{"product_id":"9781785907647","title":"Gilded Youth","description":"Author: Tom Quinn\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781785907647\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Biteback Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jun 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBackstairs Billy: The Life of William Tallon, the Queen Mother's Most Devoted Servant\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKensington Palace: An Intimate Memoir from Queen Mary to Meghan Markle.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor as long as the British royal family has existed, royal children have been brought up in ways that seem bizarre and eccentric to the rest of us - the royal family's obsession with making their children tough and independent as early as possible by farming out their parental duties to paid staff goes back centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGilded Youth\u003c\/i\u003e looks at centuries of royal and aristocratic children misbehaving, often hilariously - from Edward VII smashing up his schoolroom to Prince Andrew peeing on a stable lad's shoes; from Princess Margaret putting horse manure in a footman's pockets to Diana Spencer wearing crop tops, snogging a local village boy and drinking cider in a bus shelter; from a teenage Prince Harry throwing up in the street to Prince William becoming completely shut down and obsessed with doing the right thing regardless of the feelings of his brother. Even Queen Elizabeth herself reacted oddly to her upbringing, becoming in many ways obsessively compulsive - as a child she insisted her shoes should always be positioned in the same place, her lunch set out exactly the same way each day and that for tea she have jam pennies (small rounds of bread and jam), which she was still eating every afternoon into her nineties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe younger generation have to insist they want a normal or ordinary upbringing for their children because that goes down well with the public, but this is just window dressing. \u003ci\u003eGilded Youth\u003c\/i\u003e looks at how, when it comes to children, the British royal family is still living in the Dark Ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;A prolific writer of books that explore England's history, Tom Quinn uses his expertise to flesh out and bring context to some of the more recent controversies to emerge out of the palace.\u0026amp;#x27; -\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46852914446494,"sku":"ADS-9781785907647","price":39.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781785907647.jpg?v=1779064612","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781785907647","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}