The Royal Family Operations Manual: The History, Dominions, Protocol, Residences, Households, Pomp and Circumstance of the British Royals

Overall this is a lightweight, coffee table book. Nice pictures, information that barely scratches the surface. Nevertheless it’s “decent”. I will say that I’m disappointed by the misleading subtitle “Operations Manual”. This book falls very short of that. There is nothing here that remotely touches on the protocol or “operations” of the royal family, which I eagerly anticipated. I guess I should be as disappointed in myself as I am with the author (who touts himself as the “Godfather of Royal Reporting”, seriously?) This is little more than another journalistic adventure into the mind of a royal stalker (please forgive me, that should have read “royal watcher”). I give this a 3-star rating solely because it arrived BEFORE time, it’s crisp and clean, and because I’m quite sure I can make a beautiful gift of this to a friend who will appreciate it much more than I did.

This book features a comprehensive overview of the British Royal Family, their history, duties, customs, sources of funding, etc... Each page has numerous colorful photos and interesting fact. The only knock on this book are occasional typos and misspellings (and not due to British vs American English). For example, on page 23 it states that Prince William was born on 21 June 1981.Overall, a good book to add to your bookcase or coffee table.

It was what I wanted.

It's a birthday present for my best friend she loves anything from England

I always enjoy reading books by this Author. Well worth the money.

Good read. I'm enjoying it

Excellent book - very informative & a pleasure to read & learn everything about Royalty, including much information I didn't know before. Great addition to my book collection.

A very interesting book. Bought as a gift for my 92 year old Mother , who thoroughly enjoyed it.

Five star 🌟

Very ordinary well known information. An operations manual should tell you how and why things are done. This just describes properties or other stuff you could get in a tourist guide book. Very disappointing.

Good book if you just want to get down to who is who and the roles they play.