{"product_id":"yes-maam-the-secret-life-of-royal-servants","title":"Yes, Ma'am: The Secret Life of Royal Servants","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat really\nmakes the royal family tick?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt's a\nquestion that royal watchers have pondered for as long as the monarchy has\nexisted. And who better to ask than the army of servants and staff past and\npresent who feed and clothe the royals, organise their days, polish their\nshoes, carry the deer and pheasants they shoot and even put the toothpaste on\ntheir toothbrushes?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom medieval\ntimes, when the Groom of the Stool oversaw the monarch's lavatorial exploits,\nand courtiers accompanied the king and queen to bed on their wedding night and\nmade bawdy remarks until ushered out of the room, below-stairs staff have had a\nunique insight into the lives of their royal masters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this\nlively and colourful history, royal expert Tom Quinn goes behind palace doors\nto give a compelling glimpse of Britain's royals, ancient and modern. Here you\nwill find the tales of the equerry who threatened to throw Queen Victoria out\nof her own stables, the junior footman who had to change his name on the orders\nof the queen, and the lady in waiting who, with Prince Philip's mother Princess\nAlice, regularly set fire to her rooms at Buckingham Palace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePerhaps most\nintriguing of all, we see, through the eyes of serving and recently retired\nstaff, how today's royals live - including how the relationship between Meghan\nand Harry and William and Kate started with high hopes and descended into\nbitterness and anger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardback | 304 pages | Published March 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Biteback Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63956794278237,"sku":"9781785908460","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781785908460.jpg?v=1774263754","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/yes-maam-the-secret-life-of-royal-servants","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}