...And What Do You Do?: What the royal family don't want you to know

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Before the very English "Windsor' was chosen as their surname, they were all the triple-barreled house of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Even the no-nonsense and much-admired Princess Anne can't counter-balance the fame-junkies and grubby malevolence that headline the British Monarchy. is a hard-hitting analysis of the royal family, exposing its extravagant use of public money and the dubious behaviour of some among its ranks. Our contributors are encouraged to go forth and find distinctive visions that startle us, rural or urban, modern or prehistoric, industrial, post-industrial, fantastical, natural, political, however they come. By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file.

However, probably one of the most unsettling things in terms of our governance, highlighted by Baker, is the Royal Consent. The majority of honours are of course not allocated by the monarch, but by the PM of the day, but the royal practices established legitimacy for patronage and provided cover for politicians who seek to use and abuse it. So Margaret Thatcher, Conservative, made her husband one, thereby ensuring her son Mark, accused of racketeering and fraud and arrested in connection with an attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea, would be a Lord and sit in Parliament in fine robes with expenses from the taxpayer as would his son and son's son ad infinitum unless someone does something and we get a second elected house. This uncompromising account of the royal family has urgent insights and asks important contemporary questions about that family and its future. Well, with the passing of Queen Elizabeth II and the coronation of Charles III, this book is still or even more timely, I guess.

Some imprints, like Penguin or Puffin, are world famous and recognised by their distinctive look and logo. I had no idea how much the Royal family were costing us and was under the impression that they make us lots of money through tourism etc. A poor condition book can still make a good reading copy but is generally not collectible unless the item is very scarce. This will be uncomfortable reading for any monarchist who will find it impossible to justify the lavish lifestyles coupled with the appalling behaviour of certain family members.

Although many royals have access to the Sovereign Grant for official royal duties, the cost of their day-to-day lives is not covered by public funding. Vikki Moynes, commissioning editor at Viking, which is an imprint of Penguin General, works on commercial and upmarket fiction – from laugh-out-loud romcoms like Emily Henry’s Book Lovers to intoxicating, compulsive tales of deadly secrets like Heather Darwent’s The Things We Do To Our Friends. The increasingly thin argument that they're good for tourism is fast being extinguished by the groaning expense of security occasioned every time Her Majesty wends her way through the streets in her golden carriage. The fact that they will outright ask for what they want from wealthy friends, acquaintances, and rich royalty from the middle east is embarrassing.Now fully updated to include new material on Prince Andrew, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, this irreverent and uncompromising account asks urgent questions about the future of the world’s most famous royal family.