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Of all the reigns of British monarchs, Elizabeth the Second's was the most well-documented, photographed and filmed.
In his latest biography Queen of Our Times Robert Hardman sought to paint a picture of what the monarch was really like.
Robert has written extensively about the British royal family, in both books and for many television documentaries including ITV's The Duke: A Portrait of Prince Philip and BBC's Charles at 60: The Passionate Prince, which he also narrated.
He's been a journalist and columnist for the Daily Telegraph and most recently, the Daily Mail.