‘An explosive new book has claimed that the Queen Mother was ‘insane and inebriated’ during the final 20 years of her life.
The book, a biography of the Queen Mother’s steward William Tallon, also makes a number of allegations about the rest of the royal family, including accusations of drunkenness and swearing.
But courtiers have hit back, with the Queen’s cousin Margaret Rhodes, a former lady-in-waiting herself, describing the book as ‘disgusting’ and ‘nonsense’.’