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  • Do Let's Have Another Drink!: The Dry Wit and Fizzy Life of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
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Do Let's Have Another Drink!: The Dry Wit and Fizzy Life of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

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For fans of The Crown and Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret, a deliciously entertaining collection of 101 fascinating and funny anecdotes about Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother—one for each year of her life.

During her lifetime, the Queen Mother was as famous for her clever quips, pointed observations, and dry-as-a-martini delivery style as she was for being a beloved royal. Now, Do Let’s Have Another Drink recounts 101 (one for each year of her remarkable life) amusing and astonishing vignettes from across her long life, including her coming of age during World War I, the abdication of her brother-in-law and her unexpected ascendance to the throne, and her half century of widowhood as her daughter reigned over the United Kingdom. Featuring new revelations and colorful anecdotes about the woman Cecil Beaton, the high society photographer, once summarized as “a marshmallow made on a welding machine,” Do Let’s Have Another Drink is a delightful celebration of one of the most consistently popular members of the royal family.

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  1. Listening Length
    7 hours and 7 minutes
  2. Author
    Mr. Gareth Russell
  3. Narrator
    Fiona Hampton
  4. Audible release date
    Nov. 1 2022
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Simon & Schuster Audio
  7. ASIN
    B0B8P2CKX2
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 7 hours and 7 minutes
Author Mr. Gareth Russell
Narrator Fiona Hampton
Audible.ca Release Date November 01 2022
Publisher Simon & Schuster Audio
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B0B8P2CKX2
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  • Judy Reid
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good read
    Reviewed in Canada on November 9, 2022
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    If you like books about the Royal family. And like ones with a bit of humor and a bit of history, you will enjoy this book.
    The queen Mother was one of my favorite royals, so I found the book veyr engertaining
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  • Fuzzy's Mom
    5.0 out of 5 stars Lovingly told
    Reviewed in Canada on November 28, 2022
    Princess Fuzzypants here: The lady who advised never to turn down an opportunity to sit or to use the lady’s room was clearly someone highly sensible with a wicked sense of humour. That was The Queen Mum. This is not a collection of quips and quotes but a loving biography by someone who clearly admired her. And there was much to be admired.

    Not unlike Diana, when she first married Bertie, Elizabeth was derided for being too popular and too adored by the public. She was approachable with the ability to talk to and charm whomever she met. I was quite amazed by the similarities although I suspect by the time Diana was at her zenith, the Queen Mum might have had some different views. She was the breath of fresh air in the stodgy world of Royalty after WWI. She and her husband were well matched and in love. It was, by all accounts, a happy marriage.

    Bertie, later George VI, would need her strength and support. She helped him find a way to conquer his stammer. She stood steadfastly by him through his early days as King and throughout WWII. She became the well loved face with which people could connect. And she was there when her daughter became Elizabeth II. She could be feisty and demanding. She could hold a grudge with the best cat, as both The Duke and Duchess of Windsor would learn. She was also sensitive to her own shortcomings but she never let it stand in her way. Her loyalty was unassailable.

    The title comes from her fondness for drink and her use of that expression when she wanted to turn the conversation away from a topic she had no wish to discuss. She was a complex woman, often loved or despised, who, for better or worse, would guide the British Royal Family for much of the 20th Century. One of a kind, her like will not be seen again. This book is a lovely testament to her life, ironically coming out so soon after her daughter’s death. Five regal purrs and two paws up.
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  • Stew255
    4.0 out of 5 stars fascinating and very enjoyable
    Reviewed in Canada on December 14, 2022
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    the Queen Mum was already a pensioner when I was born - so to gain a little insight to the little old lady next to the Queen, was a joy. A truly remarkable woman.
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  • Barry Miller
    3.0 out of 5 stars Funny in parts, easy read.
    Reviewed in Canada on November 5, 2022
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    AN INTERESTING READ, BUT NO NEW INFORMATION WAS PRESENTED ABOUT QUEEN ELIZABETH. NOT ALL ENGLISH PEOPLE LOVED HER, AND THAT WAS NOT ADEQUATELY DISCUSSED IN THE BOOK.A GENERAL REHASHING OF OTHER BOOKS, ALTHOUGH PLEASANTLY PRESENTED.
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  • Fastidious Kingdoms
    5.0 out of 5 stars bottoms up, dearies!
    Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2022
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    While I appreciate the book’s vignettic format, I felt it was a bit overpaced at points. For example, the book skips over her 1923 wedding entirely; at the very least, Russell should have noted that the tradition of royal brides leaving their bouquets on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier began with the Queen Mum. In addition, Bertie’s decadeslong struggle with stuttering, and her ceaseless supprt of him, warranted half a page.

    Russell wasted a great opportunity to compare Diana and the QM’s similarities. They both had a high EQ and could put people at ease. Perhaps a vignette could have features their mutual dislike despite their mutual similarities.

    I certainly know more about the QM after reading this, and plan to seek out other bios.

    There are a few typos in this book, including this quote by Churchill: “ Battle of Britain during the worst days of the Blitz, when the RAF’s victory prompted Churchill’s famous remark, “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed to so many by so few.”

    I will leave you with my favorite new fact about the QM: “The Queen Mother held a strong set of beliefs pertaining to chocolate. Specifically, that the posher a box of chocolates was, the greater the risk to their taste, as there was a tendency to concoct a series of dubious flavours, all of which sounded elegant and none of which had any business being wedged into a chocolate shell. Then, everyone pretended to like them lest they be mocked for an unsophisticated palate. The Queen Mother wrote effusive thank-you notes to her friend, Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, when he sent her reassuringly cheap, or reasonably priced, boxes of chocolates, into which she could safely plunge her hand without nervously consulting the menu—as she resentfully had to do with a collection sent to her from a very prestigious department store, which she had come to loathe after biting into a chocolate filled with a cream called rose petal and lavender—which, as she pointed out on several occasions, were the same ingredients as bath salts.”
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  • lawrence
    5.0 out of 5 stars 📖
    Reviewed in Germany on May 20, 2025
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    Entertaining read! Enjoyed it! Good gift! Short anecdotes.
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  • Andres
    5.0 out of 5 stars Interesante
    Reviewed in Spain on May 19, 2024
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    Interesante y divertido
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  • Glynishow
    5.0 out of 5 stars Delightfully entertaining
    Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2023
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    This is a lovely collection of stories taken from the charismatic yet steely Queen Mum.
    She was the backbone of her husband and of her daughter, the young Queen Elizabeth 2. Her strength and patriotism gave her Hitler’s reluctant title of “ the most dangerous woman in Europe “.
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  • SAF48
    5.0 out of 5 stars Engaging, well-written biography
    Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2023
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    I’m really enjoying this delightful book about the Queen Mother. It’s witty, engaging, and well-written biography of Elizabeth II’s mother. One disappointment: the photos beginning each chapter don’t have dates or descriptions of who is in the photos with the Queen Mother.
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