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

CONTENTS COVER TITLE PAGE COPYRIGHT DEDICATION DEAR READER LETTER FROM SAMANTHA COHEN CVO FOREWORD BY STEWART PARVIN MVO PROLOGUE Chapter 1: Dressing The Queen Chapter 2: Our Working Year Chapter 3: The Eyes of the Nation Chapter 4: On the Move Chapter 5: The Eyes of the World Chapter 6: The Things We Do For Fun CONCLUSION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PICTURE CREDITS ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

CONTENTS COVER TITLE PAGE COPYRIGHT DEDICATION DEAR READER LETTER FROM SAMANTHA COHEN CVO FOREWORD BY STEWART PARVIN MVO PROLOGUE Chapter 1: Dressing The Queen Chapter 2: Our Working Year Chapter 3: The Eyes of the Nation Chapter 4: On the Move Chapter 5: The Eyes of the World Chapter 6: The Things We Do For Fun CONCLUSION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PICTURE CREDITS ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

COPYRIGHT CONTENTS COVER TITLE PAGE COPYRIGHT DEDICATION DEAR READER LETTER FROM SAMANTHA COHEN CVO FOREWORD BY STEWART PARVIN MVO PROLOGUE Chapter 1: Dressing The Queen Chapter 2: Our Working Year Chapter 3: The Eyes of the Nation Chapter 4: On the Move Chapter 5: The Eyes of the World Chapter 6: The Things We Do For Fun CONCLUSION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PICTURE CREDITS ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

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Text © Angela Kelly 2019

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Front jacket image is a composite of two photographs (© Nina Duncan) from the same series taken behind the scenes at a photoshoot by Chris Levine in 2003. Diamanté detail taken from a photograph of Her Majesty The Queen © Barry Jeffery. Back cover photograph supplied by the author.

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CONTENTS

COVER CONTENTS COVER TITLE PAGE COPYRIGHT DEDICATION DEAR READER LETTER FROM SAMANTHA COHEN CVO FOREWORD BY STEWART PARVIN MVO PROLOGUE Chapter 1: Dressing The Queen Chapter 2: Our Working Year Chapter 3: The Eyes of the Nation Chapter 4: On the Move Chapter 5: The Eyes of the World Chapter 6: The Things We Do For Fun CONCLUSION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PICTURE CREDITS ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

TITLE PAGE CONTENTS COVER TITLE PAGE COPYRIGHT DEDICATION DEAR READER LETTER FROM SAMANTHA COHEN CVO FOREWORD BY STEWART PARVIN MVO PROLOGUE Chapter 1: Dressing The Queen Chapter 2: Our Working Year Chapter 3: The Eyes of the Nation Chapter 4: On the Move Chapter 5: The Eyes of the World Chapter 6: The Things We Do For Fun CONCLUSION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PICTURE CREDITS ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

COPYRIGHT COPYRIGHT CONTENTS COVER TITLE PAGE COPYRIGHT DEDICATION DEAR READER LETTER FROM SAMANTHA COHEN CVO FOREWORD BY STEWART PARVIN MVO PROLOGUE Chapter 1: Dressing The Queen Chapter 2: Our Working Year Chapter 3: The Eyes of the Nation Chapter 4: On the Move Chapter 5: The Eyes of the World Chapter 6: The Things We Do For Fun CONCLUSION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PICTURE CREDITS ABOUT THE PUBLISHER HarperCollins Publishers 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF www.harpercollins.co.uk First published by HarperCollins Publishers 2019 FIRST EDITION Text © Angela Kelly 2019 Cover layout design by Claire Ward © HarperCollins Publishers 2019 Front jacket image is a composite of two photographs (© Nina Duncan) from the same series taken behind the scenes at a photoshoot by Chris Levine in 2003. Diamanté detail taken from a photograph of Her Majesty The Queen © Barry Jeffery. Back cover photograph supplied by the author. A catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library Angela Kelly asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books. Find out about HarperCollins and the environment at www.harpercollins.co.uk/green Source ISBN: 9780008368364 Ebook Edition © October 2019 ISBN: 9780008368371 Version 2019-10-28

DEDICATION DEDICATION Your Majesty, With humble respect I would like to dedicate my second book to you for allowing me to write about our personal working relationship that has grown over many years, and allowing me to share the details of it and to describe how we have come together on a trusted personal level. I will always be truly grateful. I cherish the time you have allowed me to have with you and the friendship you have shown me. With love and gratitude, Angela x

DEAR READER DEAR READER It took me some time to start writing this book. When I first asked The Queen if she would mind me writing another book, after Dressing the Queen in 2012, but this time about our close working relationship, I never thought in my wildest dreams that Her Majesty would say yes. Once the initial shock was over, I found myself struggling. The Queen trusts me and she knows I would not write any intimate details or anything untoward about our friendship and working relationship, but, nevertheless, I still struggled. I wanted to do this book justice. I wanted to be worthy of writing it, and to share with you the magical and engaging moments that have happened between Her Majesty and myself while we have been working together. The Queen may not have thought them magical, but I did and I still do. During my twenty-five years to date of working with The Queen, many events and engagements have taken place. Her Majesty travels to and from Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Sandringham House, the Palace of Holyroodhouse and Balmoral Castle, and spends numerous private weekends away, too. With this book I would like to share with you the wonderful working life and relationship between Her Majesty and me. The Queen and I have fun and laughter, but there is a serious side to my work in which challenging and difficult decisions have to be taken – split-second decisions sometimes. I have to be quick and think on my feet. But it’s all in a day’s work. Someone has to do it – and I’m so glad it’s me. I hope you enjoy reading this book as much as I did writing it. So, get yourself a cup of tea, sit down, put your feet up, and let me take you on a magical journey once again. With love,

LETTER FROM SAMANTHA COHEN CVO LETTER FROM SAMANTHA COHEN CVO 29 October 2019 This book documents the unique working relationship between Her Majesty The Queen and the woman who has been her Personal Assistant and Senior Dresser for more than two decades: Angela Kelly. It gives a rare glimpse into the demands of the job of supporting the Monarch, designing Her Majesty’s clothes and hats, and matching them with exquisite Royal jewellery.