In a series of moving portraits of the monarchs and their advisors, Charles Douglas-Home and Saul Kelly examine the tasks with which recent crowned heads have b

Was the First World War really 'For King and Country'? This is the first full history of the monarchy's role.

These familiar questions are now far more topical and urgent. The peaks of both government and finance have become far more concentrated and isolated; checks an

How much power does a monarch really have? How much autonomy do they enjoy? Who regulates the size of the royal family, their finances, the rules of succession?