The Other Side of the Coin

The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe | Angela Kelly

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āļø¸āļø¸ I can get down with Royal and Royal-adjacent books. I understand the Queen‘s life was different from anyone else‘s, but a photo shoot with rain clouds above is not actual suspense I care about. It was interesting hearing about some of the clothes but this was just so silly.

dabbe #fanofthepan! š¤©š¤©š¤© 11mo

fredthemoose @dabbe š‚ Why thank you! 11mo

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Eggs

The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe | Angela Kelly

#Queen #MayMontage @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect š‘‘ š«… š“ 2y

Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks šˇ¶š’—š‘øš¸¼ 2y

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Eggs

The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe | Angela Kelly

#3books #thatweregiftedtome @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

OriginalCyn620 Love the stars! āļø¸ 4y

jb72 Have you read the Tolle book? How is it? 4y

Eggs Thanks @OriginalCyn620 4y

Eggs @jb72 I listened to audio read by Tolle. Use the phys book for reference. It‘s a solid recommend-challenges your mind and soul 4y

jb72 @Eggs Thanks. That‘s good to know. I‘ve been toying with the idea of reading it. 4y

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Eggs

The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe | Angela Kelly

Impressive - the color-coded umbrellas (all transparent so she can be seen in the rain) have their own wardrobe!
@Come-read-with-me ā¯¤ļø¸

inthegreensandblues I love her colorful wardrobe! 5y

Come-read-with-me @Eggs Thank you for sharing this!!! I‘ve seen one of those umbrellas!!! She truly is a woman of singular charm and style!! Have you heard about the lengths she goes to to make guests feel welcome at Buckingham palace? During one dinner a dignitary picked up a finger bowl and drank from it. The queen being the queen picked hers up and did the same thing. She is spectacular! ā¯¤ļø¸ (edited) 5y

Eggs @Come-read-with-me My fave story is the time when things were tense between Ghana and Britain when she & Philip were there; so Q approached leader Kwame Nkrumah to dance. This was huge as it was mid 1960s with race disharmony and white women didn‘t dance with black men. She got Kwame to smile and laugh ā¬‡ļø¸ (edited) 5y

Eggs Then Philip danced with Kwame‘s wife, the press snapped a photo and voila! Yes they are amazing, polite, and witty. Love the water bowl story š’—. BTW mail coming to you this weekš¤— @Come-read-with-me 5y

Come-read-with-me @Eggs What a lovely thing of both of them to do! I really do love the Queen - she is just elegant. My next Queen story involves my music teacher. He was from Britain and once sang for Queen Elizabeth and her Mother (who was also just charming.) He said that both were simply gracious. Mail!!!! That is so exciting ā¯¤ļø¸ā¯¤ļø¸ā¯¤ļø¸ Thank you š 5y

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MallenNC

The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe | Angela Kelly

My pick for #CrownontheCover has to include the Queen. This book is by her official dresser. #MagnificentMarch

OriginalCyn620, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

OriginalCyn620 I‘m glad you included the Funkos! 5y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ā¯¤ļø¸š‘‘ā¯¤ļø¸ 5y

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JacqMac

The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe | Angela Kelly

so-so

I wasn‘t expecting too much from this, but I think my expectations were still too high. The photos are lovely. It‘s interesting to see the fabrics and details up close. But there aren‘t enough of them. The writing is painful and repetitive. Boring even. I didn‘t expect the author to spill any secrets, as she still works for the queen, but I also didn‘t expect her to be so massively egotistical. Ugh.

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audraelizabeth

The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe | Angela Kelly

pick

This was good. I would have liked more about the clothes or personal stories and less bragging. The pictures and history were wonderful.
#beatthebacklist book 12 #theborrowers
#tbrcrew

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Verity

The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe | Angela Kelly

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Hoooooo boy. Now I wasn‘t expecting scandal or gossip because Angela Kelly still works for The Queen, but this is repetitive, badly written and just dull. If I hadn‘t known it was published by a big house I would have had it down as a self published vanity project.

rockpools Yowch! With the ā€fully endorsed‘ and everything, I‘d have expected much more! 5y

Verity @RachelO I suspect fully endorsed may mean that HMtQ doesn‘t think she has anything to worry about! It was the repetitive writing style and small vocabulary that got me more than anything though. There are interesting ideas buried here (how they retrim and restyle outfits for example) but you never really get into them because it‘s written like a middle schooler trying to hit word count. 5y

rockpools @Verity sounds incredibly grim! How is it on photos - were they expecting anyone to actually read the text??! 5y

Verity @RachelO not enough of them to make up for it (and often separated from their captions in the ebook edition I read) and not many of them unseen ones of the queen - let alone candid ones. So glad I didn‘t get this for my mum for Christmas. I got her Lady Glenconner instead which she finished yesterday and pronounced ā€astonishingā€¯

A Lady in Waiting

rubyslippersreads Disappointedā€”I was looking forward to this. But happy to hear the good news about A Lady in Waiting. 5y

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Verity

The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe | Angela Kelly

Next library book read. Feels like an apt week to read this one!

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NovelGirl82

The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe | Angela Kelly

Got a 2 hr break from work (playing with the schedule for my doc‘s kiddo‘s school play), so I‘m hanging out reading thisš I‘m really enjoying it, so far! (Side note: It‘s possible that my Royal obsession has become unhealthy....)

LeahBergen This is on my Christmas wish list . š† (edited) 5y

NovelGirl82 @LeahBergen The Quest for Queen Mary & Mary Queen of Scots are both on mine! I‘m also anxiously awaiting Lady in Waiting by Anne Glenconner! (edited) 5y

LeahBergen The Quest for Queen Mary is SO GOOD. And I just recently received Lady in Waiting in the mail. š†š† I obviously have a problem, too. (edited) 5y

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NovelGirl82 @LeahBergen You got an arc?! Super jealous!! Let me know how it is!! I‘m glad to know I‘m not the only one š‚ 5y

LeahBergen No, I ordered it from Book Depository. See? A problem! š† 5y

NovelGirl82 @LeahBergen They have it? I‘m going to have to look! I‘ve had it on my Amazon list waiting on the 2020 release date they have listed to get here! I just assumed I couldn‘t get it until then from anywhere. I‘m glad you have the same problem so that I can get info š‚š‚š‚ 5y

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