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''The Secret Royals: Spying and the Crown, from Victoria to Diana'' is a book by
Richard J. Aldrich Richard James Aldrich (born 7 December 1961) is a British political scientist and a historian of espionage who has written intensively about intelligence and security communities. Life Since September 2007, he has been a professor of Internatio ...
and Rory Cormac about the relationship between the
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and
British intelligence agencies The Government of the United Kingdom maintains several intelligence agencies that deal with secret intelligence. These agencies are responsible for collecting, analysing and exploiting foreign and domestic intelligence, providing military intell ...
. It was published in 2021 by
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. In the forward to the book Aldrich and Cormac write of the difficulty of researching the book, noting that "writing about spies is challenging; writing about royals is more difficult; and writing about spies and royals has sometimes seemed impossible". ''The Secret Royals'' was reviewed in ''
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'' by Richard White and
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. It was reviewed in ''
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'' by Matthew Dennison. Dennison described the book as full of "Piquant, poignant and unexpected details
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humanise the business of monarchy" and offered an "intriguing alternative narrative of British royal history". In ''
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'' the book was reviewed by historian
Richard Davenport-Hines Richard Peter Treadwell Davenport-Hines (born 21 June 1953 in London) is a British historian and literary biographer, and a Quondam Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Early life Davenport-Hines was educated at St Paul's School, London (1967†...
. ''The Secret Royals'' was named a Book of the Year by the ''
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'' and a Best Book of 2021 by ''
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'' and ''
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''.


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