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Alan Frederick Lascelles, known as "Tommy", was born on 11 April 1887, the son of Commander Frederick Canning Lascelles and Frederica Maria. He was educated at Hazelhurst preparatory school, Marlborough College and Trinity College, Oxford. During the First World War, Lascelles served in France with the Bedfordshire Yeomanry (1914-18).
11 de ago. de 2020 · 'Tommy' Lascelles was Private Secretary to four monarchs - and depicted in the Netflix hit The Crown. These diaries reveal the inside story of the royal household during the abdication crisis, the second world war and the Princess Margaret-Peter Townsend affair
This compelling account also includes Princess Margaret's relationship with Peter Townsend, and throws an intriguing new light on the way in which King George VI and Winston Churchill worked together during the Second World War. Lascelles was a fine writer - like most of the best diaries his are a delight to read as well as being invaluable ...
18 de nov. de 2006 · He was visited only by his children and grandchildren and one or two very old friends, complained Tommy Lascelles a few years before he died; apart from that, ‘I only see some of the young ...
Tommy Lascelles's diaries begin with Edward VIII's abdication and end with George VI's death and his daughter Elizabeth's Coronation. In between we see George VI at work and play, a portrait more intimate than any other previously published. The early part about Edward VIII is a damning profile; the bulk of the book is World War II as seen from a key courtier--Lascelles is first assistant and ...
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1 de nov. de 2006 · Tommy Lascelles' never-before-published diaries paint a vivid picture of the past from Edward VIII's abdication to George VI's death and his daughter Elizabeth's Coronation.
