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Late Victorian and Edwardiian Britain enjoys a reputation as an orderly, powerful nation with ever expanding liberties, but under surface things were very different. The Boer War had raised doubts about the country's imperial mission, labor unrest was growing, and the demand for more democracy in the government lead to a major constitutional crisis.

Althea's parents were separated and during World WAr II she was sent to live with her grandfather at Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park where she becme the friend of the rotal princeses. The diary is a day-by-day account of encounters and activies with the princesses and the Royal Family. Foreword by Isabella Naylor-Leyland who is married to Alathea's nephew.