From abdication to the marriage of Harry and Megan, relive how past scandals and triumphs let to a dazzling future for the Windsors in this special edition from People, The Story of the Royals.
THE STORY OF THE ROYALS: THE WINDSORS TODAY
WHY WE LOVE THIS FAMILY • SOME PEOPLE SEE A CONTRADICTION IN FREEDOM-LOVING AMERICA’S FASCINATION WITH ROYALTY. WHY NOT HAVE IT BOTH WAYS?
MODERN FAMILY • TRADITION STILL MATTERS, BUT THE WINDSORS ARE EVOLVING AND EMBRACING THE FUTURE
WINDSORS INC. OPENER • HEAD OF A FAMILY FIRM LIKE NO OTHER, QUEEN ELIZABETH STEERS A SHIP OF STATE NEARLY 1,000 YEARS OLD
A CHANGE OF PLANS • THE KING’S PASSION FOR AN ALREADY-MARRIED WOMAN DISRUPTED CENTURIES OF TRADITION AND ALTERED THE LINE OF SUCCESSION FOREVER
FREEDOM TO MARRY • THE RULES HAVE CHANGED SINCE A KING GAVE UP HIS THRONE TO WED A WOMAN WHO WAS DIVORCED
ELIZABETH: IF HER UNCLE HAD KEPT THE CROWN • SHE BECAME QUEEN WITH TWO TODDLERS IN THE NURSERY. BUT WHAT IF THE DRAMATIC EVENTS THAT LED TO THE THRONE HAD NEVER HAPPENED?
THE FIRST ROYAL SUPERSTAR • STUNNING AND SAVVY, THE PEOPLE’S PRINCESS SHOOK—AND RESHAPED—THE HOUSE OF WINDSOR
CHARLES: IF DIANA HAD LIVED • HOW A BAD MARRIAGE AND THE TRAGIC DEATH OF HIS ENORMOUSLY POPULAR EX-WIFE THREATENED THE REPUTATION OF THE FUTURE KING
GAME FOR THE THRONE • SECOND IN LINE TO SUCCEED, WILLIAM HAS GONE FROM CAMERA-SHY PRINCE TO MAN OF HIS PEOPLE
RAISING 21ST-CENTURY ROYALS • AS COMFORTABLE AMONG THE MIDDLETONS AS ROMPING AT THE PALACE, GEORGE, CHARLOTTE & LOUIS ARE A NEW BREED
THE ROYAL LINE OF SUCCESSION • THE FIRSTBORN-BOYS CLUB NOW ADMITS GIRLS
THE BRITISH ARE COMING OPENER • WITH GRAND GESTURES AND FLASHES OF INFORMALITY, THE VISITING ROYALS TAKE AMERICA BY STORM—AGAIN AND AGAIN
THE BRITISH ARE COMING
DIANA’S AMERICAN MAKEOVER • AFTER HER DIVORCE, THE PRINCESS USED HER SOLO TRIPS TO THE U.S. TO MAKE AN EYE-POPPING DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
ROYALS IN AMERICA
THEIR AMERICAN LIFE • AFTER GIVING UP THEIR ROYAL DUTIES, HARRY & MEGHAN PUT DOWN ROOTS IN HER HOMETOWN OF LOS ANGELES
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