I am looking forward to this book, the Windsor Diaries 1940-45, by Alathea Fitzalan Howard. During the second world war, Alathea, who was several months younger than Queen Elizabeth II, lived with her grandfather at Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park. She would have her academic lessons at Cumberland Lodge but would join Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret for drawing and dancing lessons at Windsor Castle.
The Hon. Alathea Gwendoline Alys Mary Fitzalan-Howard was the elder daughter of Henry FitzAlan-Howard, 2nd Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent. She was a great-granddaughter of the 14th Duke of Norfolk. Her marriage to the Hon Edward Frederick Ward was childless.
Her papers, including her diaries, were inherited by her niece-in-law, Lady Isabella Naylor-Leyland.
The book will be published on Oct 8 by Hodder & Stoughton. The book does not have a US publisher.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2020/04/28/inside-diary-teenager-spent-war-lockdown-future-queen/
I am so glad I discovered your blog! Thank you for these reviews, I've long been looking for a list of royal biographies to read.
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