Power and the Palace: The explosive and revelatory new royal book that is dominating the news headlines...

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Valentine Low

Power and the Palace

The explosive and revelatory new royal book that is dominating the news headlines

Valentine Low

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Hardback

Forthcoming
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English

Headline Press
11 September 2025

Social & cultural history; Politics & government

'Lively . . . peppered with entertaining lines. One of [Low's] skills as a journalist is an ability to sift through mountains of archive material and pick out the gems' - Telegraph

Covering 200 years of royal history from Queen Victoria to King Charles, and looking forward to the future reign of King William,

Power and the Palace is the gossip-laden and highly revelatory account of the relationship between the sovereign and the prime minister - the real story behind The Crown.

Power and the Palace lifts the lid on the mysterious power nexus at the heart of the British state: the secretive and little understood relationship between the monarchy and the government. In vivid, page-turning prose, Valentine Low takes us behind the scenes of the weekly audience to uncover the ever-changing dynamic between sovereign and prime minister - from the romance and flattery that bound Victoria and Benjamin Disraeli, to the personal and political gulf that separated Elizabeth II from Margaret Thatcher.

He reveals how the monarchy has gradually ceded political power over the past two hundred years while behind closed doors fighting to keep its finances secure - ensuring the long-term survival of the institution. But it has not all been smooth sailing, and the book includes moments of dramatic tension when the relationship threatened to unravel.

Based on nearly 100 interviews with senior politicians, top civil servants, royal aides and constitutional experts, Power and the Palace rewrites our understanding of the political power of the monarchy.

By: Valentine Low
Imprint: Headline Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 40mm
Weight: 660g
ISBN: 9781035418817
ISBN 10: 1035418819
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 11 September 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Valentine Low is a writer and journalist who was for many years royal correspondent at The Times. He has written about the royal family since 2008, and during that time has produced a number of exclusives, including the exposure of bullying allegations against the Duchess of Sussex which made headlines around the world. His last book, Courtiers: The Hidden Power Behind the Crown, was a Sunday Times bestseller. He lives in London.

Reviews for Power and the Palace: The explosive and revelatory new royal book that is dominating the news headlines

Lively . . . peppered with entertaining lines. One of [Low's] skills as a journalist is an ability to sift through mountains of archive material and pick out the gems. -- Anita Singh * Telegraph * Eminently readable . . . eye-catching anecdotes -- Sean Coughlan, BBC