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Following the Queen's death at the age of 96, 17 months after the death of the Duke of Edinburgh, a look back at how her love for Prince Philip grew from a teenage infatuation into a steadfast marriage.
She has appeared in plays, novels, paintings – even love songs. From Andy Warhol to Alan Bennett, artists, writers and musicians have changed our picture of the Queen we think we know
Painter Michael Noakes and his writer wife Vivien published The Daily Life Of The Queen: An Artist's Diary after spending 1999 recording her life - includes private moments at Sandringham Kennels.
Among those whose recollections have been included in a new book are Nelson Mandela, portrait painter Michael Noakes, Lord (Denis) Healey and US harmonica player Larry Adler.
AN author from Colwall has written a biography of Britain's longest-serving Home Secretary. Stephen Hart's new book tells the story of James Chuter Ede, who was home secretary between 1945 and 1951, longer than anyone else. The book, entitled James Chuter Ede: Humane Reformer and Politician, has been published by Pen and Sword and is the first biography to be written about the former MP. Chuter Ede is the only member of Clement Attlee's 1945 cabinet not to have yet had a biography written on them, and Mr Hart said he wants to tell the relatively unknown story. He said: "It has been ...