Some of the reviews:
"Calorie-rich fare for those who enjoy snacking on royal stories."—Kirkus Reviews
"Absorbing and informative."—Publishers Weekly
"Highly readable…. This balanced, sympathetic, engaging book deserves to take its place among the first rank of modern royal biographies."—Daily Mail (London)
"The narrative is as suspenseful as any thriller. Truly, an excellent read."—Sunday Times (London)
"Eade's staunchly unhagiographic book is well spiced with royal titbits, and enlivened by a lemony tartness in the author's tone.... Rich in drama and tragedy.... As thoughtful and unbiased an explanation as we are likely to get."—Miranda Seymour, Guardian
"As Philip Eade demonstrates in this highly readable biography of Prince Philip’s first 30 years, this extraordinary man endured a childhood of such turmoil that nowadays the social services would have placed him in care…. This balanced, sympathetic, engaging book deserves to take its place among the first rank of modern royal biographies." —Christopher Hudson, Daily Mail
"This unusual book [describing] his transition from bumptious baby to universally trusted head boy at Gordonstoun, from plucky seaman to breezy Royal escort, home maker and instinctive moderniser makes fascinating reading…. Carefully researched, warm-hearted and unjudgmental."— Andrew Barrow, Evening Standard
"Perhaps this should be regarded as a sighting shot, staking a claim for the official biography which will eventually be commissioned. On the basis of this excellent book one can say that it would be a task that Eade was singularly well qualified to undertake." —Philip Ziegler, Spectator
" ‘May you live in interesting times,’ goes the ancient curse. The modern equivalent might be: ‘May you make an interesting subject for a biography.’ In this book, Philip Eade certainly proves that the Duke of Edinburgh fulfils this description…. Under Mr. Eade’s pen, the story races along, without sycophancy. In the course of it, we meet SS brothers-in-law and showgirls, Lord Louis (Dickie) Mountbatten and Gloria Vanderbilt." —Clive Aslet, Country Life
"Philip Eade is an amused and amusing biographer…. It’s good to know that Philip once subscribed to Flying Saucer Review, that he and Mountbatten were regarded as ‘pinkoes’ by the stuffier courtiers…and that Kim Philby once attended a gathering of the Thursday Club."— Jeremy Lewis, Literary Review
