About the Program
Sally Bedell Smith recounts the life of Queen Elizabeth II who ascended the British throne in 1952 at the age of twenty-five. The author examines the Queen’s public and personal life, from her weekly meetings with the British Prime Minister, twelve during her reign, to her sixty-four year marriage to Prince Phillip and her relationships with her children and grandchildren. Sally Bedell Smith speaks at Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C.