The most sensational book on the Royal Family in recent times

Offers a fascinating insight into not just his life but the social mores of the day

An onslaught of revelation, a dizzyingly switchback ride of mixed emotions, pomp and sleaze … very true to life

How refreshing to read a biography in which the author is half in love with her subject. There are none of the usual patronising putdowns, envious backbiting or mean-spirited cavilling in Anne de Courcy’s portrait of the Earl of Snowdon

[A] juicy biography … it is impossible here to convey the combination of high society and low morals, of firghtfully good taste and awful cheese that de Courcy has managed to dish up

Step forward, Snowdon. You’re nicked … Full of eye-popping revelations

Has anyone not slept with Lord Snowdon? The priapic Earl’s multi-layered love life is the dominant theme of this chatty and penetrating biography, packed as it is with love affairs, love-children … and love-struck mistresses, often several at one time … Snowdon makes a glamorous, capricious, selfish and surprisingly philanthropic subject for this lively account of a man and his era

[A] commendably unvarnished portrait of a charismatic, contradictory individual

Offers unprecedented insight into the life of Princess Margaret’s husband, Antony Armstrong-Jones. Anne de Courcy spoke with Lord Snowdon for the book (along with several others close to him), and it’s a no-holds-barred look at both his art and his often-scandalous relationships