William Shawcross

Our greatest ambassador

Robert Hardman appraises her reign through her tireless trips abroad, seeing her wisdom and discretion as benefitting not only the Commonwealth but the world

issue 08 December 2018

  • Queen of the World

    Robert Hardman

    Century, pp. 592

In her 66 years on the throne the Queen has represented Britain on official visits to at least 126 countries or territories, some of them many times. Robert Hardman has had the idea to write about her reign, and about Britain, through these myriad voyages. He is right to call his book Queen of the World.

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