The first in-depth dual-biography of Elizabeth&, Margaret, written by the bestselling royal biographer, Andrew Morton.

They were the closest of sisters and the best of friends.

But when, in a quixotictwist of fate, their uncle Edward VIII decided toabdicate the throne, the dynamic between Elizabeth and Margaret was dramatically altered. Forever more, Margaret would have to curtsey to the sister she called Lillibet. And bow to her wishes.

Elizabeth would always look upon her younger sisters antics with a kind of stoical amusement but Margaretsstruggle to find a place and position inside the royal system and herfraught relationship with its expectations was often a source of tension. Famously, the Queen had to inform Margaret that the Church and government would not countenance her marrying a divorcee, Group Captain Peter Townsend,forcing Margaret to choose between keeping her title and royal allowances or her divorcee lover.

From theidyll of their cloistered early life, through theirhidden wartime lives, into thedivergent paths they took following their fathers death and Elizabeths ascension to the throne, this book explores their relationship over the years. Andrew Morton, renowned bestselling author ofDiana: Her True Story, offersunique insightinto these two drastically different sisters one resigned toduty and responsibility, the other resistant to it and the lasting impact they have had on the Crown, the royal family and the way it has adapted to the changing mores of the twentieth century.