"Vanity Fair Royals correspondent Katie Nicholl explores the remarkable life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II and the legacy she is handing down to the next generation"--Dustjacket flap. Queen Elizabeth has been constant in her desire to provide a steady presence and to be a trustworthy steward of the British people and Commonwealth. Recent years have brought grief and turmoil to the House of Windsor. Nicholl looks at Elizabeth's remarkable and unrivalled reign, and the changes taking place. She examines Charles's decades in waiting, and analyses the future of "The Firm" and where it is headed. -- adapted from jacket

Platinum Queen -- Highs and lows -- Decade horribilis -- Operation Mrs. PB -- A modern royal romance -- Annus mirabilis -- A Windsor wedding -- Another annus horribilis -- A sea change -- Kingmakers -- London Bridge -- The new royals.