' Edward VII was quite fond of gambling and it evinced itself by me being allowed to start two pieces of bread and butter, butterside down, on his trousers and betting on which one would get to the bottom of the trousers first. Of course it depended on which was the most buttery.' (SONIA KEPEL) It was Theodore Roosevelt who said ' kings and suchlike are just as funny as politicians
But are they as human (or even more so)? What have they said and what has been said about them, to reveal them as ordinary mortals? And why can we never quite convince ourselves that they really are,
Basil Boothroyd ventures a sidelong glance at the mystiques of the monarchy.
Producer JOHN knight long wave only