Royal biographer explains why people ‘behaved so oddly’ around the late Queen
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Craig Brown told an audience at the Henley Literary Festival - with which The Independent has joined as its exclusive news partner for the second year in a row - about how even the most composed and famous people often found themselves “discombobulating” as they met the monarch. “Even in terms of myself I probably know more about that Queen than I know myself.” The satirist, previously best known for his parodic celebrity diaries in Private Eye, added: “The Queen is a mirror of people’s expectations. “Almost everyone who met the Queen would come away remembering what they had said but had no idea what she had said.” open image in gallery Mr Brown’s unique biography, a Voyage Around the Queen, paints a picture of the Queen using tales from those who met and knew her during her 96-year life. One of those who felt the “discombobulating” effect of the Queen’s fame in her presence was Michelle Obama, who met the monarch in 2009.
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