It has been confirmed that Dr Anna Keay OBE has been appointed to write the official authorised biography of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
King Charles III has commissioned the biography and will give Dr Keay access to the late Queen’s personal and official papers, which are held in the Royal Archives. She will also have access to those who knew the late Queen well, including members of the royal family.
Dr Keay said on her appointment, “It is a profound honour to have been asked to write the official biography of Queen Elizabeth II. She was our longest-reigning monarch and an extraordinary woman, whose life spanned a century of great change. I am deeply grateful to His Majesty The King for entrusting me with this responsibility and for granting me access to her papers, and will do all I can to do justice to her life and work.”
Dr Keay’s other works include her account of Britain after the Civil War, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown (winner of the 2023 Duff Cooper Prize for Non-Fiction), The Last Royal Rebel, a biography of James, Duke of Monmouth and The Official Illustrated History of the Crown Jewels.
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