Do Let's Have Another Drink!: The Dry Wit And Fizzy Life Of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

  • Author: Gareth Russell
  • Narrator: Fiona Hampton
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Duration: 7:07:24
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Synopsis

For fans of The Crown and Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret, a deliciously entertaining collection of 101 fascinating and funny anecdotes about Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother—one for each year of her life.

During her lifetime, the Queen Mother was as famous for her clever quips, pointed observations, and dry-as-a-martini delivery style as she was for being a beloved royal. Now, Do Let’s Have Another Drink recounts 101 (one for each year of her remarkable life) amusing and astonishing vignettes from across her long life, including her coming of age during World War I, the abdication of her brother-in-law and her unexpected ascendance to the throne, and her half century of widowhood as her daughter reigned over the United Kingdom. Featuring new revelations and colorful anecdotes about the woman Cecil Beaton, the high society photographer, once summarized as “a marshmallow made on a welding machine,” Do Let’s Have Another Drink is a delightful celebration of one of the most consistently popular members of the royal family.

Chapters

  • 001 DoLetsHaveAnotherDrink Open

    Duration: 42s
  • 002 DoLetsHaveAnotherDrink AuthorsNote

    Duration: 04min
  • 003 DoLetsHaveAnotherDrink ChapterI EastOrWestHomeIsBest 1900to1910

    Duration: 26min
  • 004 DoLetsHaveAnotherDrink ChapterII WarWounds 1910to1920

    Duration: 34min
  • 005 DoLetsHaveAnotherDrink ChapterIiI TheDelightfulDuchess 1920to1930

    Duration: 59min
  • 006 DoLetsHaveAnotherDrink ChapterIV Queen 1930to1940

    Duration: 01h11min
  • 007 DoLetsHaveAnotherDrink ChapterV TheMostDangerousWomanInEurope 1940to1950

    Duration: 49min
  • 008 DoLetsHaveAnotherDrink ChapterVI Widow 1950to1960

    Duration: 35min
  • 009 DoLetsHaveAnotherDrink ChapterVII QueenMum 1960to1970

    Duration: 32min
  • 010 DoLetsHaveAnotherDrink ChapterVIII SteelMarshmallows 1970to1980

    Duration: 25min
  • 011 DoLetsHaveAnotherDrink ChapterIX GlassesFilledWithDubonnetGinAndPimms 1980to1990

    Duration: 32min
  • 012 DoLetsHaveAnotherDrink ChapterX IShallMissThoseLaughs 1990to2002

    Duration: 46min
  • 013 DoLetsHaveAnotherDrink Epilogue

    Duration: 04min
  • 014 DoLetsHaveAnotherDrink FurtherReading

    Duration: 02min
  • 015 DoLetsHaveAnotherDrink Credits

    Duration: 01min