2022
• "A huge achievement, and hugely, hugely enjoyable....the construction skills deployed here are mind-boggling. The result is a glorious tour....of times I lived through and so often found I’d forgotten,  enhanced by neat little jokes which made me laugh out loud. - DAVID.
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