Just in time for the Diamond Jubilee in 2012 celebrating Queen Elizabeths sixtieth year of rule, The Rough Guide to the Royals offers background and insight into one of the worlds oldest monarchies — plus plenty of juicy stories. This entertaining Rough Guide casts a quizzical eye over the current royal family, from former Olympic horse rider Anne to current favorites William and Kate. It answers such burning questions as what they do, where they get their money, how fundamentally British they are they, and just who is twelfth in the line to the throne. One-year-old Savannah Phillips is the answer. British writing duo Alice Hunt and James McConnachie look at the most extravagant royal ceremonies, most heated debates, and the most controversial figures, from wife-murderer Henry VIII to the scandalous Caroline of Brunswick who was banned from her husbands coronation but turned up anyway.
