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The British Royal family is undoubtedly the most chronicled family on the face of the globe, with their every move attracting headlines. Despite numerous attempts, many books have failed to penetrate the royal facade. However, Kitty Kelley has now gone behind palace walls to provide the first three-dimensional, comprehensive, and evenhanded portrait of the men and women who make up this most secretive family.

Kelley spent more than four years investigating the royal family, conducting meticulous research into documented sources and hundreds of exclusive interviews with past and present employees of the royal household, royal friends and relations, courtiers, members of Parliament, and other intimate observers. This extensive investigation has enabled her to raise the curtain on the British Royal family, revealing the realities that lie behind the public facade.

The book illuminates the lives of lonely royal children, brought up without a proper education in isolated and artificial surroundings, struggling with 20th-century adolescence while clinging to 19th-century touchstones. It also delves into the sexual ambiguities, alcoholism, gambling, and womanizing that were common in the House of Windsor long before Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer.

No one is spared in Kelley's portrait, as she sheds light on the scandals of the last decades, including the doomed marriages and the husbands, wives, lovers, and children caught in their wake and damaged beyond repair. The book highlights the arrogance, naiveté, and lusts of the Windsors, as well as their hard work, dedication, and ability to survive the most humiliating disclosures.

Kitty Kelley's "The Royals" is a rich, iconoclastic, and historically significant work that provides a compelling and insightful look into the private lives of the British Royal family. By adjusting the language and sentence structure, the narrative has been made more accessible and engaging, while preserving the original content and meaning.

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