Thousands of Britons line the streets as Queen Elizabeth II is transferred via gun carriage from Buckingham Palace to lie in state in Westminster Hall. Video / Getty / The Royal Family
The British author known in part for his news-making bestseller on Princess Diana has a biography of Queen Elizabeth II coming out November 15. Andrew Morton's The Queen was supposed to be published next year, but it was brought forward after the Queen died last week at age 96.
"Duringher long and storied reign, Queen Elizabeth II devoted herself to her family and the wider family of nations. During times of national celebration and concern, such as the Covid 19 pandemic, she was the glue who kept the nation together," Morton said Wednesday, through Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group.
"Teasing out the character of the woman behind the impassive mask has been one of the challenges and fascinations of this biography," he said.
The book updates a Morton biography published last year in Britain to mark the Queen's jubilee.
According to Grand Central, Morton drew upon archival research and his long relationships with palace insiders, including private secretaries and bodyguards. He has written unauthorised books on William, Prince of Wales and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex among others. But he had the cooperation of his subject for the 1992 release "Diana: Her True Story — in Her Own Words", in which Diana acknowledged marital troubles with Prince Charles, now King Charles III.
