2.0 out of 5 stars INTERESTING BUT NOT WORTH THE MONEY !
12 July 2019
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Some mistakes need correcting :
1. The Queen in not riding “ pillion”, she is riding “ side saddle” - pillion means to sit behind someone else .
2. The Earl and Countess of Wessex were not married in a civil ceremony - I believe Sali is confusing this event with the marriage of Charles and Camilla . The Earl and Countess were married in St George’s Chapel. The Bishop of Norwich conducted the ceremony .
3. The Queen and Queen Mother are not wearing “ riding boots” at Badminton , they’re just boots - riding boots come up to the knee , they do not end mid calf .
4. “ character shoes “ are T- Bar shoes , the Queen does not wear character shoes !
5. There is no “ horse racing “ at Royal Windsor Horse Show “ - so the Queen usually doesn’t dress up for it - she wears a Barbour and tweed skirt with headscarf unless she’s presenting a prize in the showing or jumping classes when she does get dressed up .
The book is an interesting but hardly unique photographic “ trip” around the wardrobe of the Queen over the years .
I expected a bit more from Sali to be honest , this just seems a lazy way of making money - she writes well usually, so why has she seemingly had so little input in this book ? And the basic mistakes she has made surrounding one of the most important sides of the Queen , ie her love of horses , make me think she’s done almost no real research at all regarding that aspect of HM’s life .
Borrow it if you can - you are never going to re-read this or use it for reference - the handbag code , the brooch code , these are all things we know already .
The only piece of interesting information to me was how Rigby and Peller lost their Royal Warrant .
Sorry Sali - hoping your book scheduled for 2020 is better than this as I usually give your efforts 5 stars . Can’t do it on this largely due to the mistakes I’ve mentioned above .
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