The Secret Royals: Spying and the Crown from Victoria to Diana
Rory Cormac
Rory Cormac will be talking about his book, co-authored with Richard J. Aldrich, The Secret Royals: Spying and the Crown from Victoria to Diana. For the first time, The Secret Royals uncovers the remarkable relationship between the royal family and the intelligence community, from the reign of Queen Victoria to the death of Princess Diana.
He will show how the British secret services grew out of persistent attempts to assassinate Victoria and then operation on a private and informal basis, drawing on close personal relationships between senior spies, the aristocracy and monarchy. In 1936, the dramatic abdication of Edward VIII formed a turning point in the relationship, when Britain's spies turned their attention on the King himself. During the Second World War, Edward's successor George VI gradually restored trust between the secret world and the House of Windsor. Thereafter, Elizabeth II regularly enacted her constitutional right to advise and warn, raising her eyebrow knowingly at prime ministers and spymasters alike.
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